HARTMANN NEURON VS SYNTHESIZER COMBO PC + INTERFACE + SOFTWA À BURES SUR YVETTE

Configuration Hartmann Neuron VS PC PORTABLE , CARTE SON USB (midi et audio), LOGICIELS et PERIPHERIQUE DE PILOTAGE  NUKE USB. Très bon état et fonctionnel Hartmann Neuron VS Attention: le Nuke est inutilisable avec des version de Windows au delà de XP. C'est pourquoi je vends l'ensemble, ce qui vous permet de travailler indépendamment d'une DAW plus moderne, tout en pilotant le Neuron avec un clavier midi....    Neuron VS's main screen, showing the two Resynators, Blender, and Shapers (envelope generators). The colour coding of the two X-Y controllers indicates which of the three parameter levels is being accessed. If you pined after the innovative Neuron in 2003, but couldn't afford the £3500 price tag, check out Neuron VS; it packs most of the original synth engine into a £500 software instrument and throws in a distinctive hardware controller. Once upon a time, hi-tech music manufacturers would release synths or workstations in two or three different keyboard sizes, and then add a rackmount version to the range later, allowing users to add the basic sounds and features of the product to their studio racks without taking up too much room. But times are changing, and it's surely a sign of our increasingly 'virtual' age that Hartmann, whose Neuron was one of the largest, loudest, and most expensive hardware synths of recent times, have chosen to aim straight at the computer with their second release. Neuron VS will not fit in your racks, but instead installs on your Mac or PC: it's a VST/AU-format virtual instrument that offers the original keyboard's core technology for a fraction of the Neuron's price.Neuron VS running as a plug-in under Cakewalk Sonar, with the Nuke hardware controller/dongle in the foreground.Photo: Mark Ewing Actually, it's perhaps not surprising that Hartmann have made this move: as was noted in the August 2003 SOS review of the original keyboard, Neuron is based on a PC architecture, and one of its main developers is also the man behind German software house Prosoniq, which must have made developing the plug-in easier. Whatever the motivation, software has to be a more economical option for a developer, even if, as in the case of Neuron VS, the software comes with a hardware controller. Tooling up for a rack Neuron, on the other hand, would have produced another mega-thousand-pound product. Refreshing The Neurons The original Neuron created quite a stir when it was announced by promising a new approach to synthesis and sound creation, and anyone who heard one, as I did while attending the Frankfurt Music Fair during its launch year, couldn't ignore the range and volume of sounds it produced. I was continuously reminded of the Neuron's impact as it swooped and roared in the background of an interview that I recorded at that show. Now the attractive concept of running that technology from your computer desktop has created a stir of its own. The Neuron VS package consists of two parts, one hardware and one software (as this review was approaching completion, a second software component, Modelmaker, was added to the bundle — see the boxout for more on this). The hardware element is the USB-driven Nuke remote control unit, which offers a single stick controller — the X-Y joystick, of which there are four on the original Neuron keyboard — and four assignable continuous controllers. Neuron VS, the software component, is essentially the synth engine from the original Neuron in plug-in form. Obviously, the keyboard version has the advantage of its own dedicated hardware, so its performance is not dependent on the power of your CPU or the amount of RAM you have installed, as is the case with Neuron VS. The keyboard version also offers surround-sound audio compatibility, future plans for audio-input processing and four-part multitimbrality. But the rest remains largely the same. For the benefit of those unfamiliar with the original, a quick recap is in order.