good budget synth options

I'm looking for a decent budget synth.

waveform synthesis plz. doesn't have to have a keyboard.

please tell me there is something else out there besides the microkorg.

budget: less than $400

anyone have any suggestions?

dsi mopho? im not sure that's under 400 though... there's also alpha junos on eBay going for 400-500 a pop.

i was gonna say dsi mopho.... they're about 2 or 300 quid i think

monophonic though

analogue:

mfb synth (lite) II is pretty cheap, maybe not in dollars though

yeah roland alpha junos are good and cheap (if you want one without a keyboard get the Roland MKS-50)

siel dk80

VA:

I owned a novation Xiosynth which was pretty nice (mind that it has no MIDI IN connection, it only receives MIDI IN through USB)

Korg MS2000 something (I think this one is pretty hands-on control-wise)

do you mean wavetable synthesis? or variable waveform mod?

If you don't have many synths, or this is your only one, you're likely not going to want the monophonic mopho or evolver (the latter having wavetables).

Oberheim matrix 1000 is under your price range, and is a poly analog, but no wavetables, and you'd pretty much have to edit it from a computer.

Alesis Ion is a good one. They are quite cheap on the used market now, but likely closer to 500.

AN1X

very underrated

i'm looking for a pretty simple analog (or virtual) synthesizer for creating analoggy lead, bass, etc... sounds. i have enough soft synth options to do all the complex poly wavetable stuff.

but i'd like a cheap synth toy to mangle oscillators and generally fuck about with to come up with inspiring sounds.

  On 1/18/2010 at 6:56 PM, Lube Saibot said:

http://www.doepfer.de/Dark_Energy_e.htm get this then

less than $400 USD plz... not EURO

http://britishelectronicmusic.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=41.0

Kawai SX 240

  On 1/18/2010 at 6:56 PM, Lube Saibot said:

http://www.doepfer.de/Dark_Energy_e.htm get this then

Gorgeous one!

  On 1/23/2010 at 7:31 PM, Blanket Fort Collapse said:

I really like that SOB

korg ms2000

As lame as it is,

I love the sound of the MicroKorg... love it.

  On 1/18/2010 at 6:48 PM, blicero said:

i'm looking for a pretty simple analog (or virtual) synthesizer for creating analoggy lead, bass, etc... sounds. i have enough soft synth options to do all the complex poly wavetable stuff.

 

but i'd like a cheap synth toy to mangle oscillators and generally fuck about with to come up with inspiring sounds.

I can't recommend the Mopho enough...

If you want to fuck around and come up with inspiring sounds, it's at that sweet spot between simplicity and complexity that makes for fun exploring.

yamaha cs01

  On 1/24/2010 at 1:39 AM, The Face Culler said:

I can't recommend the Mopho enough...

 

 

If you want to fuck around and come up with inspiring sounds, it's at that sweet spot between simplicity and complexity that makes for fun exploring.

Yeah I love my Mopho too, but bare in mind peeps you do need it hooked up to a pc (with midi, not USB) to patch/sequence it realistically - and with a semi decent midi interface too, my cheapass USB - midi interface couldn't hack it. But once u have some patches sorted it is sweet without PC. Sound is fantastic imo.

I am tempted to get a tetra too but maybe I will just multi track and save for a different sound character.

ps: that pug is awesome, more pug and mopho videos plz

x0xb0x?

http://www.mfberlin.de/Produkte/Musikelektronik/MFB-SYNTH_3/mfb-synth_3.html

580 Euro

boner

  On 2/2/2010 at 2:43 PM, telefunken said:

http://www.mfberlin.de/Produkte/Musikelektronik/MFB-SYNTH_3/mfb-synth_3.html

 

 

580 Euro