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What Hardware Synths do you use?I hear you Suneel. The Yamaha EX5 to me is the last of the 'Great Synths' too. (Though Roland has been intriguing since - more so for it's sampling aspects) There's stuff on the EX5 that Motif users can still only dream about. But after forking out another $2000 to get a SCSI connector, 6 outputs, 4MB Flash ROM, 64MB RAM, Coaxial Connection... It's become I think the worlds most expensive MIDI controller. And I get a 'Replace Internal Battery!' message every time I turn it on now... Like I really care! :superlol:
What Hardware Synths do you use?I don't have any hardware synths at the moment, but just for your interest here is one I would LIKE to own. An analog synth with preset capability!
http://www.buchla.com/200e/ And here is some vids of the synth in action. http://www.otownmedia.com/he/buchla.htm#video
What Hardware Synths do you use?looks more like a present for richard
What Hardware Synths do you use?That's been around for awhile I think? Just after I got my Big Blue Meanie, someone flashed a picture of that. It must be hard for Don to improve upon perfection.
Buchla is the Buddha of Big Ass Synths.
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Have you bought V-Station? It sounds exactly the same and you can pick it up really cheap these days. I think mine was $59 plus postage. I'm down to just my microX now, and it is the first synth I have found any real use for since moving to software in 2000. I used a K-Station and a Micron live for a while but it was purely as a means of making our live stuff sound different to the recorded versions. Since buying the microX, I have actually found plenty of use for it in the studio, as well as on stage. Even my band-mate's prophecy has never found it's way onto a recording and since the microX, we don;t even bother to cart it around for live use [it's too big and awkward]. When we first moved to software, I kept my fully loaded Trinity, CS1x and K5000R, along with all the outboard gear - mixer, effects, etc - that it necessitated, around for a few years, just because I couldn't imagine not having a studio full of krap. I got over that eventually and managed to offload most of it, although I didn't get what I thought was a decent price for any of it. Today I can carry my whole set-up, minus my studio monitors, in one go. MIDI controller over one shoulder, laptop over the other, bright orange microX road-case in one hand, keyboard stand in the other and off I go. All my cables, PSUs, foot-switches, DIs and microphones [if required] fit into either the controller or laptop bag, so it's completely self-contained. My band-mate grabs his OctaPad and it's stand and off we go. When we went to Europe in 2005, we managed it all, along with three weeks worth of clothes, etc, without going over our 23kg baggage limit [until we went shopping in London, anyway]. joe-joe, you should have a look at a microX, it has the full Triton sound engine in it, with a bigger sample ROM that has a heap of extra drum sounds. If you want/need the triton's keyboard, the X50 might be a better fit but they are both a lot lighter than a full Triton and all you miss out on is the stuff that Orion does better anyway. Dell G7 (Hexa-Core i7)|Cubase Pro 10||Analog Keys|Ultranova|MicroMonsta|Uno|Skulpt|Craft Synth 2.0|
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What Hardware Synths do you use?1. Nord lead 2x.
2. Moog Little Phatty stage edition II. Those are all of my synths I'm currently playing. Moog may be changed with DSI Mopho soon though. Last edited by lemonpop on Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:12 am, edited 1 time in total.
DSI Prophet 08, Nordlead 2X, X-Poly, Microtonic, Korg LGC, QuadraSID, Orion Platinum
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How much did you get on the mortgage for these things? :rofl:
What Hardware Synths do you use?HAHAHA that typo is corrected.
DSI Prophet 08, Nordlead 2X, X-Poly, Microtonic, Korg LGC, QuadraSID, Orion Platinum
What Hardware Synths do you use?i have the v-station too, its close to the K but def not the same. which is why i respect the K even more. on the V (software) you get clean, slighty washed out sounds. On the K (hardware) you get more aggressive filled out like sound. A long time back we had this heated discussion and i posted comparison results showing the differences.
What Hardware Synths do you use?I agree with Brian Eno when he said 'You can have a synth with 1000 presets, but you will only find 5 or so you really like and use all the time.' I made a lot of sounds on my SY77, but came across this SoundSource 'FM Analog Bass' and just loved it and used it constantly.
For all that the V-Station can do, I'm constantly using Bass Preset 8. The things a freaking monster! And too with all the synths in my day, my 'true love' is the SY77 still. it's funny how a hardware synth just 'feels right' to one. The look, the sound, the utilities. The SY77/99 were the smartest synths to just create music on quickly IMHO.
What Hardware Synths do you use?here is your luv http://www.vintagesynth.com/yamaha/sy77.php dont cry ds, dont cry
What Hardware Synths do you use?Oh I got my SY77 right beside me still. Actually, I call it a SY77II because it's got a MusicTronix PCM expansion board fitted in.
The one thing is the LCD screen on these things is CRAP! The backlight goes and is just pitiful. I got a new screen to be installed... But haven't got around to getting off my ass. :rolleyes: Last edited by Dungeon Studio on Mon Jul 06, 2009 10:38 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Really? I don't remember. But I did a blind test on KVR when I had my K and the only way anyone could tell the difference was because of the slight noise of the hardware. As far as anyone could tell, the presets sounded identical. Given that, it's impossible to believe that any settings would give different results.
I find that a lot of synths these days simply have too many presets, V Station being an excellent example. I never use it, simply because I can't be arsed wading through endless presets trying to find some useful starting point. Even though I quite like their lazy naming convention, there are just too many. I doubt I will ever find a use for it. Dell G7 (Hexa-Core i7)|Cubase Pro 10||Analog Keys|Ultranova|MicroMonsta|Uno|Skulpt|Craft Synth 2.0|
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I agree. And I think it's the hardware days of trying to make that 'One Keyboard Fits All' But of course with so many styles and genres these days, you wind up with 'Dance Piano', 'Industrial Bass', 'Classical Flute', 'Funk Brass', 'Ambient Pad' and so on. Synths like Vanguard and the like at least stick to Trance and Techno sounds, as that's what the majority of people are going to use it for mainly. Though I'm sure one could fashion really good Funk Brass or Tom Sawyer Oberheim with it. In defence of the V Station, it does try to package it's sounds for a 'modern musical set'. Sadly, the modern aspect sound like it's 10 years old now. But I see it more as a better Bass Synth than 'Bass Station', and when you move away from the less than inspiring presets, it really is a ballsy little synth. The worst ever with presets is Yamaha's EX5. Some amazing technology in this synth - physical/analog/leslie modelling, wild insert effects, re-sampling. 6 outputs, and on and on. BUT - the presets are all 'Rays Piano', 'Nylon Guitar', 'Tubular Bells' and those types of things. The majority of people getting this synth at the time were gigging lounge musicians. This big ass powerful synth to play 'Like A Virgin' or 'Billy Jean' on a tuesday night at some club! That's when I gave up on hardware pretty well. Lord knows what Motif's have on board these days preset wise? And all this Cubase interface stuff and sequencing to make up for the EX5 - but they're way out of the ballpark now. Yet, I know folks who put their EX5's aside and scored a $7500 Motif so they sound better playing 'Jump' and 'Thriller' on stage at some dive yet again. :rolleyes:
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