And since the price is expected to be rather soft on the wallet (at about 290€), it might be interesting…ĮDIT: I foolishly sold my Erebus after buying the Dominion 1, as I thought it would provide the same sounds. It should be very complementary to the Erebus and provide punchier sounds. NB : just after posting this original review I learnt about the future release of Dreadbox’s "Hades", a bass synth in a similar format. Its sound is rather soft and mellow while delivering a very organic, thick and grainy sound: yes, it really IS vintage-sounding! In a nutshell, the Dreadbox Erebus is an excellent secondary synth for a very interesting price. MIDI channel selection is difficult : you’ll have to take 4 screws off from the bottom of the device, open it then choose the setting you want by moving the jumpers so as to choose a specific channel, as the default mode is omni.
the external power supply is rather big (for the early models at least). You actually get to choose from two modes:ġ/ “Unison” mode, which makes the synth behave like a monophonic synth with the 2 oscillators playing along.Ģ/ mode “II”: when two notes are being played, each oscillator plays one of the two notes.Īnother noteworthy feature is that the synth has an audio in which allows to process an external signal with (for instance) the internal filter or delay. It’s a 2-voice paraphonic model (like the Korg Odyssey). Each of the 2 oscillators has its own glide setting. An excellent delay which can be controlled in realtime, adding an even more 70s-ish character to the sound. This synth has some rare features for an analog machine : However, it’s also very usable for bass sounds as it goes low in terms of frequencies, but you’ll only get mellow bass sounds hence not adapted to all kinds of music.Īctually, the sound irresistibly evokes tracks from the 70s or even late 60s. I consider that it excels in lead, brass et fx sounds. You’ll have to leave the oscillators enough time to warm up (10 minutes at least) so as to really stabilise them, but this is also part of the general vintage ambiance. The sound is fat, thick, warm, mellow and creamy ! You’ll have to complete it with a more aggressive sounding – more “moog-esque” – synth.īUT, unlike the huge majority of new analog synths, its sound is very organic and drifts as you could wish (it really sounds vintagy), a bit like the great MFB- Dominion 1 but still with less punch and capacities – but the Erebus also only costs one third of a Dominion. It’s a rather basic memoryless synth, but the modulation matrix, although limited in features, adds many a possibility (including some which almost can’t be dispensed with, such as LFO control using the thumb wheel).Įnvelopes are somehow weak: stinging basses aren’t its playground.
#Erebus synth plus
Granted, its look is quite peculiar but I really like it, plus it seems sturdy.
Programs have a name, author, save date and description.The Dreadbox Erebus is a very interesting synth hailing from… Greece! It’s a monophonic/paraphonic, 2-voice and semi modular model.
#Erebus synth Patch
Patch cables drawing directly on main panel with adjustable transparency levelĪbility to display full cables or cable plugsĮxtra input/output patch points from/to external synths, sequencer and FX chain syx filesĭisplay and export of program parameters as text fileĪbility to describe 9 input/output colored patch cables with different sources/destinations Visual feedback by using “LED” ring buttons and indication of the value (on change or on click)Įnvelopes graphs handled by mouse or classical ADSR rotary encoders Top row of support “screens” with old look
#Erebus synth Pc
It will support you in saving and retrieving Erebus V3 patches on your PC but gives you also the possibility to exchange them with other users as they are stored as sysex files.ĭreadbox Erebus V3 interface with similar way of working as actual synthesizer. The panel is a pure patch mapper as the Dreadbox Erebus V3 does not support the load/save of programs or the manipulation of its program parameters by Midi NRPN/CC/Sysex messages.
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