You could get a portable power supply? They are relatively cheap...

This one cost $60 and should be able to keep 2 or 3 synths running for a few hours.

The SH201 is indeed velocity sensitive, but the keyboard action is so unpredictable, that it's better too turn it off. If you are brave enough to fiddle with the velocity curve, do like rhino said. To adjust the amp velocity sensitivity: Hold down the CANCEL button and turn the LEVEL knob. To adjust...

This could make you happy:



http://namm.teenageengineering.com/

I don't see the advantage of these integrated solutions. This "StudioBlade" Music computer is for me as bad as the OpenLabs workstations. A modular system is: -more practical and flexible (I can re-organize my system constantly, integrate it to other set-ups,...) -easier to replace and update (I can...

Did you consider the RED SOUND SoundBite PRO?

It doesn't have midi but it's a cool little live sampler.

http://www.redsound.com/products/SoundBITEPRO

the manual is here:

http://www.redsound.com/images/products ... MANUAL.pdf

Is this some sort of joke? This is the most pathetic excuse for a synthesizer I've seen in a long, long time. It's this sort of rubbish that throws synthesizer development into chaos. I think Novation need a good ticking off for releasing such an utter farce of a 'synthesizer'. The Youtube Video on...

This one is so ugly that I refuse to even test it:



(Dave Smith should hire a designer one day)

I'm sure some of you guys here grew up with the dancey industrial works of Fulber and Leeb. I'm curious - does anyone know the progression of their equipment from say mid to late '80s Front Line Assembly to Synæsthesia to Pro-Tech and then into their more modern (late '90s to early '00s) Delerium p...

If you want realistic string/orchestra sounds I wouldn't recommend the JD990. The samples are too short and with audible loops. The other issue is that they were not stored "clean", they include a nasty reverb and filtering. It might be better to get something more recent (2000 and beyond). Anything...

OK: SH01 is VA wich has 64 polyphony. It appears to be a rompler though, not a VA. People reported hearing sampled waveforms. I'm still waiting this to be confirmed. But i wouldn't be surprised. The answer is clearly written everywhere Don. It's a VA, just like the SH201 or the JP8000. Whether it's...

It sounds like an simple synth arpeggio through a phaser and a few delays. You could also achieve this with LFOs and delays. Bryan / VAC has some great ideas, but the wrong attitude. At heart he is a very good electronic musician but his brain tells him to act like drug addicted nihilist punk. It's ...

RobotHeroes wrote:

Damn. This video is boring. 8 minutes of "Synths for newbies"...

Anyway this is nothing more than a repackaged SH-201. The only different is the expanded effect section.

Talking about John Carpenter... Ennio Morricone is credited as the soundtrack composer of The Thing , but I always wondered if he actually worked on this movie. The main theme can't have been made by anyone else than John Carpenter himself. It sounds soo similar to what he did on Escape from New Yor...

I have an SH201. I don't like it at all. I use it only to create nasty sounds with the feedback oscillator. What makes this synth one of the worse ever: 1. The hardware: This is a Fisher Price toy. It look ugly. It's a cheap over sized empty plastic box. 2. The interface: This synth is sold as an ea...

This is called "Time Stretching". Most audio softwares have this feature. It's nothing exceptional.

A short list:

Vegas
Cubase
Wavelab
Logic
Acid
Pro-Tools
Reaper
Sonar
Digital Performer
Samplitude