Some useful parameters are missing from the destinations list, but more will be added in a future update.
Source, destination, and amount in a simple panel. LuSH-101 features a plain and simple (boring?) modulation matrix. Lots of quality presets categorized in bass, drum, fx, mono/lead, poly, and tempo based folders.Īlright, a few more bits and bobs before I round up. That said, the presets themselves include many wonderful sounds. It is basically plain old hierarchical folder browsing. Preset name, author and rating are stored, yet there is no search option or tagging system available. The presets browser feels a bit outdated to me. All settings within an instance of LuSH-101 are stored within a global preset. The arpeggiator also has its own presets, and so do the reverb and delay in the mixer panel.
#D16 lush 101 midi automation mod#
arp, insert fx, mod matrix, etc) can be stored in a timbre preset.
LuSH-101 mixing panel with 8 layer channel strips and 3 fx channels.Īll parameters of LuSH-101’s individual layers (incl. I’m still a bit divided on the whole thing. in a plug-in when you could simply do this in your host software. On the one hand I like this approach of designing a sound pretty much completely within a synth, on the other hand I feel it is a bit silly to be mixing and applying compression, eq, etc. These effects also have dedicated channel strips with an EQ. Each channel comes with a compressor, equalizer, and 3 send fx controls for the global reverb, delay and chorus effects. The mixing panel lets you mix all your layers in channel strips. You can currently only select one effect at a time, but note that you can set a different effect for each of the 8 layers. I especially like the vowel filter and decimator, and the chorus is great for creating lush sounds. To spice things up a bit, LuSH-101 also includes some internal insert effects: Chorus, Flanger, String Ensemble, Phaser, Vowel Filter, Distortion, Decimator, and Tremolo. I tend to do everything in my host, but I have to say an arp like this is easy and fun to use. This features various modes (up, down, up/down, random, etc), a host of tempo/rates, shuffle, chords, gate and tie sequencer, and more. Moving a bit further to the right of the interface we find the arpeggiator. The envelopes are also nice and fast, which is demonstrated by the lovely drum sounds this synth can produce. LuSH-101 offers various trigger modes for its envelopes and LFOs, and a special SH-101 mode can be selected from the options panel.
Two envelopes and two LFO’s are available to control various parameters, including things like pitch, pulse width, and cutoff & resonance of the multi-mode filter. With each layer working as an independent synthesizer with its own polyphony, parameters, enhanced arpeggiator, and a palette of only the finest insert effects, LuSH-101 can push your creativity to unprecedented levels! And, virtually any combination of splits, layers, and multitimbrality is possible with just a single instance of LuSH. Of course, you can always assign the various layers to different MIDI channels for 8-part multitimbral usage. Layered sounds can be created simply by assigning the layers to the same MIDI channel the results can sound as massive as anything imaginable! Assigning the layers to different keyboard zones allows you to create even the most sophisticated splits. The multilayer architecture guarantees that both the sound design possibilities and number of unique situations in which LuSH-101 can be used are virtually limitless. I’ve heard some audio clips comparing the both and it can certainly sound very similar, but LuSH-101 has a lot more to offer than its hardware counterpart. Though I must admit I have always wanted an MC-202, I am not all that interested in how precise D16 modeled the SH-101. Others have praised LuSH-101’s resemblance to the sounds of the classic Roland synthesizer, or appreciate the additional features included in the plug-in offers. Some people instantly dismissed it for not emulating the SH-101 faithfully enough, having too many bells and whistles, being a CPU hog, or it just not living up to the “one synth you’ll ever need” tagline. And sure enough, when LuSH-101 finally arrived the reception was mixed. With such a long development stage – or rather the general public being in the know so early on – there will always be some hype and (unfounded) high expectations. Since the initial announcement of the synth (then named Shioiter) over three years ago, it has been a long wait with few progress updates. D16 Group’s LuSH-101 is probably one of the most anticipated synthesizer plug-in of 2012.
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