DeepMind 12D : Deep Love!

I was very sceptic at first buying this synth, although there were quite a few reviews praising it. The reason was the oscillator waveform choices, with only one sawtooth oscillator and no sinewave. However I had a change of heart, since on one hand I loved the sound of Juno 106 (from which this synth took inspiration), and on the other hand I saw a reviewer who mentioned that the effects were a crucial part in the sound design capabilities of the DM. So I went ahead and bought the 12D version.

I have to say that I'm SO IN LOVE with it. Indeed: the effects plus the mod matrix are crucial features for its sound design capabilities. I would strongly advice to go for 12 voices, so that you can use 2-3 of them in unison for each note without significant polyphony loss (6 and 4 voices respectively). The filters sound great without being extraordinary, and the envelopes are quite steep and snappy.

On the downside, my main concern is the data entry knob which is plastic and a bit fiddly. Also the companion application does not work well with touch on windows and no android version is available.

Nevertheless this is definitely a keeper :)