MFB Synth Pro Sound Demo (no talking)

[@limbicbits]

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[@Jazz-ch1fy]

Nice job 👍 7:00 Tron soundtrack 👏 Great portable poly.

[@bazrin]

I returned a Prophet Rev2 for this and I am so glad I did! This is the analog poly to get.

[@limbicbits]

Excellent! Does your unit still suffer from some of the bugs (eg saving patches doesn’t work 100 % accurate, USB port doesn’t work and some tuning issues)?

[@bazrin]

@@limbicbits it's funny you say that, I saved a patch and went back to it and thought to myself, I don't think that's how I remember it! Haha. Good to know! I'll double save in hoping that will do the trick. Just about every patch has the Reverb 50%+ and it clackles really badly. I found that not using the Reverb that much and playing with the filter stereo fixes the issue. Haven't hooked up a USB keyboard into it but I absolutely LOVE this machine. It's the raddest thing I own outside of the Behringer Cat.

[@rishpanjeet7479]

@@bazrin do you still have it? I’m really considering finding one. Other contenders are Peak, Take 5, older Nord Leads, or maybe saving more for one of the Access Virus editions. This MIGHT be the one that sounds most interesting to me of the current synths available.

[@tomsigmond5709]

Thanks for the demo. You did choose (made) sounds that really show how this synth can sound. It's awesome. Thanks for making me aware. This one is going onto my wanna have list.

[@christdolphin69]

gorgeous sound

[@closeyoureyesmusic]

Lovely demo, thanks for sharing. It seems to be one of my favorite poly synths now.

[@limbicbits]

Thanks! Yes, I was pretty impressed, too

[@RapidFlow_Shop]

This video made me buy one, best demo on YT

[@Phil-1]

2:45 Liking the arpeggio.

[@WakiMiko]

Rhubarb :)

[@limbicbits]

So simple but yet so beautiful.

[@PC0067]

Rhubarb with character

[@sasarasa88]

7:31 great pad reminiscent of BOC

[@kotn2]

Great job. Really nice patches and beautiful music themes!

[@limbicbits]

Thanks , the synth pro is also a nice sounding synth and easy to edit as long as you don’t have to dive into the menu

[@MichaelLauerDr]

Great sound, very flexible. If you‘re into hardware, it‘s one of the top analogue polys these days. Here‘s pondering whether it can add something to my arsenal of soft synths though…

[@kikipups]

Probably not to be honest. I think hardly anything beats the functionality of software synths.

[@SandcastleTheory]

Either you need hardware in your life or you don't. As a touring musician, you won't catch me onstage with a laptop and a bunch of flimsy peripherals... Period. Cheers!

[@reaktiv1408]

No aliasing ever on analog synth! The most important thing to consider is how you control your soft synths, since there's really no satisfying solution to compensate the lack of knobs and clumsy parameters mapping and labeling. I love both for their own strengths, that's why I prefer developing a hybrid rig

[@raven-jz6cv]

Its got dub berlin techno all over this synth's character. I like it a lot. Mfb and deeper techno and minimal tek genres always ahead

[@MonkeyMarc]

Very nice sounding synth. Its almost a bit Yamaha CS sounding in an organ/synthy type way if that makes sense.

[@limbicbits]

That’s an accurate description, although I found the pulse on a CS (01/15) a bit „rounder“

[@MonkeyMarc]

@@limbicbits Will you be selling these patches on your site?

[@limbicbits]

@@MonkeyMarc I've unfortunately had to return the synth to mfb so there won't be a patch bank coming soon

[@MonkeyMarc]

@@limbicbits very sad. these sounded great

[@howdoesitsound4331]

@@limbicbits will you get a new one and make some new presets ?

[@NinoCotonato]

This made sense... What a machine!!!

[@SebastianBeyer]

sounds very nive n full

[@jasonmcgary]

8 voices of mfb sound.I finally got a dominion1.now I need the polyphonic version aka synth pro.

[@maxmatson1578]

I like how you use the Melody from Aphex Twin selected Ambient Works volume II.

[@limbicbits]

Rhubarb is an absolute classic

[@evilnoisyelectronics]

Wow... Great demo. I have this on my wish list for some time now. I love the sound of it. (Great patches BTW). The only thing that's Holding me back is all the bug reports. Is it yours working fine? In the other hand i really love the sound of it. And 3 oscillators!! that's insane for a polysynth.

[@limbicbits]

I've had a very buggy pre-production unit when recording this video. I also like(d) this synth a lot but bugs kept me away from a purchase. As far as I know, though, MFB has fixed most of them in the meantime so I'd give it a try.

[@ChazSeamus28]

this thing is awesome

[@nicolasconversy9427]

please, do you sell this bank/patches ? so nice ...Congratulations

[@limbicbits]

Thanks. I'd love to but had to return the Synth Pro as it was a loaner. Unfortunately, I didn't even make a backup of the patches.

[@zbsfm]

ahhhh... what's the song at 7:08? It's on the tip of my tongue

[@limbicbits]

It's my poor version of Tron Legacy

[@michaelpierce3264]

love mine the closet to poly vintage in the market even more so than the prophet6 not as big sounding as the 6 more vintage souls you do a multi Chanel sequence video?

[@limbicbits]

I'd love to do a multitrack-video but unfortunately had to return the unit

[@PaulVonZeppelin]

Limbic Bits, let me ask you, I hear so much about this synth being a headache, with bugs and poor build quality, yet I feel like it is the perfect polysynth to go with my Monomachine. Do you have any insight on any of this? Is it really such a lemon or is that an exaggeration?

