SONICWARE LIVEN XFM LVN-020

great

Bonne groovebox, sons FM, je recommande

This thing is magical, the sequencer and work flow is so hands on and fun. I even prefer it to the Digitone. It's capable of anything, smooth beautiful organic instruments, harsh noise, fat throbbing bass.Be wary I believe there was some quality control issues as I had several of these and a few sounded very low fi, not in a good way. But when I buy a new one they sound fantastic very clear and powerful and even with a lot of sounds it doesn't get mushy. Perhaps this is why they kept the polyphony so low. Still you could write an album with this alone. Get a sampler and maybe one other little synth for variation and you are capable of nearly anything.I really respect Sonicware and think they're just what the industry needs. I've tried pretty much every groovebox sequencer thing on the market and this is one of my favourites. I just love the keyboard and hands on portable nature there isn't anything else like it.

LIVEN XFM is like having 4 DX7's with an Elektron sequencer in a box that's more portable than a laptop. The output distorts nicely at high volumes too, perfect for anyone making more extreme music. Love it.

This item arrived in a nice package and it looks very impressive, however the actual buttons that serve as "keys" felt flimsy and just did not appear sturdy enough to hold up over time.