Rhythmic Robot Audio Vault DX5 Custom Set 1 [KONTAKT]

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As youll know if youve taken a glance at our Vault DX5 sounds or our DX Keys Deluxe EPs, the Yamaha DX5 is one of those instruments thats a good deal more than the sum of its parts. Nominally, of course, its two DX7s in one big box ? which would make it on a par with Yamahas later DX7IID, for example. In practice, though, the DX5 and the 7IID sound distinctly different: the 7IID is cleaner, crisper and shinier, while the 5 is thicker, richer and somehow ?more brown?. This is the result, largely, of the hand-picked 12-bit DACs used in the 5, which bring what we feel is a welcome dose of warmth to the FM synthesis on board.

Our existing Vault DX5 set recreates Yamahas own factory presets for this awesome monster-synth; but while theyre great (and a genuine slice of musical history, too), theyre not in fact the es we keep loaded into our laboratory 5, preferring instead to stock it to the gills with full-on synth sounds ? weird, other-worldly, swooshy, non-realistic, out-there explorations of what FM can do when its really let loose, rather than brass es and string es. These are the result of years of quiet collection on Mongos part, and in this Vault set weve assembled the best of them for you.

This set includes both raw es and the Kontakt Multis necessary to recreate the DX5s two-layer architecture: each Multi is a direct copy of one of the lab 5s Performance memories, incorporating two es plus the detuning and panning information necessary to thicken and spread them. Plus of course you get the usual Vault control set, which vastly extends the scope of the es and Multis, allowing you to create your very own DX-inspired soundscapes.