Donner Analogue Bass Synthesizer and Sequencer, B1 Controller with 128 Patterns, Saturation and Delay Effects, LED Display and MIDI IN/OUT

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Ottimo synth basso con sequencer con pannello comandi molto intuitivo.

De sonido bien, suena bastante limpio con ese toque 303, pero no reacciona igual cuando secuencias varios acentos seguidos y cosas así. Secuenciador más cómodo que el de un 303. Servicio de atención al cliente excelente por parte de Donner.

Für diesen Preis bekommt man einen tollen Synthesizer mit so einigen Extras. Es ist leicht ihm coole acid Töne zu entlocken. Ich wünsche nur, es gäbe auch eine Version mit eingebauten Lautsprechern. Dann wäre es perfekt zum jamen und Sounds designen. Aber man kann Kopfhörer anschließen oder ihn als Sequencer benutzen und MIDI über USB ausgeben.

Good build quality, better than I expected for the price, has a lot of features but is easy to use after reading the manual. Just recently in the last few days there was a firmware update which added a song mode and some other new features. The built in saturation sounds very nice and can go from subtle to quite wild, the delay is also very handy. Soundwise it is very nice, not an exact 303 clone but still capable of convincing acid type sequences, it has a very nice short decay at the lowest setting which is very nice for choppy staccato bass and acid. The resonance and cutoff have a slightly wider range than other clones, the accents and slides are on point, the square wave is not quite as hollow sounding as a real 303 but still perfectly usable. The realtime performance modifiers are really fun to use and can be a great way of adding interest to a performance. The windows app is handy for pattern backup and is used to perform the updates, I believe there is a Mac version too. The only slight criticisms/wishlist I have are: The text around the buttons is a little difficult to see in low light conditions. The LEDs seem to be RGB but only blue and white are used, it would be nice to be able to change the colours, also when editing they could be coded to know what modifiers are on a step - eg accent red, slide yellow, accent and slide orange etc. Patterns can only be a max of 16 steps, you can chain them in song mode but it would be nice to have 64 step patterns like the bass bot has. The random generator function could be improved - it would be better if you could select which aspects you want to randomise for example accents, slides, notes, ratchet, rests, gate length - this could be chosen by button combination or set in the setup like how note priority, midi channel etc is set. The analog clock sync is not compatible with some other gear like Aira mini, the pulse is a bit long, which can cause a bit of delay if using B1 as master, it would be handy to be able to configure the pulse length in setup. All in all though a very nice product and most importantly a fun instrument to use, great sounds, good support and after sales updates, great price and features. I will definitely consider Donner products in the future and look forward to the forthcoming D1 drum machine.