In his latest Sonic Lab review, host Nick Batt takes an in-depth look at the UDO Audio Super 8 Binaural Synthesizer.
The Super 8 synthesizer is a 16-voice polyphonic, bi-timbral analog-hybrid performance synthesizer. It features immediate hands-on controls, an expressive 61-note weighted keyboard with polyphonic aftertouch, and the “powerful, flexible and addictive sound of the UDO Audio family”.
Batt says that the Super 8 is a “finely-crafted” polysynth, and “a strong contender for your flagship synth”.
Check out the review, and share your thoughts on the UDO Audio Super 8 synthesizer in the comments!
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Sonic & System7
Offtopic BS deleted. Keep comments on topic and constructive and don’t waste the admins’ time.
No screen means no patch names… you have to remember bank and patch numbers, or write them down on pieces of paper. Really unhelpful, especially considering the negligible cost of a 2 -line LCD display these days.
If they fit such a display, you will complain about “small display for the money”. If they fit a bigger one, you will start to compare it with the Summit, Polybrute and so on. So you’ll be never happy…
No screen is annoying for patch edit days after the fact, and recall. . The sound doesn’t really do anything that I haven’t heard elsewhere before; lacks distinctive character. The stereo aspect is waaay less interesting than marketed. The module was impossible to sell outside of a dump price. But I got the 3th Wave now, so all is well.
One design decision that hurts on all UDO synths imho = the filter fader does not open the filter fully on its own.
There should be an option (or firmware) so you can open the filter fully with the main filter control fader.
From the support page:
“Moving the filter frequency fader to the highest position doesn’t fully open the filter.
This behaviour is by design and common amongst synthesizers that feature a voltage controlled analog filter. The filter has been designed to respond in a sensible manner to keytracking. This in turn determines how much you can open the filter by means of the filter frequency fader (FREQ). You can make use of the remaining headroom if you modulate the filter cutoff frequency with an envelope or an expression pedal via the modulation matrix, for example.”
UDO synths have to be some of the best sounding synths currently on the market, IMHO. I hope some day to be able to afford one.