Help identifying a synth

errorspending · Post by **errorspending** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 11:52 pm

So I've been heavily researching analog synths and am seriously considering buying one even if it is expensive. I'm looking for something that can produce really good distorted bass sounds. Most importantly I want a synth with a mono-legato mode and good pitch bend range. I like to make bass lines with a lot of pitch sliding.

Can anyone identify the synth in this song?
- it comes in around 1:40 is it possible that it's actual bass guitar with distortion?

or what synth can make this kind of bass - - kicks in around 1 minute in.

I've been thinking of getting the moog prodigy, but I'm still not sure it can give me the winding basslines I'm looking for.... any help?

Thanks!

blitzdj86 · Post by **blitzdj86** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 3:01 pm

so many synths could make those kinds of noises...

i'd say start playing with software synths before you spend any money.

ned-ryarson · Post by **ned-ryarson** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 5:06 pm

any analogue mono synth more or less. the first one may have some distortion type pluggin applied, not too sure..

dont know to much about making electro music, but i know the kind of pitch bending bass your talking about..

and i would thought pitch envelopes, and pitch lfos were used to achieve that pitch slide effect, i wouldnt have thought it was by recording manual pitch bending, but maybe im wrong...

as for the prodigy, spot on for all synth bass. i'd personally consider the Little Phatty however, its more practical - patch memory and midi, unless youre dead set on vintage of course.

but i do know a few electro and techno artists who make really good stuff, with plenty of that type of bass, on Reason..

errorspending · Post by **errorspending** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 11:50 pm

Thanks. Yeah I'm pretty sure those pitch slides have got to be automated in most electro songs, which I guess would make the little phatty a good choice, but I just feel like when I listen to the moog prodigy or a pro-one, that something is very different about their sound from the modern analog synths.

I have spent a lot of time with the arturia vsti's and Spectrasonic's Trilogy, and both sound really great, but just don't seem to sound like what I hear in professional recordings... especially the more wild fx sounds. I love the metallic plinky sound that analog gear can achieve....I haven't been able to get the vsti's to make that kind of sound.... I'm going to go spend some more time on the little phatty at guitar center.... Does anyone recommend the Evolver or Waldorf Pulse?

ned-ryarson · Post by **ned-ryarson** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 11:27 am

me actually...

i have the MEK, she's a wild beast, still aint got my head round it fully, but thats what makes it exciting still...

you could certainly get some crazy bass action, if u wanted, with all the routing options, modulations, 4 lfos etc etc

wouldnt bother with the evolver desktop module pesonally for obvious interface reasons.

but yeah, my next purchase will be an old analogue mono.. a rogue or a prodigy. i think everyone should have one vintage analogue synth in their setup

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