[@limbicbits]

My unit was one of the first around so my opinion might be a bit biased and / or outdated. For the price being asked, the build quality was ok - I've seen worse but also better.The bugs in my unit though made me return it. The worse bug was that every time when I saved a patch and recalled it, the settings just didn't match the state I've saved. Effect settings were different, the oscillators were heavily out of tune (also after automatically recalibrating it) and also the filter settings were different. But then again, my synth has been running on an older firmware that has been updated in the meantime. MFB states that the bugs have been solved but I've read different comments in the forums. Maybe it has also something to do with the hardware units. It seems that recently purchased units don't show these issues. It is a great synth, worth the money and definitely on my list for the future. But as long as these issues aren't fixed 100 % I hesitate to buy it again. Best thing would be to check it out at your local store, try to build your own preset and to save / recall it. If this works smoothly, go for it

[@PaulVonZeppelin]

Limbic Bits if I may ask, what would you buy first: a Pro-Synth, or the MegaFM? Something with nice pad sounds to go along with my Elektron gear (DT, MnM, and Model Cycles) would be my preference

[@limbicbits]

@@PaulVonZeppelin Nice pad sounds? I'd choose a Novation Peak first, tbh. MEGAfm is cool, but very rough at the same time. So it wouldn't be my first choice for pads. Synth Pro is great fi they got the bugs sorted out.

[@michaelscottpettis]

Awesome!

[@jasonmcgary]

Is this video of just the synth no added effects?

[@limbicbits]

I've occasionally added some Valhalla DSP reverb (7:20 e.g.). The internal effects aren't very good, though so I definitely recommend to either use the Synth Pro with an external effect device or add some PlugIns to it.

[@satelliterecordingstudios8284]

Hi! Did you save the sound banks and are selling them? ;-)

[@limbicbits]

Unfortunately, I did not. The prototype didn't allow me to make a transfer. :(

[@Übereine]

Its got berlin sadness in it.. i like it..this thing it would be a techno machine. Best demo by far. Any bugs or issues?

[@limbicbits]

My unit was a prototype so I've had some issues like some parameters haven't been stored properly when saving a patch etc. But these should be solved in the version that's being sold now. It's a great synth with a melancholic character as you've pointed it out already.

[@MadelnMachines]

@@limbicbits I wasn't sure if that was the character of the synth or just your taste. I lean towards these kinds of sounds myself. Definitely a melodic techno/electronica producer ;) Are you selling these patches? I like this much better than anything i've heard from the Moog One! Maybe I can save myself some money

[@KiR_3d]

Does anybody sells a used one?

[@erlendmagnussen8922]

Has its own personality. Lovely 3 vco poly with a good price, what not to like?

[@limbicbits]

In this case the remaining bugs have been a big downer for me. Other than that the synth pro is amazing

[@erlendmagnussen8922]

As usual then 😆 Glad you like it. It has a organic quality, reminds me of a past era when I used to play CS 60.

[@limbicbits]

@@erlendmagnussen8922 CS is definitely in there!

[@fjfrancois]

Wow what a beauty man 😞💰💰💰💰💰

[@outlier5844]

Can it do chord memory function like the mono poly?

[@limbicbits]

Not yet, but maybe this is something they implement in future. Would be nice to have

[@kikipups]

Have you had any luck connecting the Synth Pro and Keystep via the USB port? it doesn't seem to work for me even if I use the power socket as well.

[@limbicbits]

Didn’t work for me, either

[@kikipups]

Guess it's not possible then... I messaged the Arturia support about this, I'll let you know what they say about it!

[@limbicbits]

I guess it’s more a fault of the active USB connection provided by the MFB synth

[@kikipups]

I've come to the same conclusion. According to Arturia's customer support USB Power deactivates as soon as you plug in a DC adapter. It's a pity really.

[@kikipups]

@@limbicbits Update: Neither Arturia nor MFB can offer an immediate fix, so I guess we'll have to stick to the MIDI connection.

[@slowbass]

price? Where to buy? I neeeeed this

[@limbicbits]

You can get it at Thomann, for example. www.thomann.de/gb/mfb_synth_pro.htm?offid=1&affid=397

[@messiahshow]

@@limbicbits I wonder if Thomann got fed up with returned units because I see no MFB stuff there at all anymore. It's a bit strange and It's not discontinued from what I can see.

[@limbicbits]

@@messiahshow unfortunately, Manfred Fricke, the founder and head of MFB passed away. Therefore, production and development has stopped until anyone is able to take over (if that even ever happens).

[@messiahshow]

@@limbicbits Oh no sorry to hear that he was not that old either. That's such a loss for the synth world, he really made some great stuff. Thanks for clearing that out.

[@PC0067]

Suberbe!

[@MrTommyfrizz]

This or prophet 08?

[@limbicbits]

This is mainly a question of personal taste. The Synth Pro has a strong "organ / Yamaha-CS" vibe, Prophet is, well, more on the Prophet-side soundwise. Best thing would be to directly compare both and decide what fits a) your sound preferences and b) your workflow better.

[@Noiretranquility]

Who cares if people likes or not soft synths , this is a video of a real analog piece of equipment, the algorithms are not electrical pulses , they’re digits, if you can’t hear the difference then... continue buying soft synths and living thru a computer screen.

[@sinuslinus]

what you're listening to is actually also digits

[@Noiretranquility]

Timo Drumm yes because I’m watching a KZbin video, but the source wasn’t digital ;)