Akai's turn for the cheap analog thing

http://www.akaipro.com/product/timbre-wolf#overview

I'm not sure why they kept the Wolf in it's name when it seems like the Rythm Wolf is one of the most unpopular machines ever made.

that has got to be the most ridiculous branding I've ever seen on a musical instrument.

  On 8/27/2015 at 10:27 PM, BCM said:

so many literary cybergoths bought that synth

Apple has no end to their stupid monikers, and they still sell.

http://www.retrothing.com/2015/01/akai-timbre-wolf-might-be-the-worst-analog-synth-ever.html

That is one of the worst gear demos i've ever seen.

lol. That was fucking hilariously awkward. Also it sounds like a piece of shit.

Isn't this just 4 of the rhythm wolf's synth parts bundled into one terrible synth?

  On 8/27/2015 at 10:43 PM, misc said:

http://www.retrothing.com/2015/01/akai-timbre-wolf-might-be-the-worst-analog-synth-ever.html

 

That is one of the worst gear demos i've ever seen.

You know its bad when the Product Rep is taking the piss

Say what you want about it, but the sequencing options on this pig could be very useful with other synths in a rig.

I've heard these have really weird tuning issues. Spend money and save the headache of buying shitty synth's. New and cheap is WAAAAAY worse than old and cheap right now IMO.

  On 8/27/2015 at 10:43 PM, misc said:

http://www.retrothing.com/2015/01/akai-timbre-wolf-might-be-the-worst-analog-synth-ever.html

 

That is one of the worst gear demos i've ever seen.

  On 8/27/2015 at 11:48 PM, Audioblysk said:

I've heard these have really weird tuning issues

instantly get that detuned tuss sound with minimum effort!

  On 8/27/2015 at 11:51 PM, Rpeg said:

 

  On 8/27/2015 at 10:43 PM, misc said:

http://www.retrothing.com/2015/01/akai-timbre-wolf-might-be-the-worst-analog-synth-ever.html

 

That is one of the worst gear demos i've ever seen.

 

 

LOL

  On 8/27/2015 at 11:38 PM, Salem1976 said:

Say what you want about it, but the sequencing options on this pig could be very useful with other synths in a rig.

so you guys wouldnt recommend this synth for the low budget pocket ?

At $500 it doesn't seem that low budget to me.

Garbage, buy might serve some purpose. For example: Making shitty music.

As far as tuning is concerned, apparently this does or at least can stay in tune (?), but it takes 45 minutes or something like that to warm up properly. Still sounds retarded, though.

apparently this thing takes 30 minutes to 'warm up' and get in tune

  On 8/28/2015 at 12:46 AM, Kavinsky said:

so you guys wouldnt recommend this synth for the low budget pocket ?

No. For the same price, you could get a volca keys and a MIDI keyboard, or a minibrute or something.

  On 8/28/2015 at 1:46 AM, modey said:

 

  On 8/28/2015 at 12:46 AM, Kavinsky said:

so you guys wouldnt recommend this synth for the low budget pocket ?

No. For the same price, you could get a volca keys and a MIDI keyboard, or a minibrute or something.

 

do not buy this unless you want a weirdo 'wildcard' synth

otherwise there's lots of great synths at that price

  On 8/28/2015 at 12:36 AM, modey said:

 

  On 8/27/2015 at 11:38 PM, Salem1976 said:

Say what you want about it, but the sequencing options on this pig could be very useful with other synths in a rig.

The sequencer looks pretty interesting, but the beatstep pro is cheaper and has more features.

 

Too true, I was just looking for a reason not to completely hate it.

Oh, to be fair, the one output per voice feature, as well as having completely separate controls for each voice, sounds pretty good (as well as the round robin style of switching between them when it's used in poly mode). It could be possible to get some pretty nice sounds out of it if used as a monosynth.. but then again, nothing can save it if it has tuning problems.

If they did something similar using digital oscillators instead of shitty analog ones it'd probably be a lot better.

Also, fake wooden panels? I hate that fake vintage shit, why can't synth manufacturers move on?

  On 8/27/2015 at 10:19 PM, digman said:

 

 

 

http://www.akaipro.com/product/timbre-wolf#overview

 

I'm not sure why they kept the Wolf in it's name when it seems like the Rythm Wolf is one of the most unpopular machines ever made.

 

they must have wanted ppl to laugh at them for not knowing how to pronounce "timbre" correctly

Ha, I was just reading all the 5 star reviews of the Rhythm Wolf on Sweetwater. It's the anti-backlash backlash.