I really hope it's shipping early 2008 - I've been hovering around here waiting for details. The new video's make we want it even more
Actually for me , the Videos have had the opposite effect....
The videos are suggesting to me that the original instruments,(CS80, Mg Modular, Prophet, Arp2600, MiniMg )
Shipping later as a free upgrade are going to be built from the "modular" Origin pieces....I was initially under the impression that they would come loaded "as they are" regarding Arturias soft synths..like the CS80V as it was Quite close to a CS80...
(on the CS80 subject)
In the event the stock synths are being built modularly from these Origin pieces, there is
no way they will end up with a CS80 from what they offer for these reasons.....
.....The ring modular circuit of the CS80 is
not the same as the Arp2600( the CS80 ring mod controlls its EG with Depth, the AD envelope
only operates during a physical key down event ...if the keys are lifted
Even while a Hold pedal is sustaining the Notes, .....the AD immediatly releases(200ms R time) to the base modulation speed
regardless of hold pedals....We will need a Monophonic triggered ring mod with these attributes built as a
modular Block... ......The
Envelope of the CS80 Filter, is not ADSR...It is ADR...
the Sustain portion in the filter EG is "locked" to the High and lowpass cutoff setting....IL lowers the Initial level for the attack start and release end, and AL raises the attack level to where the Attack ends and the decay point starts....We will need to build this
ADR envelope with IL and AL as a separate
modular Block...
The
Sustain Type (I/II)would be addressed how???Very important??? Is there a
Modular block for the Keyboard ASsignment???
(will macro be needed for master Sustain and portamento times)
I didnt see a
portamento/glissando utterance.....
I didnt see anything to re-inforce the
Polyphonic Aftertouch Claims...
sigh... :? I guess I am going to have to wait to purchase the Origin until the later upgrades are finished and shipping (at that time, I should have a concrete grasp of what it can and cannot do).......Hopefully I will be delightfully suprised and find an exact recreation of a Yamaha CS80 synth (times 2) fingers crossed......
In the mean time, I am going to check out a Prodyssey.....