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Single transwave is made out of 128 individual single cycle waveforms and no calculation occurs in between. Well, transwaves are similar to wavetables, in many aspects identical, exept there is no interpolation calculation between to adjacent frames (waves). #Ensoniq sd 1 vs ts10 manualSome might ask how come this synth has Wavetable synthesis, yet its specs or manual don’t say anything about it – they only mention Transwaves. In the days of PPG, 8 kB was the size of the whole waveform ROM! For example 1 MB wavetable contains a frame with a size of 8 kB. This is because a single wavetable on TS can be as big as RAM size in it. In fact it is possible to gain much higher quality (longer cycle waves, more hi-fi sounding) than on a standard wavetable synthesizers. ![]() However, once you build it, the result can be quite impressive. This ensures smooth playback of each individual frame, since any amplitude difference between start and end point at such short loops alters the harmonic content or totally shifts it into wrong pitch. Also, every cycle must begin and end at zero amplitude. Considering there are total of 128 waveforms, this can be a big work. #Ensoniq sd 1 vs ts10 softwareTechnically speaking, TS-10/12 does feature wavetable synthesis, but unfortunately there is no Ensoniq software for creating custom wavetables so one would need to make it ‘manually’ with standard waveform editing software. ![]() Although not from the default state available on TS series, is possible, once you build a wavetable. #Ensoniq sd 1 vs ts10 seriesNow you might ask – is this all we can do with it? What would happened if we would have one sample made of 64 or 128 small short (pure waveform) samples, connected in series and then we would apply a loop shift feature onto it? Ever heard of synths such as PPG or Waldorf Microwave? Well, that is exactly what they do! Welcome to the… #Ensoniq sd 1 vs ts10 professionalBelieve it or not, but even some high-end professional samplers do not have this kind of loop shift feature. #Ensoniq sd 1 vs ts10 modRoute LFO or mod wheel and you got some of the craziest vocals at the output. This works best on complex samples, made from small snippets, vocals for example (connected in series) merged into one large sample. Or instead of mod wheel you can use random LFO for some really unique effects.Īnother good feature this synth has, is that you can shift the loop point and ‘browse’ through various regions of your sample. This works best on short, white noise samples. As you move the mod wheel, new harmonics are being generated. You can for example use extreme short loop points, and route sample end position to mod wheel. Since transwave synthesis requires extreme playback precision the same can be applied for basic samples (non transwaves). Now all that is left is to route a controller (LFO, env, mod wheel, etc.) on to it and your transwave is ready for fun. If you load a transwave into TS-10, you can change its properties from the basic waveform into the transwave. Sample playback in TS series is not just ‘basic playback’, but it also features transwave synthesis. So, on the first sight it appears this is no good synth for transwave fun, right? Well…. But the worst thing is, they all sound almost the same. In fact, this synth has a weakest set of transwaves, of all Ensoniq’s transwave series. And unfortunately all those good transwaves from SD-1 are gone. The first thing user would check when exploring waveform content are the transwaves. ![]() With TS series, Ensoniq continued their line of transwave synths, this time introducing the sample playback in the synth engine. Personally I suspect the secret is: 1)polyphonic aftertouch 2)session gig players who got used to it 3) excellent build quality 4) excellent sequencer (again gig players territory) Unfortunately i don’t know the secret connection of the TS-10 and US, if someone does, feel free to add a comment. Which is in a way funny because in Europe you can obtain it for around 400 notes or ever less if you look long enough. Even today (writing this in dec/2015) and good condition TS-10 unit can set you back over $1000 USD. But i am 99% sure that is not the reason. You would think it is because from the impressive synthesis capabilities of having both the wavetable and wavesequencing synthesis in one machine. First of all i never understood why such high second hand market price (particularly in States). If i would have to choose one ROM-pler to hit the category mysterious, it would definitely be TS-10. ![]()
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