i just inherited 10 grand

i just mugged an old lady and got fifty quid, what synth shall i steal?

  BCM said:

i just mugged an old lady and got fifty quid, what synth shall i steal?

theres a novation ks rack in the window at crap convertors, which is just round the corner from jimmys, so you could rob that then pick up some skag while your in that neck of the woods.

*smashes cash converters window*

*makes off with novation rack*

*flogs novation rack for a tenner down the pub*

*heads to jimmy's*

*buys three bags of white and three bags of brown*

*heads to ludd's*

fxck! I just made this long ass post and browsed to the next window w/o hitting submit :cry2:

summary

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dont buy:

- dsi p08

- moog voyager (emulated by minmonsta very well, plus you get poly)

- matrix 12

or anything old and analog they are better for people that have a constant stream of money that can afford to keep them maintained/repaired, instead of a one time 10k deal

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Possible Buys:

For cheap analog bass:

- dsi mopho (fatter with 2 sub oscs single voice p08 bout $350US new)

- waldorf pulse

- matrix 1000

- sh-101 if you can find a good deal

Software: Buy the korg legacy collection and d16 group plugs

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What you should buy:

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Hardware: Again, Nord G2, Waldorf Q+

*done*

cheers for all the replies. im gonna chill out and read up on all these suggestions and see what im going for.

modular doesnt look like fun to me, it looks like good rewards out of alot of effort.

i reckon i just want a sick fat sounding keyboard synth.

  messiaen said:

cheers for all the replies. im gonna chill out and read up on all these suggestions and see what im going for.

 

modular doesnt look like fun to me, it looks like good rewards out of alot of effort.

 

i reckon i just want a sick fat sounding keyboard synth.

Then get a Nord Lead 2x

Best knobby interface, modern convenience of patch saving and it sounds flipping fat in the right hands.

jesus, how many people on here bang on about nords in every thread about synths ever. shut the fuck up about fucking nords for pity's sake.

Or a Monomachine!?

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dont buy:

- dsi p08

- moog voyager (emulated by minmonsta very well, plus you get poly)

- matrix 12

Ignore this man, get all the above.

Or just the Matrix 12, that'll sort you out for life.

Also don't spend £1200 on an 808, wait for the silly credit crunch prices to go away.

yeah, i wouldn't spend £1200 on an 808 myself, i was just saying that if I had ten grand to like, spunk on synths, then maybe i would....if money were no object i definitely would. i well want an 808.

  analogue wings said:

yeah but have you heard one?

 

:sleeping:

This is the only forum I've ever heard any ambivolence towards the A6 on, as far as I'm aware beyond the awful presets it's a total monster of a synth.

yeah, i've always thought they were pretty cool...but again, probably wouldn't buy one...for the same money you could get lots of more desirable stuff imo

  rex sole said:

  analogue wings said:

yeah but have you heard one?

 

:sleeping:

 

This is the only forum I've ever heard any ambivolence towards the A6 on, as far as I'm aware beyond the awful presets it's a total monster of a synth.

It is on paper, but all the demos I've heard sound like a vst vendor trying to show how "analogue" their vst is (blade runner filter sweeps etc).

  BCM said:

yeah, i wouldn't spend £1200 on an 808 myself, i was just saying that if I had ten grand to like, spunk on synths, then maybe i would....if money were no object i definitely would. i well want an 808.

Acidlab have a fully analogue 808 clone coming. It has step, tap and shuffle, and the demos where A/B it with a real 808 sound pretty convincing.

Plus it's called the Miami

interesting...

MFB also has one coming out too, which has that DIY charm to it and sounds almost but not entirely quite like an 808 which is kind of appealing in it's own right.

my MFB 502 blew up :(

  rex sole said:

MFB also has one coming out too, which has that DIY charm to it and sounds almost but not entirely quite like an 808 which is kind of appealing in it's own right.

 

OH SHIT

that actually sounds ok.

