if you could get any synth right now? - Page 2

vivi_trottsky · #13 28.5.2006, 6:20 pm

yo so saturday me and my dad went to SAM ASH we decided to go 75/25 (me being the 75) on a [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

its soooooo fucking sweet...sadly there are no keys so i am gunna have to program the bottom buttons as if they were the keys...but its all good its a groove box/synth its sooo sick!!! i cant wait till i got the rest of the money!!!!!!!

natefrogg · #14 28.5.2006, 11:16 pm

^^^ that's cool man, i dig how all the newer electribes boxes run the output through tubes

i have a couple of the original ones, an es1 and an er1, i had an ea1 but i didn't like it much and felt it's synth engine was really weak, i sold the ea1 and picked up an es1 for just a lil bit more...

the em series is cool, not my personal favorite though, personally i'd go for the newest er series and es series, but that's just me, hehe

congrats on your acquisition =)

vivi_trottsky · #15 28.5.2006, 11:25 pm

thanks bro i think its a good deal! i like it cus it does most of the stuff i want it to do ill probly eventually get a cheesy keyboard to make into a synth cus i dont wanna hafta program the keys ALL the time...but for now i think its gunna be hot...ill tell ya when i get it

PLUR
ViVi

Shadowdanielle · #16 17.7.2006, 1:30 am

Definatly the OASYS system, especially cuz the open architecture makes it so versatile and upgradeable....
but seeing as it maore expensive then any other three synths combined, Id prolly go with a Korg Triton Extreme.

BTW, I just bought the Alesis Ion and I gotta tell you guys, its not that great. The panpot knobs for all the parameters are cool, more keyboards with knob-editing should be panpots but honestly the sounds on it are kinda lame.

Anybody have a Roland MV-8000 sampler/production station? Im looking for some reviews b4 I drop $2500 on one...

natefrogg · #17 17.7.2006, 5:49 pm

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Originally Posted by Shadowdanielle

BTW, I just bought the Alesis Ion and I gotta tell you guys, its not that great.

imo, with computers as quick and cheap as they are nowadays, buying a digital synth/workstation/etc... doesn't make any sense (unless you get some crazy deal, or it's just some piece of equipment you've wanted forever, etc..)...instead, use software with a midi controler...imo of course...

Tych0 · #18 29.8.2006, 6:23 pm

Korg Triton, Novation Bass Station, or Supernova.

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Originally Posted by natefrogg

imo, with computers as quick and cheap as they are nowadays, buying a digital synth/workstation/etc... doesn't make any sense (unless you get some crazy deal, or it's just some piece of equipment you've wanted forever, etc..)...instead, use software with a midi controler...imo of course...

True, and that's pretty much how I run things, but a good piece of hardware has better, more dedicated sound engine than most soft synths do, unless they're made from the company that made the hardware, using the same sample engine. But still, the layout is different, and it's just fucking pimp shit to walk into your room and see that sweet ass $3000 piece of gear chilling on the stand/rack that you went out and made them hard earned ducats to get.

Gian · #19 31.8.2006, 2:49 am

My next purchase will be an Electrix Warp Factory vocoder. I need something to use on some funky breaks I'm working on. The next purchase after that would be an electric Roland drum set so I can pound out crazy breaks like the chem bros.

As far as anything else, I'm good. I allready have everything I need and I too get a kick out of walking into my studio when all the lights are flashing on my gear.