Pick a Synth!

[mattb]

Vote for your favorite, the one you would most like to add to your studio given the choice. the prices are MSRP.


Clavia Nord Lead 3 - $2,399
http://www.musicplace.ch/shop/images/products_big/003734.jpg


JoMoX SunSyn - $3,695
http://www.musik-service.de/ProduX/Keys/Professional/Synthesizer/Jomox_SunSyn_Analog_Synth.jpg


Access Virus Indigo II - $2,595
http://www.musikmarkthamburg.de/images/indigo2_f.jpeg


Waldorf Q+ - $4,250
http://www.sonicstate.com/news/images/messe02/waldorf_qplus.jpg


Novation SuperNova II - $2,645
http://itn.is/~mani/eldflaug/supernova.jpg

[Jay Selway]

I would recommend saving your money - some of the soft synths coming out these days are just as good - if not better. I was recently thinking about purchasing a Virus Indigo and scraped the idea after using some of the newer soft synths in my friends studio. The new Yamaha CS-80 in particular is very good.

[EL Nemo]

i own a nord lead 3 and a virus b and soon will be adding an alesis andromeda, i gotta say for anyone out there thinking about purchasing a real synth, get the nord, it is the easiest to program and it sounds amazing, as for soft synths they might sound as good but not better, nothing beats the real thing imho, although some of them are very impressive and may be easier to use, i m a knob tweaker and midi controllers just don t feel real,

[n-root]

i chose the virus indigo because it makes for a supersweet controller and the virus engine is intense shit

[Tyke]

would recommend saving your money - some of the soft synths coming out these days are just as good - if not better.

Not possible: most v.a. synths these days come with 4 or more dedicated dsp's - unless you add all that extra computing power each time you add a soft syth to your rig, then you are simply diluting what exists in your computer, ergo not better as far as computing power goes. Better though for the bank account :) Also each synth has it's own nuances which can't be replicated *exactly* in the soft version.

[Tyke]

P.S. I have a Nord Lead 3 too :)

No built in FX but I put an MPX1 after it and it's LUSH :)

[djdavidmichael]

I jsut got the EMU Proteus PK6
www.emu.com
soooo tight
But the Virus C is the mad daddy

[djdavidmichael]

And you can find those synths for half of those prices

[mojojones]

fuck all that jazz

I'd rather have a Mini Moog and an ARP 2600 if i had the cash.

but my budget right now would only allow me soft sythns

:sadblue:

[Paul Dailey]

Just got the Indigo 2.....MAN that shit is SICK right there.

[Jamie_G]

geh, i just can't see myself spending $2k to $4k on a synth.

but i can dream :O)

[n-root]

Originally posted by Paul Dailey
Just got the Indigo 2.....MAN that shit is SICK right there.

werd to that bro, I imagine it is :)

[nickn]

if i was rich i'd get the sunsyn but i think the nord offers the most bang for the buck and you cant beat those endless rotation nob thingies.

[Moebius]

I wouldn't pick any of those. I would get a Korg Triton.

Oh wait. I have a Korg Triton.


but the Access Virus Indigo II is tight.

[nickn]

where's the A6?

[Milkman John]

fuckabuncha all of those

http://www.audiomidi.com/common/cfm/product.cfm?Product_ID=2610

the neuron is the sickest thing i have EVER seen.....

[Implicit]

Have you used any of these before... usually after playing with everything in a particular price range and feature set the piece of gear that does what you need for what you can afford becomes obvious...

[EL Nemo]

Originally posted by Moebius
I wouldn't pick any of those. I would get a Korg Triton.

Oh wait. I have a Korg Triton.


but the Access Virus Indigo II is tight.

I would pick my nose before i pick a triton, my friend use to have one in my studio, i personally think the Fantom s factory sounds are way better than the triton s, especially the keys and strings

[Milkman John]

Originally posted by Implicit
Have you used any of these before... usually after playing with everything in a particular price range and feature set the piece of gear that does what you need for what you can afford becomes obvious...


all but the indigo and neuron...saw a demo of both and they look good....but the neuron samples waves for their wave forms....UNLIMITED oscillator types.... :drool:

[mattb]

Originally posted by nickn
where's the A6?

I didn't want to make a poll w/ too many options. The Andromeda is dynamite, and there are others i would have liked to include such as the...

Roland JP-8000/8080
Oberheim OB-12
QuasiMidi Sirus
Korg MS2000

[mattb]

Originally posted by Fingerprint
fuckabuncha all of those

http://www.audiomidi.com/common/cfm/product.cfm?Product_ID=2610

the neuron is the sickest thing i have EVER seen.....

wow. that's a new one on me. 4 stick controllers?? that's crazzy... having all the in's and outs on the left side of the case would be nice in a cramped space. neato, thanks for putting that up.

[Moebius]

I love my triton.

The sounds the triton comes with are just a starting point. You can build on them, or replace them all together. That is the whole point of getting a sound workstation over just a synth.

[Transmattic]

I've been using a motif...probably not the best, but it's got mad capabilities

[Moebius]

I still want to get just a drum machine.

I was thinking a roland 909. with the mods.