808 clones are all about the snare for me, cos I already have a JoMoX that do the kick

here's the miami (prototype):

that looks nice man...

That Miami sounds (youtube encoding aside) pretty damn spot on. 808 emulations usually seem overcompensate the noise decay on the snare, but that seems just about right.

  BCM said:

jesus, how many people on here bang on about nords in every thread about synths ever. shut the fuck up about fucking nords for pity's sake.

Maybe it's because they're good. You cretin.

  esquimaw said:

  BCM said:

jesus, how many people on here bang on about nords in every thread about synths ever. shut the fuck up about fucking nords for pity's sake.

 

Maybe it's because they're good. You cretin.

Health insurance is good too. That doesnt make it interesting.

  Brandi_B said:

srsly the daddy's of subtractive synthesis non sample based synths (and non software) in this current age are the waldorf q+ and the nord modular g2. They both have the most amazing interfaces. You could throw in a nord lead 2 or 3 but ou get no effects so I say no. G2 is a better bet. You can set one up just like a nord lead 1,2, or 3.

 

Get you those and a cheap analog poly (matrix 1000, matrix 6, or mono: novation bass station, waldorf pulse), for your few lil analog goodies and you're str8. Andromeda is a killer synth but alesis got bought out so no product support or upgrades on an incomplete synth, and half of their units shipped out defected (dead voice boards etc). Not worth it in my opinion.

 

waldprf q+ (+/-$2500)

nord g2 (+/-$1300)

cheap analog poly ([matrix 6,1000, etc]$300-400 tops)

 

all used, ebay, craigslist. more than enough to keep you busy for years.

 

matrix 12 is awesome but they break down and are expensive to repair and honestly you can get pretty much all the sonic goodness minus some mod features and the interface out of the matrix 1000, and you can stack the 1000's on top of each other (which are 6 voices) and add on and add on and on and on

i'm a bit drunk and kind of tired and your post is putting me into the final comasm,lfdsldkjg;;j./;fgh

  hahathhat said:

  Brandi_B said:

srsly the daddy's of subtractive synthesis non sample based synths (and non software) in this current age are the waldorf q+ and the nord modular g2. They both have the most amazing interfaces. You could throw in a nord lead 2 or 3 but ou get no effects so I say no. G2 is a better bet. You can set one up just like a nord lead 1,2, or 3.

 

Get you those and a cheap analog poly (matrix 1000, matrix 6, or mono: novation bass station, waldorf pulse), for your few lil analog goodies and you're str8. Andromeda is a killer synth but alesis got bought out so no product support or upgrades on an incomplete synth, and half of their units shipped out defected (dead voice boards etc). Not worth it in my opinion.

 

waldprf q+ (+/-$2500)

nord g2 (+/-$1300)

cheap analog poly ([matrix 6,1000, etc]$300-400 tops)

 

all used, ebay, craigslist. more than enough to keep you busy for years.

 

matrix 12 is awesome but they break down and are expensive to repair and honestly you can get pretty much all the sonic goodness minus some mod features and the interface out of the matrix 1000, and you can stack the 1000's on top of each other (which are 6 voices) and add on and add on and on and on

 

i'm a bit drunk and kind of tired and your post is putting me into the final comasm,lfdsldkjg;;j./;fgh

whatever that means your psychedelic cake avatar is doing the same to me.

+5 to the hat

just got a good idea instead of listening to us....go and find out for yourself...i dunno where you liv ein the uk but...

http://www.millennium-music.co.uk/home/aboutus.pl

This place seems pretty decent and i've eard of some good shops in the uk that will give you time and privacy to try out synths, unlike noisy pressure induced guitar centers here in the US.

do that.

i still say waldorf q+ tho.

I understand not feeling the modular deal so you can rule out the nord g2.

but a nord 2/3 with a decent compressor+effects (mainly delay) unit would suit just fine.

But srsly. Go to a store try it out. If you don't like it, return it.

Twiddle, get some sounds you like.

etc