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- Fri Feb 07, 2014 5:15 pm
- Forum: Sound Production
- Topic: help making the classic apex twin cold synth
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2181
Re: help making the classic apex twin cold synth
Classic lead sound? Huh? You realize that's a pad sound, right? There are no leads in either of those clips. The pad sound is mostly due to the reverb. It's completely smothered in a really lush reverb with long decay. Definitely doesn't sound like a DX7 to me.
- Fri Dec 07, 2012 11:39 am
- Forum: Synth Shootouts
- Topic: Juno 60 vs Vermona Perfourmer Mk1
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6967
Re: Juno 60 vs Vermona Perfourmer Mk1
I read somewhere that the PerFOURmer MKI doesn't receive midi velocity data, (possibly aftertouch too). Quite an important feature for most people. Neither does the Juno-60. No midi at all and the keyboard is not velocity sensitive. It's simply a gate signal. Also, no portamento! The Juno-60 makes ...
- Fri Dec 07, 2012 11:33 am
- Forum: Samplers
- Topic: akai s2000 and ibm 208 question.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2321
Re: akai s2000 and ibm 208 question.
Definitely not stock. The vast majority of them sold on ebay do not have the 8 out expansion board. This guy is j**k you around.
- Fri Jul 13, 2012 10:37 am
- Forum: Synth Shootouts
- Topic: Waldorf Blofeld vs. Shruthli-1
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4463
Re: Waldorf Blofeld vs. Shruthli-1
Also, you should know that the 8-bit limitations of the oscillators on the Shruthi make it somewhat more low-fi. This is usually a good thing IMO (it gives it some subtle grit), but sometimes it can be hard to get a perfect, pristine sound out of the oscillators at their extremes. For example, there...
- Sat Jul 07, 2012 5:54 am
- Forum: General Synthesizers
- Topic: KORG MS10 with stereo headphones
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13952
Re: KORG MS10 with stereo headphones
The guys at the shop are idiots. You won't hurt the synth by using a mono to stereo adapter and plugging headphones into the line out. Though, it will sound pretty crappy without a headphone amp. I would recommend getting one of those cheap little battery powered headphone amps to boost the signal a...
- Sat Jul 07, 2012 5:20 am
- Forum: Sound Production
- Topic: thoughts on BBE sonic maximizers?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6400
Re: thoughts on BBE sonic maximizers?
Aphex and BBE work differently . BBE uses time delay to compensate for phase shifts in the signal chain, splitting the sound into two bands and adjusting the delay between then to bring out the upper harmonics that were obscured by phase shifts. Haha! Is BBE still using that old bullshit line to se...
- Thu Jun 14, 2012 9:14 am
- Forum: Buyer's Guide
- Topic: EHX 2880 vs. various loopers
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3367
Re: EHX 2880 vs. various loopers
I used to own a Boss RC-20xl and loved it but traded it for a Line 6 DL-4 becasue I thought I could do with the shorter loop time and I wanted the extra delay and mangling features. Turns out I was wrong. I do really love the DL4 too, but if I had to do it over again I'd take the Boss back. I alread...
- Thu Jun 14, 2012 9:05 am
- Forum: General Synthesizers
- Topic: Multi filter board Shruthi 1?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 895
Re: Multi filter board Shruthi 1?
Hmmm, it looks like there are few enough communication signals between the boards that you could probably put the connections on a big rotary switch. Should work, but I would think it would be more fun to have multiple Shruthi's.
- Sun May 27, 2012 9:09 am
- Forum: General Synthesizers
- Topic: Arturia MiniBrute - analog monosynth
- Replies: 886
- Views: 171130
Re: Arturia MiniBrute - analog monosynth
Ugh. Can we please draw a line between "timbre" and "sound quality?" They are not one-in-the-same. No matter what is happening with compression routines, etc. it is evident what the MiniBrute does with even crappy YouTube videos. If you're an audiophile who needs purity and clarity and zero noise a...
- Sun May 27, 2012 8:57 am
- Forum: General Synthesizers
- Topic: I need a cheap midi controller
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1138
Re: I need a cheap midi controller
For the cheapest option, your best bet is to hit up a thrift store and try to find a cheapo keyboard with midi output. There were thousands of cheapo consumer keyboards made all throughout the late 80s and 90s with midi capability, and you can often pick one up for less than $20.
- Sun Mar 11, 2012 6:05 am
- Forum: General Synthesizers
- Topic: real synth destroy (alesis vs korg?)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1240
Re: real synth destroy (alesis vs korg?)
Lol. It looks like they went to Goodwill, grabbed a random $5 toy keyboard, and spray-painted it silver.
- Wed Mar 07, 2012 3:44 am
- Forum: Buyer's Guide
- Topic: An all around syth to get those sounds?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 992
Re: An all around syth to get those sounds?
It sounds like you are probably more interested in a workstation than synthesizer.
- Wed Mar 07, 2012 3:42 am
- Forum: Sound Production
- Topic: Plate reverbs...?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1801
Re: Plate reverbs...?
Absolute nonsense. It does a decently good job, but it's far from a 100% accurate reproduction.madtheory wrote: And it's one sound that an impulse can capture with 100% accuracy.
- Wed Mar 07, 2012 2:03 am
- Forum: Samplers
- Topic: WTF, SP-555 price?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5519
Re: WTF, SP-555 price?
That's really weird. Have the prices of the sp404 gone up as well, or just the sp555?
- Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:50 am
- Forum: Software Synthesizers
- Topic: What's the must realistic Subtractive/VA VST synth you know?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5812
Re: What's the must realistic Subtractive/VA VST synth you k
DIVA by a longshot. There is no contest. I love plenty of other VA's. They are great in their own ways, but if we are talking sheer analog authenticity, there is no doubt that the technology used in DIVA is the future. It is the only softsynth I've ever played that really sounds like analog circuits.