Does anybody have the Ab-Synth AND the Ab-Synth 5K?

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Does anybody have the Ab-Synth AND the Ab-Synth 5K?

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So,

I just got a 5K this past week, and gigged it on Saturday.

It had a beautiful, mild, sickly, melancholy sound like an amp crying and dying. I loved it, but it seems more difficult to coax the screaming, singing, glaring oscillator tones that I used to get from my normal Ab-Synth.

They almost seem different enough to use/own both on the same board.

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I think the advice you'll get around here 9x / 10 is "when in doubt buy them all!" :lol:
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Re: Does anybody have the Ab-Synth AND the Ab-Synth 5K?

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i do! :joy:

with the gain maxed out clockwise it should squeal just like regular one! rolling back the gain will mellow out the oscillation... :cool:

hey, there are so many awesome tones to be had with the ab-synth and then tom adds a gain control for even more fun it should be a crime NOT having both on the same board! :lol:
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I do! Never really noticed it being harder.
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Sounds broken, i'll buy it as is for ten bucks.
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Bellyheart wrote:Sounds broken, i'll buy it as is for ten bucks.


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Maybe, I just had the gain down too far assuming 12 o'clock was equal to the regular Ab-Synth

should have dimed it.
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Yea, you have to crank it to be equal, 4k is max gain all the time. I have no problems with the osci though with gain rolled back
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Gain rolles back on the 5k is doing awesome oscillation in my case.
That's how I use the AB-Synth 5k all the time.
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