S2R
Digital synthesizer module
The S2R factory demo song:
S2R internal Demo Song - a very cool (and typical for synth demos of the early '90s) Fusion number.
Stream all Performance audio demos:
| Performance name with audio demo | My comments |
| 1 Europe | A powerful and mysterious twirled sound pad. |
| 2 Toy Land | Delightful bell play. |
| 3 Developmnt | Beautiful analog brass and synthetic LFO'd filters. |
| 4 Total Horn | Mega '80s synth brass. |
| 5 More | Outstandingly beautiful split!!! A puffy synth pad on the left, and a Vangelis CS-80 type Blade Runner analog brass lead! |
| 6 Undergrnd | Nice echoed fusion solo synth. |
| 7 MegaTrack | Super-fat and sweet D-50 style breathy pad. |
| 8 Demo Prf 1 | Classic syn brass - more on the other channels in the MIDI setup. |
| 9 Demo Prf 2 | Classic wavesequence pad - more on the other channels in the MIDI setup. |
| 10 LOCAL OFF | Classic syn lead - more on the other channels in the MIDI setup. |
| 11 GreatXpect | Classy grand piano + string pad. |
| 12 Hurry Up | Resonant and detuned hollow synth |
| 13 SummrJrney | Great-sounding fusion split / slap bass on the left and syn brass on the right. |
| 14 Smoothing | Delicate pad with rising resonating filters. |
| 15 Deep Quiet | Nice soundtrack synth. |
| 16 ThinShocks | Ok synth with resonating band-pass |
| 17 Loom Voice | Ethereal synth pad with excellent stereo pan effect. |
| 18 Lone Voice | Sweet reso-pad - reminiscent of some D-50 sounds. |
| 19 LunarSea | Excellent band-pass filter sound! |
| 20 BlackEvent | Epic string with pulsating synth patterns. |
| 21 TechnoVint | Cool '80s brass techno vintage. |
| 22 PinkSunris | Excellent unobtrusive pad for New Age |
| 23 Mad Hatter | Great-sounding Hammond organ with Leslie |
| 24 DoomBallad | Very atmospheric. |
| 25 UHMM Keys | Very nice piano + voice setup. Notice the envelope of the voice choir that fades to a cacophony - similar to (ripped off from?) a preset on the Kurzweil K2000 series! |
| 26 Glass Vibe | Crispy glass hits. |
| 27 MutantStab | Realistic "Dragnet" type brass ensemble |
| 28 Bad Pad | Why bad? It's a standard bell synth. |
| 29 DrilngSolo | Very good solo synth sound. |
| 30 TwlighTale | Another excellent fusion solo synth sound. |
| 31 Ouverture | Awesome and powerful orchestral ensemble, unexpectedly with synth sweeps. |
| 32 Midi_Gtr | Realistic overdriven guitar. |
| 33 Unstable | '80s! |
| 34 ScampStabs | Expressive hollow solo sound. |
| 35 Fat Butrfl | This butterfly is not fat, just a bit overweight. |
| 36 Alias | Great standard fusion solo! |
| 37 ChopChop | Very nice and contemporary comp synth |
| 38 SolarLight | Nice and analog-sounding buzzing wave |
| 39 LunarHappn | Another vintage analog hollow square wave type sound. |
| 40 On Alert | Mega fat solo synth |
| 41 Soloist | Reminds of the classic D-50 and M1 solo synth sounds. |
| 42 Aliens | Outstanding FX synth!!! |
| 43 Monolith | Excellent programming!!! A Wavestation-type sound that would be excellent for scoring sci-fi movies |
| 44 Odyssey | You can hear the sirens calling Ulysses |
| 45 Saucer | Beauty in the pad |
| 46 SndTrack | Very good, mysterious and ominous soundtrack pad |
| 47 SYNTHEX | BEAUTY!!!!!!! Presumably sampled from the Elka Synthex |
| 48 SpaceSolo | Intriguing and complex pad |
| 49 Ambient | Calm, meditative ambient pad, very Eno. |
| 50 Morning | More analogish beauty |
| 51 Maneater | Hard synth patch, FM-type |
| 52 OldGdTimes | Very nice Crystal Rhodes electric piano |
| 53 WhiteOrgan | Nice Hammond with a touch of Roland D-50-style chiffy breath |
| 54 Circle | Hammond with fast Leslie |
| 55 ModernOrgn | Gritty, old Hammond |
| 56 Expr Organ | Cool '70s Progressive tube organ sound |
| 57 Smooth | More drawbars pulled out |
| 58 Anglican | Sweet and phased church organ |
| 59 LightSound | More organs |
| 60 Planets | Nice cross between organ and bell synth |
| 61 Solar Wind | Phenomenal sci-fi sound FX!!! |
| 62 CyclingFrg | Classic "Moog S&H" Emerson, Lake & Palmer sound |
| 63 Vector | Disturbing and perfect for horror movies ;-) |
| 64 Gelid Line | Very Kurzweil |
| 65 Sea Wake | Great rising pad. |
| 66 Winter Age | BEAUTIFUL SOUND!!! Different, evolving, meditative synth soundscape |
| 67 Alien Man | Powerful synth rich in bass frequencies |
| 68 Blue Pass | Awesome film soundtrack split setup! |
| 69 Pad Sound | Beautiful, wide and inspired '80s syn pad! |
| 70 New City | Mega powerful 1980's brass |
| 71 George | Classy jazz guitar, presumably inspired by George Benson's tone |
| 72 SoloAccord | Nice accordion |
| 73 SoloHarmon | Very nice campfire harmonica |
| 74 SoloViolin | Expressive and outstanding for the era (early '90s) |
| 75 Solo Sax | Warm and breathy tenor |
| 76 SoloClarin | Classic clarinet |
| 77 Solo PanFl | Well-sampled pan flute, pitch controlled by velocity |
| 78 TheRealVib | Realistic vibraphone |
| 79 OldCentury | Nice orchestra in full flight |
| 80 Church | Full pipe organ |
| 81 An _Brass | Totally '80s!!!!!!! Very Roland |
| 82 Lyle | SPOT ON! for Lyle Mays Oberheim sound in Pat Metheny's band |
| 83 Fall Intld | Great orchestral ensemble |
| 84 5th Combo | Nice brass |
| 85 Pleyades | Nice percussive sound |
| 86 GrandEnter | VERY nice Progressive setup - Jethro Tull like |
| 87 Trop_Night | MORE BEAUTY from this excellent module!!!!!!! A warm pad on the left, and an expressive pan flute lead sound on the right |
| 88 Let's Solo | Intriguing analog lead |
| 89 Equinox | Powerful synth setup. Incidentally, the Equinox is also the name of Generalmusic's latest professional workstation. |
| 90 Dark Quack | Awesome split!!! |
| 91 Steps | Another excellent glassy Rhodes |
| 92 Warm Ice | Similar to "Toy Land" above, at higher frequencies |
| 93 Assembly | Solid, classy choir |
| 94 SoftFlight | More '80s |
| 95 Buddy Neck | Heavy synth |
| 96 StryaStrng | Beautiful string ensemble!!! |
| 97 Deeper | Classic '90s evolving, puffy sound |
| 98 Gas Danger | Nice bubbly pad |
| 99 Clavinet | Realistic Clavinet |
| 100 Crisp Ends | Order in chaos - nice ending! |
Stream all Single audio demos below:
| Single name with audio demo | My comments |
| 1-1 GrandPiano | Classy grand piano. Could use more samples, but it's ok for the era. |
| 5-3 Rhodx | Great sounding Fender Rhodes electric piano |
| 11-3 Wine_Gls2 | Spacey fx vibe |
| 14-1 Xylophone | Perfectly sampled |
| 23-2 Toots | Obviously inspired by great Toots Thielemans' harmonica sound |
| 26-3 SteelGtr32 | Solid jumbo acoustic guitar |
| 39-3 Anl_Bass_1 | Fat Mooga Mooga bass |
| 54-2 Lyricon00 | Nice! |
| 82-1 O_B_filter | Presumably sampled from Oberheim OB-series synths |
| 83-9 Soft_Sound | Beautiful soft pad! |
| 84-3 Digital_1 | Piercing digital lead |
| 84-5 Zerbino | The word "zerbino' in italian means a little rug, typically the little carpet put in front of the house. Used to indicate a pad sound like this. |
| 84-7 Analog_Y | Great for analog sequences. |
| 88-3 O_B_X_3 | Again, presumably sampled by Oberheim OB-X |
| 88-4 Sympho_FX | BEAUTIFUL atmospheric resonant pad!!! Perfect for soundtracks! |
| 89-4 Devil | Muaaha-hahahahah!!! |
| 94-1 Prophet_1 | Presumably sampled from a Sequential Circuits Prophet synth |
| 94-5 PinUp_Q | Very nice band-pass filtered synth |
| 96-4 Budweis | Very nice and bubbly synth - like a kind of beer?? |
| 121-2 Drum_Kit2 | Very nice and solid drum kit |
| 127-1 House_Kit | Standard TR-808 kit |
The following is a demo I did for a thread at www.Harmony-Central.com , to demonstrate how great this synthesizer is for Ambient/New Age sounds. The examples are all Factory Preset Performances.
Generalmusic S2R, the PAD synth
| Features at a glance | |
| Year of release: | 1993 |
| Polyphony: | 32-voice |
| Sound generation method: | sample-based |
| Preset memories | 100 Performances, 500 single |
| MIDI: | 2 SETS of in, out, thru |
| Sound expansion capabilities: | reads AKAI disks |
| Sequencer | yes |
| Arpeggiator | no |
| Effects | reverb, delay and derivative |
| Velocity | yes |
| Aftertouch | yes |
| Sample Memory: | no |
| Display: | yes, large backlit |
kindly provided by Frank Raczynski:
GEM S Series Manual.pdf
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