Description | Tom Oberheim founded a new company (which is already dead for years.), he had to compete with the company that used his name. This is a real Oberheim and quite close to a Matrix 6 / Matrix 6R. The MSR2 was a mainframe for 2 synth modules, in fact the only available module was the ASM8 (analog synthesizer module), other planned modules never came onto the market (sampling etc.). the MSR2 had 2 slots , a 7band EQ and a mixer.
As the Marion MSR-2 was designed by Tom Oberheim and so it is known for having the 'Oberheim sound' packaged inside a compact single-space rackmount module with modern digital reliability and MIDI implementation. Despite its rather harmless and simple appearance, the MSR-2 allows for some fairly complex but intuitive programming. The filters, envelopes, LFOs and other parameters are very analog-like in their sound and editing methods. The module is also 16-part multitimbral. And external inputs route a signal through the envelope and filter sections. The MSR-2 is rare but definitely worth checking out.
The ProSynth is the same, but only has 1 ASM8 module, making it an 8 voice synth. |
| Brand | Marion Systems |
| Model | MSR-2 |
| Device | Synth |
| Type | Rack |
| Engine Type | Analog |
| Engine | DCO |
| Voices (max) | 16 |
| Multitimbral | 16 |
| Oscillators | 2 |
| LFO | 3 saw, triangle, random, S&H |
| Engine Detailed | 2 oscillators per voice, pulse, triangle, saw, noice. matrix modulation built-in (up to 10 routings at the same time with 24 sources/33 destinations) |
| Filter (VCF) | 12/24 dB/oct lowpass, resonance |
| Envelope (VCA) | 3 ADSR, 2 Decay |
| Memory | 500 patches |
| Keys | 0 |
| Key type | N/A |
| Velocity | N/A |
| Aftertouch | N/A |
| Audio | External inputs |
| Midi | I-O-T |
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Produced: | 1994 - 1994 |
| Legend: |
Obvious |
Y: Yes, N: No, N/A: Not Applicable |
| VCO |
Voltage Controlled Oscillator |
DCO |
Digital Controlled Oscillator |
| LFO |
Low Frequency Oscillator |
Sub |
Sub Oscillator |
| VCF |
Voltage Controlled Filter |
VCA |
Voltage Controlled Amplifier |
| Velocity |
As with a piano, the harder you hit a key, the louder the sound, unlike most organs which always produce the same loudness no matter how hard you hit a key. |
Aftertouch |
Pressing a key after you activated it. Channel Aftertouch, no matter which key, it will send a Channel message. Poly Aftertouch, sends the pressure per key instead of the whole channel. |
| Values for OSC, LFO, Filter, Envelope are per voice unless stated otherwise. |
