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Xanatos from NYC on 2002-02-01 03:52 [#00077306] | |||||||||
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My old Korg is broken, I want to get a new synth. Sam Ash is having a huge sale tommorow, so I'm going to check this thread again at school and drop by there afterwards, I can probably spend up to $500. Suggestions? |
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Taoist Blockade from Vancouver Canada on 2002-02-01 04:02 [#00077309] | |||||||||
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I would go for a soft synth. Get Absynth if youre on a MAc, FM7 if youre on PC. Nordmodular is supposed to rock too, I dont know how much it costs though. |
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innominate from http://www.drillandbass.com/ on 2002-02-01 04:39 [#00077323] | |||||||||
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Tehe $500 will get you a nice casio or one of those "all-in-one" dj crap shoots. Who am I kidding, I got a Fizmo, Juno & Mirage for $300 a piece. It all depends on what you plan on doing with it. If you want a workstation, you need more $$. If you want to be able to easily modify your gear, your gonna want analog, and you'll need more $$. Theres the K Station, but it's ~$700. You can get the good ol' XP-10, but you better like reading manuals. Most of the stuff your going to be able to grab (besides quality used gear) is going to be entry level. But again, it all depends on what you want to do with it [rewiring a cheap casio or yamaha can be fun if you grasp the physics behind it]. -inno BTW the Nord Modular is ~$2500 |
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MO 2 on 2002-02-01 05:56 [#00077327] | |||||||||
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JP-8000 |
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muir from sac on 2002-02-01 11:11 [#00077359] | |||||||||
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nord micro modular is only 500. and im told its a well respected little box. |
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Paco on 2002-02-01 11:22 [#00077363] | |||||||||
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Yeah, get the micro modular from Clavia. I've been using one for 2 years now and now it's the last synth I'd sell, including my Kurzweil and old Rolands. If you don't know modular synthesis, then the learning curve might be a bit steep, but the reward is great, when you get there. -P |
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wizards teeth on 2002-02-01 11:28 [#00077364] | |||||||||
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do not purchase a korg ms2000, i found mine to be a bit shit |
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Taxi on 2002-02-01 12:27 [#00077411] | |||||||||
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MikeP is a huge fan of the nord modular. Autechre use it lots too, appearantly. My suggestion would be to go for the hardware and not software. If you have the money, that is. |
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Xanatos on 2002-02-01 18:24 [#00077613] | |||||||||
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great, keep em coming please |
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Xanatos from NYC on 2002-02-01 18:28 [#00077614] | |||||||||
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Can I hear more about the difference between and advantages/disadvantages of analog vs. non-analog (digital?) synths? |
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B3n from Falkland Islands on 2002-02-01 19:06 [#00077620] | |||||||||
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I like my novation basstation I got used at a pretty price. its a monosynth, but makes nice noises. buy used. |
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Murray from England on 2002-02-01 20:00 [#00077641] | |||||||||
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www.vintagesynth.com heres all the stuff you need to know |
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Monoid on 2002-02-01 20:11 [#00077657] | |||||||||
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Id buy a DX7...err, I never owned a real synth in my life, so dont listen to me.... |
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titsworth_courier from washington, dc on 2002-02-01 20:21 [#00077660] | |||||||||
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of course, a $2000 synth is useless if you don't know how to make good music on a $200 synth. |
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Xanatos from NYC on 2002-02-01 21:05 [#00077665] | |||||||||
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"a $2000 synth is useless if you don't know how to make good music on a $200 synth." how do you learn how to use a 2000 synth? |
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Pusher of the Square from mars on 2002-02-01 21:09 [#00077666] | |||||||||
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I happen to have and USE my Korg MS2000 and I think it works fine. It makes some pretty great sounds, and its not that expensive. I am going to be hooking it up as a midi keyboard trough reason, I record some weird songs I make on it. Its a fun machine |
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Xanatos from NYC on 2002-02-01 21:22 [#00077672] | |||||||||
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^ thanks I'll check that one out. |
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jingle from london england on 2002-02-01 23:40 [#00077730] | |||||||||
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i would say instead of buying a costly synth get a piece-of-shit keyboard, even a kiddies one and buy some second hand guitar effects pedal: even if they are battered and not much good for playing guitar, but you can hook lots of them up and use the extreme settings to turn your naff sounds into something cool. good for live sets aswell, or you can mangle your voice and record it so that you have a cheap, highly controlable synth that you can alter ad infinitum... someone said dx7 as a joke but fm synths can still make some really mad sounds, especially when through guitar pedals people let me know if they have any luck with this technique jingle |
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jingle from london england on 2002-02-02 00:01 [#00077735] | |||||||||
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the ms2000 is okay, but a little flat, it isn't very phatt or fizzly, for that money you could get a virus rack one which is really cool or the little korg electribe a which uses similar technology but is half the price: the are both cheaper and that means you could buy one of those and something else on top i am speaking from knowledge of the uk market, but i assume the prices are relative jingle |
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