Best All-Time Synths?

Crighton · Post by **Crighton** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:20 am

Hey guys. If money was no object, what synths would be at the top of you list and how would you get hold of them?

Synthpartner59 · Post by **Synthpartner59** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:42 am

FAIRLIGHT CMI (ALL VERSIONS)
NED SYNCLAVIER (ALL VERSIONS
KORG OASYS
SYNTHI 100
MOOG MODULAR
PPG WAVE (ALL VERSIONS)
MINIMOOG
ARP 2500-2600
BULCHA MODULAR

jupiter8 · Post by **jupiter8** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:59 am

Probably the Roland System 700. Never played one but i have'nt met a Roland mono that i did'nt like yet. They were pretty limited so i imagine having a whole bunch of them with free routing would be pretty sweet.

There's one coming up for sale in Brighton so money is the only limiting factor.

The Synthi 100 is pretty impressive from a sheer physical point of view.
Though the stuff i've heard from it was'nt all that impressive. It'd be pretty rad to have one of those still. Who knows,i could be the Synthi 100 king on the planet without ever realizing it. Think of the loss for the humanity that would be,if it was the case. So just to make sure that does'nt happen i'll start a Synthi100 fundraiser.

C'mon give me your creditcard numbers.It's for the benefit of mankind.

ReaPeR · Post by **ReaPeR** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:17 am

my dream rig (for my actual band) it's a rack with:

Waldorf Q Rack (expanded to 32 voices)
Radical Technologies Spectralis
Oberheim MC3000D (rack version of MC3000)
Line 6 POD xt pro
DSI Polyevolver Rack
an analog mixer

all hooked to a custom-made Keytar (i think i can buy spare parts from doepfer)

23 · Post by 23 » Mon Jul 30, 2007 12:18 pm

Personal top 20

20. Roland Juno 106 (don't ask, I don't even fully understand why)
19. Ensoniq Fizmo
18. Korg MS-10
17. Peavey DPM4 (again don't ask, I don't even fully understand why)
16. Roland SH-101
15. Yamaha EX5
14. Access Virus
13. Waldorf MicrowaveII XTk
12. Yamaha FS1R
11. Elektron MachineDrum UW
10. Roland TB-303
9. Sequential Circuits Pro 1 (why not the Prophet 5? I don't have a logical reason)
8. Alesis Andromeda 6
7. Roland MC-505
6. Oberhiem Matrix 12
5. EMU Proteus 2500/CS
4. Roland V-Synth GT
3. Waldorf Q (the revised Q+ very well could end up placing higher than this, but I haven't touched 1)
2. Novation Supernova II
1. Future Retro 777

Post by **Psy_Free** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 12:46 pm

Hm. In no particular order apart from alphabetical :

Aries System III
Arp 2500
Arp 2600
Buchla Modular
CRB Uranus
DSI Poly Evolver
Elka Synthex
EMS Synthi 100
EMS Synthi AKS
ETI 4600
EVOS M-4400 Modular
Korg PS-3300
Logan Vocal Synth
Moog Memorymoog
Moog Modular
Oberheim Eight Voice
Oberheim Matrix 12
Oxford OSCar
Paia 4700
Polyfusion Modular Series 2000
PPG 300 Modular
PPG Wave
Roland Jupiter-8
Roland System 700
RSF Kobol
RSF PolyKobol
SCI Prophet 10
SCI Prophet 5
SCI Prophet T8
Serge Modular
Steiner Parkway Synthacon
Steiner Parkway Synthasystem Modular
Synlab
Synthesis Tech MOTM
Synthesizers.com Modular
Synton Syrinx
T.O.N.T.O
Vostok Matrixsynth
Wavemaker 4
Yamaha CS-80
Yamaha GX-1

jupiter8 · Post by **jupiter8** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 1:44 pm

Forgot about the Korg PS 3300. The 3100 is one of my favourite analog polys and as the 3300 is more or less 3 of 'em in the same box i figured that'd be pretty sweet.

A System 700 and a PS 3300 is a pretty sweet combo.What more could you possibly want ?

JSRockit · Post by **JSRockit** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 1:44 pm

Moog Source
Moog MicroMoog
Moog Minimoog
EMS VCS3
EMS Synthi A
Roland TR-909 / TR-808 / TB-303
EDP Wasp and Gnat
Octave Cat / Kitten
All colors of the Yamaha CS01

neandrewthal · Post by **neandrewthal** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 3:42 pm

jupiter8 wrote:A System 700 and a PS 3300 is a pretty sweet combo.What more could you possibly want ?

Just a Synthi 100, please.

Edit: Isn't once enough? Did you have to post this thread 4 times, in different sections?

divineaudio · Post by **divineaudio** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 3:58 pm

one of my (over the top) wish lists...

jomox resonator neuronium

macbeth m5

doepfer schaltwerk + a100 system

dsi pek

nord wave (when it comes out)

sherman filterbank

korg ms10/ms50/sq10

yamaha cs30

roland tr808

mpc1000

a trip to the hardware store for supplies

some welding skills

all the little metasonix boxes

one each of every delay pedal ever made

a nice (bigger/louder/meaner) keyboard amp or three

a 48 channel a&h or mackie onyx mixer

a huge, custom built room with beautiful acoustics

a pile of mics from b.l.u.e., royer and audix

a pile of high end preamps/compressors (isa428/adl600/summit/ua/el etc...)

an 8 track 1/2" reel to reel tape machine.

and a magic beer fairy that lives in a spare room at the studio.

most things i could just order online because they are available new, but i'd have to do some digging for the vintage pieces (you don't exactly see ms50's hanging around doing nothing at your local music shop

). finding someone to design and build me a nice acoustically balanced room shouldn't be hard with a huge pile of money.

as for the beer fairy... well... i'll keep my fingers crossed.

Soundwave · Post by **Soundwave** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 4:29 pm

JUGEL · Post by **JUGEL** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 4:36 pm

vocoders ... . lots and lots of vocoders..

chamomileshark · Post by **chamomileshark** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 5:38 pm

ok, I'll bite.

Actually getting Wiard 300 Series and (hopefully) EMS VCS3

Then my money no object list would be;

Yamaha CS80
Roland VP330
Buchla 200e
PPG Wave

Really quite a modest list!

Jexus · Post by **Jexus** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 6:11 pm

MINIMOOG
MINIMOOG
MINIMOOG
MINIMOOG
MINIMOOG
MINIMOOG
MINIMOOG
MINIMOOG
MINIMOOG
MINIMOOG

Pighood · Post by **Pighood** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 6:20 pm

The one wot goes PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE