Dreadbox Typhon 3-stars Reviews

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3 years ago

Good for what it costs, but let's put it in perspective

On the positive side, it's good for what it is, which is a small, sturdy, well built monosynth that's good for ambient and drone sounds in particular, and is a good sounding synth all around. The effects are OK too, not bad, although not comparable to say the Novation Peak. I think Dreadbox need to be acknowledged and praised for making a good monosynth at an accessible price - similar in form factor to, but way cheaper than, say a Moog Minitaur.

Negatives? The screen is tiny to the point of being unusable live. Or indeed even in daylight if your eyesight's Likewise, it's not a DX7, but as someone else pointed out, it has a fiddly interface - the sliders in particular are too small and fiddly for anyone without tiny hands. Also, comparing the Typhon to the Iridium, Argon8M or Wavestate isn't realistic in terms of both the much wider functionality and hands on, direct controls those synths provide - it simply does not compare to them (and arguably, they don't compare with each other, anyway). To claim that is to not know those other synths in any depth, and they are hugely capable - but progressively more costly too, to put it in perspective.

Overall, a good sounding well built synth that does what it does well. Personally though, I'll be selling mine because of the tiny sliders and impractical display.

4 years ago

OK sound, fiddly interface

Had it for about 6 months now. Lacks more hands on control. Expected more punch in the sound. Value is good for a mono synth. Drone and lead/bass sounds are really good. Moog? No. Oberheim? No. A lot of tweaking? Yes. Unique? Yes. Style. Yes Value? Not for me, i think there's way better things on the market for less or equal especially now the prices have gone up. Quality seems good for now.

Edit: Had it for almost 10 months now. Tought i was wrong maybe in regarda the sound and UI, and overall feel. I wasn't. Get's weak when crowded with those 32 bit effects. (Wich per se are ok-ish) But that 32 bit processing... IT SOUNDS WEAK. There, i said it. On paper it's all wow - 32 bits, a new sound era, new sound level. Yeeeah... No. It's not. The whole sound sounds more fragile in the end. Why do that? Yeah, i don't know either.

There are a few really WARM analogue sounds in this one, othera are COLD AGRESSIVE ETHERAL one's. Wich is ok if you like it. I would like it more warm. Because i can do that with a digital synth also. It's still very durable tho and the synthwavey design is very nice! The knobs are very sturdy.

91/100

based on 16 reviews.

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