no independent OSC levels,...
Small off topic question: in the manual I see "osc 1 level" as a modulation destination (contrary to the P08 and its descendants), can't you use that one as a workaround to give you independant osc levels?
On topic: if all goes well, this year, I will probably add one mono and one poly to my (very small) synth collection. And although I love my mopho-tetra, and I would certainly appreciate it with a higher voice count, I have serious doubts about upgrading to rev2. It is a very capable synth, but as stated here before, it has a very specific sound, and although you can program around some of that, doing this takes up time I do not always have. It would be very nice to have something were I can dial up my basic patch, and think "this sounds great, 5 minutes of tweaking and I'm there". Still, the combination of 5-oct keyboard, 16-voice, bitimbral, modulation capabilities and the price tag always put it back on the list...
Yes you could... but that particular part in the manual is an error... it's not available as a modulation destination unfortunately
The reason is the way the Curtis chip is made... if you look at it's datasheet, you will see that it has a CV input that is named "OSC Balance"... it's hardwired like that inside the chip... there is no way to have independant control of the oscillator levels....
You can simulate it though for one of theoscillators, by switching the other to "off", and then use the OSC Mix parameter as a volume control, but that really do not make much sense as you could always do the leveling in the Amp section instead then... there is a bit of difference to it though; it's pre filter volume control if you did this... but still... what would the use be...
and about your upgrade; then do not get a REV2... get something like a P6 or OB6 instead maybe, it's more "instant gratification" ... REV2 is a deep synth, and you need to spend time with it... when I do a program from scratch, i usually sit with a program for between one to three hours... now I'm a perfectionist though, and are not creating the more straight forward synth programs, so it could probably be done faster on a REV2... but you have to work longer to obtain what you want with the REV2
In many cases i think the problem is that those who want this "instant gratification" want it because they want the REV2 to sound like a vintage synthesizer... they want it to play another character than it inherits ... that WILL require you to spend more time on the sound... if people simply tried to FORGET about making it sound like something else, and started to just make sounds that fall natural to the REV2, then maybe that is the difference between those who like the REV2, and those who do not... I have NO intention of my REV2 to sound like a MOOG or a VINTAGE synth... I just use the options at hand, and tweak until i get a sound that is not something I've heard on another synth, but something I just like... I'm not comparing this sound to another instrument because then I will constantly feel irritated it does not sound it... you could reverse the comparison could you not? ... I do a program sound that i really much like on the REV2, and then try to make another ynth sound like it, constantly being irritated it will NOT sound like my REV2... just a thought
Sure... some people just do not cope with certain types of character in a synth... I bet there are people who do not like MOOGs character as well (I recall Jarre said he much prefered the sound of the ARP filter for example)... people have different taste in synth character, and that is fine with me
... i like them all, and want them all to have as much variety as possible... others want only a certain small amount that fit their taste...
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