faetal on 2/7/2020 at 06:01
*buzzer*
What is faetal's wife.
demagogue on 2/7/2020 at 09:06
Just so everyone knows what we're talking about.
There's lots of different kinds of synths, but there's gotta be a special place for the modular set ups that look like the controls to a NASA space shuttle.
[video=youtube;o791hgNvGIg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o791hgNvGIg[/video]
heywood on 2/7/2020 at 14:12
I think it's a great idea.
Might even get me to buy an analog synth. I've got zero musical talent, but I'm an electrical engineer by education so I've always been attracted by the idea of doodling around with waveforms.
faetal on 2/7/2020 at 14:57
If you wanted to get started, you could try any of the following:
Mono / duophonic synths (single voice - think basses and leads rather than strings / chords):
Korg monologue
Novation bass station II
Arturia minibrute / microbrute (or the minibrute 2 if you are feeling flush)
Moog sub phatty (bit more expensive, but you get that classic sound)
Korg volca bass (cheap and cheerful, but don't expect wonders)
Polyphonic synths (Multi voice - so can do chords, strings, pads etc)
Korg minilogue (or minilogue XD if you're feeling fancy)
Korg volca keys (cheap and cheerful)
Behringer deep mind 6 (or 12 voice version if you have more to spend)
Recomend checking out reviews, then you can find countless youtube videos to teach the ins and outs of making patches for the instrument you choose.
I'd say you don't even need to be that musical to enjoy sound design anyway (it just gives you mroe things to use the sounds for).
[EDIT] There are also plenty of modular synth nerds out there who don't even make music, but derive huge joy from setting up complex logic engines which output bleeps and bloops at interesting intervals due to have they've routed rhythms through various attenuators, multipliers, clock dividers, turing machines etc...
heywood on 2/7/2020 at 23:04
I had a chance to play with the Korg Minilogue for a little while at a store when I was buying an arranger keyboard for my kids last xmas. I had fun and was tempted to buy it, but just couldn't justify another toy that I'd no doubt under-utilize. I'm still interested though. There's an immediate and accessible fun factor to playing with an analog synth that isn't there with software IMHO.
bjack on 3/7/2020 at 04:26
My 1st synth was a Mini-Korg (Univox) 700, similar to what "The Cars" used for "Just What I Needed".
I still have my Yamaha CS-15 from 1981. Super cool mono-synth, that can be made into a duo. Fat sound. It can even be modified to use midi.
All the other stuff is virtual, or silly things like Casio horns (DH-100), a CTK-750, and other assorted whatnot.
bjack on 3/7/2020 at 04:30
Quote Posted by Gray
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I used to have the actual proper Juno-60...
Gray, you may want to try out a Juno-106. Almost the same unit, but better in my opinion. Still a lot of analog control. I think the 106 had more voices. I borrowed one for a few years back in the mid-80s and loved it.
Jason Moyer on 3/7/2020 at 07:24
I think people generally consider the sound of the 60 (and 6) to be superior to the 106 for some reason that I don't remember, possibly the chorus being voiced differently or something. Instead of paying the vintage analog tax and having to inevitably (if not immediately) fix a 106 you could get a DeepMind for like the half the money which at its core is a clone of the 106 with piles of extra stuff added, plus it's new and benefits from 25 years of miniaturization and manufacturing improvements.
[video=youtube;W1OrME6w7nQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1OrME6w7nQ[/video]
faetal on 3/7/2020 at 09:31
I am perenially interested in a deepmind 12D, but keep hesitating for some reason.
I think I just don't need another analogue poly. I have enough synths really (probably too many for what I do), and I just branched out into modular, so should calm my tits for a bit.