or even £5,995.00
Alas I don’t and only can have a cheap soft version.
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Oh, I wish I had £4,437.32 for some pure sex!
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amiles
offlineMemberPosted 8 months ago # -
well honestly in 90% of the studio-setups in our scene the software plug in the end could sound better than the "real" thing...because people then spend an incredible amount of one vintage gear, but have no money left to buy a proper converter or channelstrip thus revoking a good amount of the "fatness" of the synth...
Posted 8 months ago # -
amiles
offlineMemberI'm all software - once did have a 'real' oscar, novation and some other bits but to be honest even though software is 'in a sense' better I miss the physical knob tinkering.
Posted 8 months ago # -
memorymoogs and polymoogs sound fucking massive. have fun with their constant maintenance though. definitely too much of a headache for me
Posted 8 months ago # -
soillodge
offlineTech ModeratorI enjoy MIDI learn and a nice hardware controller. :D I used to really enjoy vintage gear, but like Josh mentions. Have fun with the maintenance. That shit was heavy and broke all of the time. What Yade brings up is also fact. Doesn't matter what vintage gear you have if you do not record it properly. It's the sum of all things.
`michael
Posted 8 months ago # -
while we are talking blasphemy here, i'll join... i played with two moogs, not counting the theremin, some old opus3 and the LP, LP has an amazing filter, sounds great and all, but am i the only one who is not that enamored with moog gear? yeah it is great, but there are many other synths i would much rather have than moogs
Posted 8 months ago # -
moogs are great synthesizers but I've never really wanted one... i'd definitely take one though or buy if at a steal of a price.
i have a huge hardon for analog mono-synths though. can't get enough
i do need a nice moogy 24/db ladder filter though.. just 12/db on my other 2 monos... and man.. the unison sounds from a memorymoog are so fucking massive they caused that earthquake we experienced a few weeks ago
i'm really loving the sound of my SEM... if i didn't have such short stubby fingers and some actual chops... i'd probably be buying the new Tom Oberheim Son of Four Voice
but what i really want is a brand new FM synth. i think it would be so kickass if Yamaha started making highly program-able beasts in the same vein as their old DX1 and DX5... but instead of just being multi-timbral give it 16 Operators like the fs1r
Posted 8 months ago # -
doesn't nord lead have some decent fm? or that casio thingy, OP-1? monomachine i know has pretty good implementation, don't know how many operators though...
Posted 8 months ago # -
the nord lead is good.. but only that, and i think it is only 4 Op... a DX7 would blow it away
now the Nord Modular G2 is something i've been reading about that seems as capable as a DX7 when it comes to FM but it can do a whole lot more... really interesting machine.. i've thought about the rack version... but i don't think i have the stomach for patching with a mouse.
i don't know much about casio's phase distortion.. i'd definitely pick up a CZ if I ever see one locally @ a fair price... not gonna pay to ship one though
The mono-machine holds no appeal for me.. never used one or heard it.. so not fair to judge.
i was thinking an OP-1 would be cool for when i travel and shit... but when they were finally released people who had bought them were all selling them the next week... so it isn't something I'd ever buy without having hands on knowledge of it
Posted 8 months ago # -
@Tsarik: FM Synths are nice...but the DX7 and its rack derivates are hell to program...I read the manual several times, got advice from some experienced people with FM but still could not create "THAT" sound upon request...it is mostly luck if it sounds nice :-)..I have a TX802 which should be the rack version of the DX7II afaik
Posted 8 months ago # -
if i go the route of a rack... it'll probably be the nord modular g2... a tx802 rack would be a hell of a lot of bang for buck though.. love the sound of 6 Op FM that comes from yamaha
Posted 8 months ago # -
errm, don't know about the G2, i've got a micromodular on an indefinite loan from a friend, and while it is a great sounding, flexible, powerful synth/fx processor with many, many uses, i hardly ever use it, it takes 3 midi cables (1 in/out par for programming, and one for midi in), programmer software's incarnations are for OS 9 and win 98, there is an experimental version for OSX, and windows version worked on XP, but it is a matter of time when that will no longer be available, so you'd be pressed to keep some old pentium running ancient OS, just for the sake of programming it, and you'll end up with a very expensive and capable synth you hardly ever use....better option IMO is get something from a DX series, and a computer programmer for it, or if you have an ipad, get the "missing link" wireless interface, and program it from touchOSC, there are many layouts for all kinds of synths (i think there's a programmer for waldorf xt as well, and fs1r layout came out a few days ago).
i might get tx81z sometime, if i find it dirt cheap, it is a great machine, and low price will offset the rare usagePosted 8 months ago # -
yeah. im on the lookout for a mint tx81z around the 60 70 dollar range... you've got a good point about the nord modular boxes... amazing capabilities... handicapped by interface... even more so than the interface on the fs1r which is notoriously bad... granted... the nord modular with proper computer is quite powerful and easily programmed... you're just restricted and limited... and ultimately destined to loose because computers don't last as long as synthesizers
i yearn for a new FM synth... hell... maybe i can be driven to learn kyma... those are the ultimate digital beasts
Posted 8 months ago # -
maybe you should look at cheaper options, i've used to make pretty complex fm synths and samplers in amazingly short amount of time using puredata, it looks awful, GUI is rather undeveloped, especially compared to kyma and max/msp, but it sounds rather good, more so if you model only the oscillator section, and pass it through some outboard filter
Posted 8 months ago # -
amiles
offlineMemberI have an old Casio CZ3000 gathering rust in my barn!
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