Synthesis question

  transfer said:

  Kcinsu said:

have you looked into massive? it seems to be on the boarder of analog emulation, and digital

 

yeah I looked into that, and it seems simpler then Absynth.

well, its all relative.

absynth can probably get you more crazy sounds, but isnt so good with traditional sounds... but massive can get you a healthy compromise of traditional, and crazy.

its a trade off.

id say make a list of all the synths that interest you, and download demos. thats the best way to get a feel for what you want.

  ten fingers ten toes said:

  transfer said:

  Kcinsu said:

have you looked into massive? it seems to be on the boarder of analog emulation, and digital

 

yeah I looked into that, and it seems simpler then Absynth.

 

There's quite a bit of routing capabilities in it, not quite as full as a full on modular deal like Tassman or something, but I'm strugglign to figure out what it is you want here. If you want it to be easy to use it's not going to get any more complex than Absynth or Massive, and if you want it to have insane infinite sound warping possibilities, it's going to have to be modular and complex and thus require quite a bit of learning.

no your'e right about learning, I don't mind learning how a modular synth works, sounds fun. I just don't want to go down the road my friend went with CSound in order to get interesting, wicked,etc. sounds.

massive is nothing like reason... what makes you think they are related?

  transfer said:

  ten fingers ten toes said:

  transfer said:

  Kcinsu said:

have you looked into massive? it seems to be on the boarder of analog emulation, and digital

 

yeah I looked into that, and it seems simpler then Absynth.

 

There's quite a bit of routing capabilities in it, not quite as full as a full on modular deal like Tassman or something, but I'm strugglign to figure out what it is you want here. If you want it to be easy to use it's not going to get any more complex than Absynth or Massive, and if you want it to have insane infinite sound warping possibilities, it's going to have to be modular and complex and thus require quite a bit of learning.

 

no your'e right about learning, I don't mind learning how a modular synth works, sounds fun. I just don't want to go down the road my friend went with CSound in order to get interesting, wicked,etc. sounds.

Well then why not get Reaktor?

well, csound and max and reaktor are certainly the extreme end of that... getting really carried away with programming...

BUT... wicked sounds aren't really easy to make, or else everyone would be making them, and then they wouldnt be so wicked anymore.

  Kcinsu said:

massive is nothing like reason... what makes you think they are related?

I don't know. I just spent a few years working with Reason and I'm tired of it. I want something that is solid, something that makes you feel good when you're making music with it. When I used to make music with Reason no matter what I did I alsways felt lame. heheh

reaktor might not be a bad choice.... it comes with loads of premade synths for you to use right away, and also gives you flexibility to learn and make your own over time.

what are you going to be sequencing with btw?

Yeah Reaktor might do the trick. I was just looking for something good for about 250 (dollars). But I guess Icould always try and get an academic version of Reaktor, since I'm going to school.

I use Cubase SX

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  Kcinsu said:

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thanks

I take back the Reason being lame statement. I've been messing around with Reason rewired to Cubase, for thirty minutes, and it it's actually pretty cool.

  transfer said:

I take back the Reason being lame statement.

no you were a ok with that one.

ReWire is pretty cool though.