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MULTISOUND
SYNTHESIZER
Romik, £14.99 cass
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Not
a very friendly sight greets a user when this music
program loads. You are instantly presented with a cluttered
screen, and this is terribly off-putting for anyone.
The
instructions say that a 'rudimentary knowledge of the
Physics of sound is helpful'. I reckon a BSc might be
more appropriate!
Firstly
you have to select the actual voice you'd like to play.
This is done by switching all the various options given
on the title screen. Everything is set at zero, so you
have a lot to experiment with, before you can accurately
define the sounds you'd like to play.
Wave
formations can be chosen, and then you can change to
the next screen, which is even more complicated and
deals with the wave formation and sound in more detail.
Once
your sound is defined, you can switch to play mode.
Here the computer keyboard acts as a musical one. On
screen there is a representation of a musical keyboard.
Press a key and a dot will light up on the corresponding
note. Once you have sorted which key plays each note,
you can start playing. There are 8 octaves selectable,
so a whole musical feature is playable.
Other
features include a type of composer, loading, and saving
new sound creations. This includes eight drum routines
to play along to.
Although
being a competent synthesizer, and being able to actually
play a tune, this one suffers from overcomplexity and
difficult keys to remember when actually playing a tune.
-----Rignall
ratings-----
Presentation 37%
Ease of use 39%
Sound potential 68%
Value for money 44%
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