best 'sounding' digital synth

odradek · Post by **odradek** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 8:18 pm

I vote for the Waldorf Q and the Roland V-Synth. You may think that the Q is a typical VA, but it's much more than this - I love the FM-sounds for example! You could use the V-Synth as a VA, too - if you don't have any clue, what to do else with it...

Odradek

clusterchord · Post by **clusterchord** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 9:04 pm

of those i had owned or played:

Roland JD-990
Yamaha FS1R
Emulator III*
Waldorf MicroWave*

(*not entirely on topic as they feature analog filtering, but what beautiful sound)

those i only heard demos of:

Kyma Capybara
Hartmann Neuron (on my to-get list)
Creamware Modular III with Flexor
Nord Modular -original

i have high hopes for Solaris. if it turns out all it promises to be.. its might easily become the ultimate digital synth for me.

gallant steve · Post by **gallant steve** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:16 pm

weirdly of all the stuff I've played it has to be the d-50 for me. there's an upfront brightness and glassiness there you don't get from the jd-800 which takes you somewhere else and, they're a massive bargain now too.

crystalmsc · Post by **crystalmsc** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:16 am

gallant steve wrote:the d-50...there's an upfront brightness and glassiness there you don't get from the jd-800 which takes you somewhere else

exactly what I felt when I just couldn't get it from my JD-990.

gallant steve · Post by **gallant steve** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 1:33 pm

brilliant synth, isn't it -- the tone is just so pure and bright .