View Full Version : Whats getting you excited (Synths) ?
DIGITAL SCREAMS
10.07.2007, 06:36 PM
For me its the Yamaha FS1R
Its taken me years to find one - I saw one come up on eBay in immaculate condition, with box and manuals etc. The bid was at £190.00 with 3 days to go - there were over 50 people watching the item and I knew they'd be some competition for it. So, with 15 seconds to go I enter the bid screen and clicked on the 'im buying this at all costs' button. I stuck a high bid of £500 (yes I wanted that bitch bad). I won the item for £310 - a bargain in my eyes for what it can do.
Its by far and away one of the best digial pad synths ever made. Absolutely awesome for ambience. Im also really happy it can load up the original DX7 patches and do formant synthesis. It comes with 1500 presets (inc. all the famous DX7 patches).
Hehehe
DS
Sounds good.
Damn, I should have bought one earlier when somebody was selling his for 250 euros. :D
edit. And yeah, Andromeda is my favourite synth. :)
DIGITAL SCREAMS
10.07.2007, 08:08 PM
Some FS1R presets...
DX7 Fulltines (http://www.yamaha-europe.com/yamaha_europe/download/mp3/10_musical_instruments/synthesizer/synthesizer/FS1R/128kbs_fs1r_fulltines.mp3)
Formant Voice (http://www.yamaha-europe.com/yamaha_europe/download/mp3/10_musical_instruments/synthesizer/synthesizer/FS1R/128kbs_fs1r_pikovoice.mp3)
SynChoir (http://www.yamaha-europe.com/yamaha_europe/download/mp3/10_musical_instruments/synthesizer/synthesizer/FS1R/128kbs_fs1r_spacyaah.mp3)
DS
nvisibl
10.07.2007, 08:52 PM
Some FS1R presets...
DX7 Fulltines (http://www.yamaha-europe.com/yamaha_europe/download/mp3/10_musical_instruments/synthesizer/synthesizer/FS1R/128kbs_fs1r_fulltines.mp3)
Formant Voice (http://www.yamaha-europe.com/yamaha_europe/download/mp3/10_musical_instruments/synthesizer/synthesizer/FS1R/128kbs_fs1r_pikovoice.mp3)
SynChoir (http://www.yamaha-europe.com/yamaha_europe/download/mp3/10_musical_instruments/synthesizer/synthesizer/FS1R/128kbs_fs1r_spacyaah.mp3)
DS
sounds nice
still jammin here with the Alesis A6, well impressed, its like my first ever real synth
watched this the other day DS and it reminded me of you.. for I guess the 80's ness of it.. great stuff ... me-mo-ries
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Hollowcell
11.07.2007, 12:55 AM
It's still the V-Synth for me guys. The thing amazes me everytime I dig deeper into some of the modules - currently it's the stereo pitch shifter in the MultiFX section.
I made a virtual "Triadex Muse" for a guy in SecondLife, and the sounds I got from the demos he gave me are just nuts.
Yep, even with it's short comings, the V wins out every time for me and what I wanna make.
Doc Jones
11.07.2007, 03:10 AM
not really a synth, but I am pretty damn excited over this -
http://www.audiorealism.se/adm/adm_announcement.htm
The girl next door
11.07.2007, 04:38 AM
Studio Electronics Omega8 (Code8 )
Im still waiting for mine to arrive from the US
danbeaulieu
11.07.2007, 05:43 AM
Boom Chik makes me wet... and I'm not a chick.
PPG Wave 2.3
There was never a synth sexier than this one and she sounds great too.
Khazul
11.07.2007, 04:57 PM
TI as usual is my most used synth, though am very much hitting the limits of all my VA synths with certain type of sound, so now thinking of finding an analog mono synth.
CODE sounds perfect, but have zero desire to spend that much and while ther Moog LP is mroe the kind of cash I have in mind - it just doesnt do it for me - seems great for early done-to-death moog noises, bit with a thinner modern edge to them and hate its controls - or lack of. Voyager - possible, but very pricey and still a moog, but with far greater sound shaping options.
So am on the hunt for a good digitally controlled analog with full midi capability - mainly for dirty analog bass sounds, electro and the like. Dumping sampes in the V-Synth is the stop gap. Thats why I love the v-synth - if all else fails you can stick a sample in it, but its doesnt have quite the filter character I want at the moment.
The girl next door
11.07.2007, 06:04 PM
TI as usual is my most used synth, though am very much hitting the limits of all my VA synths with certain type of sound, so now thinking of finding an analog mono synth.
CODE sounds perfect, but have zero desire to spend that much and while ther Moog LP is mroe the kind of cash I have in mind - it just doesnt do it for me - seems great for early done-to-death moog noises, bit with a thinner modern edge to them and hate its controls - or lack of. Voyager - possible, but very pricey and still a moog, but with far greater sound shaping options.
So am on the hunt for a good digitally controlled analog with full midi capability - mainly for dirty analog bass sounds, electro and the like. Dumping sampes in the V-Synth is the stop gap. Thats why I love the v-synth - if all else fails you can stick a sample in it, but its doesnt have quite the filter character I want at the moment.
Yo Adam..
You could always go for a SE1x from Studio Electronics only problem is its monophonic and only one voice..But comes close to the CODE
I would probably also get an SE1X or something to save money. I very often use my polysynths in monophonic mode too. It depends on the genre you're producing but many tracks in dance/trance music for example are playing just monophonic melodies. Sometimes the pads are the only tracks which I play polyphonically. If you have a powerful analog monosynth, you don't even need the unison mode. With 1-3 oscillators, you can get really powerful sounds. For example, most of the trance sounds which I program with my A6 use only 1 or 2 oscillators and lots of modulation. Only some JP-style supersaw sounds and string pads need unison. However, it's another story if you want to play some blade runner pads with an omega 8. Btw, you could get an andromeda + SE1X for the price of omega 8. ;)
The girl next door
12.07.2007, 11:06 AM
IHowever, it's another story if you want to play some blade runner pads with an omega 8. Btw, you could get an andromeda + SE1X for the price of omega 8. ;)
Yeah i get you...But when i heard that baby i fell in Love.Fuck it,you only live once.Just means off the beer for a couple of months.I was meaning to have a dryout anyway !!!
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