[PYVND]

Originally posted by ecolonsmak
Vote for your favorite, the one you would most like to add to your studio given the choice. the prices are MSRP.


I am pretty with my set up. It is budget (blowout prices rock), but it is also pretty powerful and varied in sounds.


Having said that, my wish list would be:

Andromeda (worth every penny if you can afford it)

Machinedrum (quite pricey, but again, the ultimate drum machine)

And something in the lines of an improved FS1R. Maybe with added formant capabilities, easier to program, more user patch storage, less buggy, and more knobs and stuff. Maybe in keyboard form. Yamaha made something revolutionary with that machine and I really wish they would learn from it and continue.

[obsol33t]

ehhh... i think i'd stick with my yamaha midi keyboard hooked up to mah PC and use that dough to get a better soundcard, some new decks, a new mixer, an amp, some good monitor speakers and some PA speakers. maybe some strobes, blacklights and lasers too.

too n00b to know what to do with a harware synth anyway, ill stick with mah VSTi's.

[Jamie_G]

Originally posted by obsol33t
ehhh... i think i'd stick with my yamaha midi keyboard hooked up to mah PC and use that dough to get a better soundcard, some new decks, a new mixer, an amp, some good monitor speakers and some PA speakers. maybe some strobes, blacklights and lasers too.

too n00b to know what to do with a harware synth anyway, ill stick with mah VSTi's.


no doubt .... four grand could go a long way to hot rodding my PC for audio. I need some monitors myself. Maybe a nice tube parametric. A decent preamp for my condensors and junk. Some better 'phones. I could go on and on... :O)

[punkassmark]

I'd pick the virus only because I have a Virus b.... although I'm not too keen on the indigo as a controller....

[Reconstructed]

Not enough love for the Q+

The Virus, Nord and Nova... my god have those been done to death. Every friggen record I hear has the same virus/nord sound that gets old really fast. Nothing too interesting in those synths I wouldn't mind saying.

It never ceases to amaze me the insane sounds you can squeeze out of a Q though, Waldorfs filters and routing are just so much better. Wavetables are sickeningly powerful. Plus the random function on the Q is absolutely fabulous.

[Bounce]

waldorf most def

[the sex molesters]

if i had that kinda money to spend, i'd probably pick up a tr-303 and something from korg. but that's just me.

[empath]

i'd rather just buy a tricked out power mac with reason...

[ao125]

There is this asshole I know... he has an access virus... apparently those things are a piece of shit...

::ducks and covers::

[the sex molesters]

i'd rather just buy a tricked out power mac with reason...

yea, well that'd be cool too... but there's just something about hardware..... i think it's called "knobs and dials." i like to turn them. :D

[ao125]

yea, well that'd be cool too... but there's just something about hardware..... i think it's called "knobs and dials." i like to turn them. :D

This is my baby:
http://www.sonicstate.com/synth/_inc/picview.cfm?synthid=310

It has one massive knob on it... I suppose it is more of a dial than a knob.

[Bounce]

lol nice knob

[Teknique]

fuck all that jazz

I'd rather have a Mini Moog and an ARP 2600 if i had the cash.

but my budget right now would only allow me soft sythns

:sadblue:

now thas what i'm talkin bout. def feelin the analog tip a LOT more than digital.. if i had to pick though i guess i'd go with the sunsyn for that reason as well. love the warmth of analog n it just can't be replicated...digital has it's place too don't get me wrong...i'm partial to using analog sources, if possible, though.

[Wish]

I wouldn't pick any of those. I would get a Korg Triton.

Oh wait. I have a Korg Triton.


but the Access Virus Indigo II is tight.

i think they're asking about synthesizers... not digital workstations. the Triton is a sequencer, sampler, and keyboard. A synth is typically identified as having a ton of knobs with which to manipulate the sounds as they are formed from the OSCs.

we've got the nord lead 2 and i love it. great stuff. i love the way it is set up, and the vintage analog feel is incredible. as for soft synths... they can't come near the way a real synth works. even if you have it hooked up to an Oxygen 8 you still aren't working with enough knobs and the sound quality will not be as good as if you were using the real hardware. i have heard good things about the Arturia MiniMoog V though...

[Carlo4twenty4]

I Like the sound of the Novation Supernova II. It's very clean and to the point . The indigo is a very warm synth and in my opinion easy to program, but then again when you learn anything it's easy. All the rest of the synths are okay, not a huge nord lead fan but definately a good synth. I actually like the lower end novation stuff too. Oh and the new alesis synths are pretty phat too.

[mattb]

yes! It's been 9 months, the Jomox SunSyn finally clocked one vote. :afterbuzz:

[mattb]

There is this asshole I know... he has an access virus... apparently those things are a piece of shit...

::ducks and covers::

hey wait a min.... :shady:

[ao125]

zing!

[Elektronkind]

Buy a good MIDI controller instead and get Zebra (http://www.u-he.com/zebra/) and Cameleon 5000 (http://www.camelaudio.com/cameleon5000.php)

/dale

[will4man]

Indigo for me!

[Somethingnew4u]

I would get the Inidigo too!