Not to put some oil on the fire but have you seen this?
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ni i havenāt, so thanks
just put up my nord lead 3 for sale lol
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Not sure if itās been posted elsewhere on here but I noticed you can buy Super 6s with the poly-aftertouch keybed pre-installed now.
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Sheesh i just got my super 6 not long ago. Slightly regretting not waiting for the poly AT version but i couldnāt pass up a good deal on the 2nd hand market.
As a quick review Iām blown away by this synthā¦ The build quality is the best amongst 3 moogs, a summit, and a sequential Iāve owned in the past. The sound is pretty uniqueā¦ digital but warm at the same time. It may not have the most modulation possibilities but more than enough for me. The option to use the lfo as a 3rd oscillator (with any wave shape including custom), the sub osc option, and the ability to load user waves opens up the range of sounds. I donāt find the binaural aspect necessary for it to sound good but i like it for certain situations. The lack of a screen is also pro for me in terms of less menu diving/ feeling more instrument-like. The shift combos are logical and most are labeled but i can see how it may take a while to learn, especially if you have lots of other devices. After swapping synths in and out for the past 2-3 years and a few months going all itb, Iāve honed in on my preferences for whatās valuable to me in a hardware synth. Iāve settled on this as my only one (aside from the op1f if that counts), and i donāt see that changing for a long time. Of all the synths Iāve used, this has the perfect balance of interface simplicity, sonic range, and uniqueness.
I did consider saving up more for the super 8/ gemini but theyāre a little too much synth for me to use them to their full potential. Over my synth journey i realized that 49 keys works well for me (and versatile space-wise vs anything more), and I prefer to layer in a daw vs using onboard multitimbrality. As a bonus, aesthetically, the super 6 looks the best in the lineup imo without the weird blank space on the top left
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Thatās for your favoured FX pedal! The UAD Golden sits happily on my SG!
Agree about the binaural mode, itās easy to over do it, especially when layering parts in the mix. Itās killer but less is deffo more!
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Despite being labeled, one that took me forever to incorporate into my patching is the DRIFT shift setting of the PW/DETUNE fader. Donāt sleep on it.
Most polys have some sort of ādriftā or āageā setting, of course. But man, something about drifting those DDS voices is just particularly 
EDIT: Actually, I guess maybe the label wasnāt added until the desktop version. So if you have the keyboard, definitely check it out!
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100%! Drift isnāt labeled on mine (blue keys) so i forget itās there sometimes unfortunately. Iām actually going to go back to some patches i saved and make sure thatās dialed in. Thanks for the reminder
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A video I made about using feedback to create interesting movement in your sounds
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So quick question for those Super 6 owners, how stable is the firmware now? Most bugs gone? Still happy?
Did you have something particular in mind? In the 2Ā½ years Iāve had my desktop, I donāt think Iāve ever had a problem. Iām sure there are corners of it I havenāt explored, though.
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I havenāt noticed any bugs. Itās stable.
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Iād say itās stable. The only issue I used to get was no sound on boot occasionally, and even then you just turn the synth off and on again. That has not happened at all on the latest FW in the last year.
The only issue I still have with mine is latency with the arp when triggered by midi note externally. Always seems to skip the first note. They know about it though and confirmed on their end. Sequencer is pretty tight though. Cheers!
Just checking, when you google or go to the UDO forums you can easily get the impression that itās quite buggy but sounds like there are still a few minor issues like the ARP sync but in general sounds like yāall are happy so I might finally pull the trigger soon
I think thereās frustration because UDO have implied/promised things about future FW possibilities that have not come to pass. And compared to when it was in beta and we got updates every couple months the updates are coming slow now. If you are OK with the current feature set, itās functional. If youāre hoping for it to sound like a Super8 or have a reverb, then youāre going to be disappointed.
Always best to purchase based upon whatās there rather than what you hope might come.
@conduit - some unsolicited advice. Check out the Sequential TEO5 too. Why? Because it has through zero fm, and more fleshed our effects.
The Super 6 is lovely and does the beautiful chorussy thing very well, but I think its finest feature is the frequency cross modulation. The TEO5 can also sound lovely and do modulated sounds, but has the edge as it can be driven into more aggressive tones too.
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Yea you beat me too it, I am really torn now that the TEO-5 desktop is availableā¦ The Super 6 can get aggressive with the custom waves but yea itās filter seems to be harder to drive maybe. The issue is I listened to soo many demos on YT and the Super 6 always sounds better to me
Iād always advise going for the sound thatās calling to you, especially if itās consistent across various demos.
Iām kind of the opposite - I really want to love the sound of the UDO stuff because the Gemini is such an amazing looking thing and I miss my Iridium Keyboard keybedā¦ But it never gives me that āI really, really need this soundā feeling and I know from experience things never work out without it.
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Hard agree. I think the blue Super 6 desktop is the most beautiful poly on the market, but the sounds of the Peak and TEO5 are what draw me in.
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Unpopular opinion: theyāre all VA polys. Any difference you hear when micro-analyzing drive or filters or whatever will never be audible in a mix. So it doesnāt matter whatās possible (all these contenders can do everything, Ā± the odd FX). What matters is what a particular boxās UI makes easy and/or most intuitive for you.
See also:
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