Everything we love about the UDO Super Gemini... And one thing we don't
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 พ.ย. 2024
- The Super Gemini synth from UK brand UDO is an absolute beast. With a blend of analogue and digital components, a dual-layer, bi-timbral sound engine, expressive touch strip, and much more, this might be the closest we'll get to a CS-80 reimagined for the modern age. In this video, MusicRadar's Si Arblaster explains why the Gemini might be his favourite synth of recent times.
[NOTE: Reposted video to fix an issue with the stereo audio]
NOTE: Reposted video to fix an issue with the stereo audio
or an issue with the Polybrute 12, anyway I'll take both :)
Thanks for fixing!
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Just got mine last week! For those trying to compare this to the Polybrute 12 - this is a completely different beast. It can do stereo magic the Polybrute (nor any other synth) cannot. It sounds absolutely massive, beyond anything in or out of the box. It’s rich, expressive, immediate. It feels alive in a way no other synth I own, excepting maybe my Modal 008, does.
To those claiming it’s “too expensive”, I’ll simply state what Ty Unwin said about the Moog One. This is a professional’s instrument - it is not meant for everyone nor to be accessible to everyone. There is a premium to professional goods. If this isn’t worth it to you then move along and let the rest of us enjoy it and make music. You do not have a god-given right to own a synth.
exactly!
appreciate any person who can reference Ty and 008 in the same bit of rant. cheers, mate!
Nobody has a god-given right to anything, religion is out of the equation. While it may not be a right to own a synth, everybody DOES have a right to aspire to owning one, and also have a view and opinion on one. Don’t like their opinion because it doesn’t align with yours? Move along and find somebody somewhere else who shares the same need for confirmation bias. When it comes to material things and “rights” your argument falls flat before it gets out the gate.
Of all of the synths going for this kind of money these days, this is one of the very few that feels like it's actually worth the money. I know when they put it out they were concerned about pricing it so high, but in this case you're really paying for the instrument and not the brand name.
Sounds hugely more exciting than the Polybrute...which was unexpected! Thanks for reuploading!
Have you seen the new Polybrute 12! 😲
@@kadiummusic I have indeedy, tis a beast
@@kadiummusicThe Gemini's filters and duel stereo are by far better.
@@maydaygoingdown5602 The Gemini to me sounds like it looks, a bit bland. The Polybrute has an attitude, like you have to sit down and strap in when you play it. The last time I saw and heard something like that was when I bought my Jupiter 8 40 years ago. Boy does that make me feel old!
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Gemini is digital oscillators so that may be why.
My next synth ❤
I love hardware synths and i always have, but i wonder now, are there any hardware synths that can do what Serum and Vital and Massive X can do? And if not...Do we need outside the box anymore?
It's not just about features, it's about playability, the tactile experience and workflow. It's like asking "what's the point of playing violin if there's quality sounding violin sampled and physically modeled instruments?" If your main goal is just to get the sound down in a track, then Softsynths and sample based instruments are just fine. And it's easily argued that synths like Pigments, Falcon, VPS Avenger 2 and other mega Softsynths can do WAY more than almost any hardware synth. But for actual keyboard players, they want to dig their hands deep in those keys and turn rotary knobs that aren't midi CCd the a virtual controller..also, the work flow can be way faster on a hardware synth in many aspects. Unless you took the time to map out several midi controllers to all your various Softsynths, you inevitably have to turn rotary knobs and and menu dive with your mouse. This might visually seem easier, but it's proven to be more time consuming once you have a handle on specific synths. Lastly, most modern hardware synths serve as high end midi keyboard controllers. The Hydra Synth and Polybrute are fine examples.
Of course, if we're talking costs...then yeah, then it gets insane on the hardware synth. Plus, as stated they couldn't do stuff like weirdo plugins from Sugarbytes and the likes
Its still tough to emulate analog filters properly, especially when you have 20 of them in binary.
it’s possible to do everything in the box, but that doesn’t mean you will
@EvilWorldOfGreed-do1ox So then record to tape, damn.
@EvilWorldOfGreed-do1oxYou’re funny
I want this synth with the new keybed that Arturia just introduced in the PolyBrute 12.
Why would you replace the arturia engine with a digital one? The Polybrute 12 sounds incredible. This thing can’t even touch the core timbre of that thing. It’s nice but ultra weak and frail. Might as well get a hydrasynth
The polybrute 16 is a dream synth. Best sounding tone I’ve heard from a modern polysynth
@@christdolphin69 Aesthetics matter to me. I can't stand the brown of the PolyBrute.
@@christdolphin69 'ultra weak and frail' classic audiophile waffle. Why would it sound any more 'frail' than a polybrute?😂
The third mode of the new Arturia board with the playable envelope per key sounds like a nosebleed to perform well with and I would just end up not using it.
@@christdolphin69Yawn..you heard yourself? Weak and frail, is that your mind you’re talking about?
Binaural layers of a sterile sound still leave it sterile. VCOs still rule.
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Too expensive for what it is
Only $500 more than the Super 8 or Polybrute 12. $1500 less than the cheapest Moog One.
I'd personally skip all that and get a used Sequential OB-6 and Iridum Core for less than the price of this UDU.
These aren't mass production synths.
I think people need to learn to appreciate the value of money. Even today people cry at the price of console games…umm, go back to the 90s and then you can complain. For the money, this thing represents phenomenal value. Could you build one for less? No? OK.
only one u dont ? lol that thing is bug fest ,,
NOOOO, SAY IT AIN'T SO. WHAT BUGS ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH. I HAVEN'T HEARD, BUT THEN AGAIN, THERE ARENT MANY VIDS STATING SUCH PROBLEMS.
@@tommyg5095 after mail and mails i return item back like alpha product , pots dont work from time to time, when i pic saw and push filter it create buzz ,and that buzzing under sound like grounding problem or like that what i know . so i suspect everyone on yt use noise gate to remove it and show this like wow synth and some other things mannny of it
Sorry but this synth is obsolete now with the polybrute 12
I will place my pre order for this in about two weeks, the Arturia PB 12 is just gonna have to wait.
What on earth are you rambling on about?
I tend to agree, the 12 has just blown everything out of the water for me. Had a Jupiter 8 in the 80's and although the UDO sounds interesting the Polybrute 12 has me in love with hardware again. Now I need to find the money! 😎
@@maxmaxington5873Rambling? 🤔
If you believe a synth is obsolete...you just don't understand synths at all... Go buy the last thing that came out, objects made 0.000001 seconds ago are now useless (?
Maybe they were working to a budget but it looks dreadful. Very uninspiring which is important when you're spending so much money. Compered to the Polybrute 12 it Looks cheap and bland. IMHO. 😎
It looks modern and sleek in my opinion
:) i have exactly the opposite opinion. funny, isn’t it! i love the simplicity of this design. i don’t hate the arturia, but it isn’t half as elegant to me.