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haha true, a very common syndrom i see..carbon111 wrote:Its also interesting to see who's using $100 monitors to listen to their $20,000 synth![]()
well, judging by hse pic only yes, however, last yr we made a list with a huge number of vse members posting gearlists, and suprisngly or not.. Waldorf XT came out on top, followed by juno 106, DX etc tho this might have changed a bit since.neandrewthal wrote:So it appears the most popular synths on VSE are:
MS-20
Phatty
Minimoog
Andy
PS-3100
Did I miss any?(needs at least 3 shown to make the list.)
I see two out of all of those that appear not to have proper monitors. Perhaps there are proper monitors but not in the frame.clusterchord wrote:haha true, a very common syndrom i see..carbon111 wrote:Its also interesting to see who's using $100 monitors to listen to their $20,000 synth![]()
I think the problem is that many people don't consider KRK rockits or Behringer Truths to be proper monitors... I personally am the first to admit I've been monitoring on headphones (pretty decent ones, but still headphones) as I can't afford a pair of KRK Rockit 5s just yet... I might get them for Xmas.sizzlemeister wrote:I see two out of all of those that appear not to have proper monitors. Perhaps there are proper monitors but not in the frame.clusterchord wrote:haha true, a very common syndrom i see..carbon111 wrote:Its also interesting to see who's using $100 monitors to listen to their $20,000 synth![]()
Is our synth-snobbery not enough?
You've misunderstood me.sizzlemeister wrote: I see two out of all of those that appear not to have proper monitors. Perhaps there are proper monitors but not in the frame.
Is our synth-snobbery not enough?
I haven't misunderstood.carbon111 wrote:You've misunderstood me.sizzlemeister wrote: I see two out of all of those that appear not to have proper monitors. Perhaps there are proper monitors but not in the frame.
Is our synth-snobbery not enough?
My point was that you've got a synth worth, say, 20 grand (so you've obviously got the $$$) but you won't spend a couple grand so you can actually hear what it sounds like.
The expensive-synth/cheap-monitor says to me people care more about the fetish than the sound. I've noticed this trend over and over on gear threads.
I've rarely heard a cheap set of monitors that sound flat, revealing or any good at all when compared to even the lowest-priced "pro" monitors available around a grand. You don't even need highly trained ears to hear the difference.
Thats not snobbery at all, its just saddening.
Combine that nugget of disturbing truth with all the close-up "knobby profile" pics of individual synths, and you really do get the picture. It's not like I don't have any knobby/slider-laden synths myself, but somehow I just prefer to spend more of my time playing them. Go figure.carbon111 wrote:My point was that you've got a synth worth, say, 20 grand (so you've obviously got the $$$) but you won't spend a couple grand so you can actually hear what it sounds like.
The expensive-synth/cheap-monitor says to me people care more about the fetish than the sound.
Yeah, actually it's (more than) enough, but methinks you'd get a bit more joy out of proper listening equipment. No sense buying a Mini for the low end only to have none of it because you're using iPod earbuds, right?sizzlemeister wrote:Is our synth-snobbery not enough?