i was just reading the review of SoundArt's Chameleon in Sound On Sound and was wondering if anyone's tried it. i thought it might be a nice addition to a CW/Noah setup as you can actually develop on it and it's cheap. Anyone know how it sounds? On there website i couldn't see any nice GUI's so maybe it's not as visually good to work with.
Mr Arkadin.
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SoundArt Chameleon
I think I have a pretty good idea about how it sounds considering what was written in a German Keyboards review about it and what comes out of my Midiman Lagoon, which comes with a similiar synth based on the same DSP. I've connected the Lagoon via Adat to Pulsar and used the Pulsar's converters for analog output.
The sound is rather bright, but seems to lack punch in the low mids. It certainly adds something to the spectrum, but fails on a broader range of sounds. Comparable to many native synths, but somewhat more crisp.
My impression is not totally precise here because I didn't use the Chamaeleon itself, but the Keyboards reviewer made a description which perfectly fitted the Lagoon, too.
Imho the price of about 800 € isn't exactly attractive, given the fact that Nord's Micro Modular is currently sold out for 366€.
It's comparably powered, but got a proven library of sounds and some GUI while the Chamaeleon relies on midi commands alone.
One has to construct an own interface transmitting midi messages or find an existing tool for this.
The fact that it can be programmed from the ground up, which implies endless possibilities, is totally misleading imho.
To achieve high quality sound you have to be a high quality programmer - if you are, you probably got better things to do than program that box, which is almost certainly underpowered for any sophisticated processing.
That kind of developement is measured in man-years for professionals, as an amateur you haven't got a chance at all to succeed.
You're in competition with Access, Nord and the makers of ProTools plugins to name a few.
Imho the Modular approach is a far more promising way to go.
my 2 cents, Tom
The sound is rather bright, but seems to lack punch in the low mids. It certainly adds something to the spectrum, but fails on a broader range of sounds. Comparable to many native synths, but somewhat more crisp.
My impression is not totally precise here because I didn't use the Chamaeleon itself, but the Keyboards reviewer made a description which perfectly fitted the Lagoon, too.
Imho the price of about 800 € isn't exactly attractive, given the fact that Nord's Micro Modular is currently sold out for 366€.
It's comparably powered, but got a proven library of sounds and some GUI while the Chamaeleon relies on midi commands alone.
One has to construct an own interface transmitting midi messages or find an existing tool for this.
The fact that it can be programmed from the ground up, which implies endless possibilities, is totally misleading imho.
To achieve high quality sound you have to be a high quality programmer - if you are, you probably got better things to do than program that box, which is almost certainly underpowered for any sophisticated processing.
That kind of developement is measured in man-years for professionals, as an amateur you haven't got a chance at all to succeed.
You're in competition with Access, Nord and the makers of ProTools plugins to name a few.
Imho the Modular approach is a far more promising way to go.
my 2 cents, Tom
