-=[THE SYNTH ZONE]=-

https://blog.adafruit.com/2017/08/14/a-classic-uk-synth-in-your-browser-free-and-open-source-musicmonday/

a Synthi done in javascript.

^that is pretty clever!

spent wednesday night mucking around with IRL synthis and VCS3s, and the crazy transaudio pro case 6: http://www.matrixsynth.com/2016/06/the-transaudio-procase-6-custom-dual.html

it's not quite the dual VCS3 that article suggests - lots of different functions. envelopes were a bit weird though.

what are some good places to get synths and gear online? I've looked around the area but it doesn't look like there are any local retailers that carry anything interesting.

reverb

Analogue Haven is supposed to be good.

I like Perfect Circuit Audio - https://www.perfectcircuitaudio.com

ebay and craigory's list. i've noticed dc listings > baltimore selection-wise

Also the buy/sell section of Muffwiggler, come to think of it.

perfect circuit audio send sweets with your order!

you guys are awesome, thank you

Uh oh looks like I'm buying some stuff.

https://youtu.be/MBzBGLuPIcY

Looks pretty sweet! Better than Nord, though?

Looks pretty sweet! Better than Nord, though?

Time will tell. Considering Vox and Korg are aligned now, and knowing how blown away I've been by recent Korg product, I'm pretty optimistic.

Still lusting after a Nord Stage 3, but they are still not in stores yet...

reverb

― na (NA), Monday, 28 August 2017 18:39

tried this for the first time recently and already have a horror story. fingers crossed on an imminent happy ending

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bSRPvkGl9nk&feature=youtu.be

Boutique D50!

For all your Enya / Mylene Farmer / Legowelt needs.

omfg

The UI on that looks just as complicated and menu-driven as the original!

I'm used to that. I was raised on worse, like general midi TGs and Yamahas

sick. are the boutique touch pads better than wheels

I tend to assume anything with fewer moving parts is an improvement, but knobs are def better than touch. Wheels vs touch is probably a wash. I'll take the cheaper littler version in a heartbeat.

startrekman to thread

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VggsB5eZ0oM

That's good stuff. 19-year-old me would want to set Eric Persing on fire.

Like the cardinal opposite of Atsushi Hoshiai, the dude who played the cymbals on the 909

This new Roland looks pretty nice: https://www.roland.com/global/products/v-combo_vr-730/

Maybe a much lower-cost alternative to a Nord Stage?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhKD7fFHgnY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4gSlYfMsmo

That sounds pretty awesome.

None of those sounds in the demo are super inspiring to me but I love the interface and idea. Their effects processor looks really cool.

yeah I'm kinda just meh on that but this thing

http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2017/10/04/bastl-instruments-thyme-effects-processor-now-available-to-pre-order/

Has anyone fucked with the Yamaha CS-80 reissue? Part of the ‘reface’ series iirc. I like to fantasize that I’ll be able to buy one <$500 synth and that one’s my desideratum rn

it's on my list, there are hella youtubes of people doing the most boring possible shit with it

That’s a shame bc I will do NEW BLADE RUNNAR w it

CS-80? You mean like the CS01? The reface CS is pretty basic. Some dude's making an expensive rack CS-80 clone but it's not a yamaha reface.

The Arturia CS-80 clone soft-synth is pretty good, though obvs i have not played an actual CS-80 to compare.

So I got my LYRA-8 today. Absolutely worth waiting 13 months for it.

sounds like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krQGkPufZHs

yeah I'm kinda just meh on that but this thing
http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2017/10/04/bastl-instruments-thyme-effects-processor-now-available-to-pre-order/
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, October 4, 2017 1:48 PM

think i like the morphagene better in that regard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvRTkJ7Qx2o

gawd bless tom erbe

It's like Carl Stone in a box.

am0n, I'm always surprised at your preferences, but sincerely, I do not know what I do not know; we'll see; we'eell;;;;l see;sesss; sseeee;weeelselllsseeelllssll;e

the LYRA-8 sounds like lameness distilled, never buy noise, the whole point of noise is to find it, noise is personal, I definitely want to yell at the guy who made that youtube

i prob need to hear a better demo of thyme but bastl def wins in the interface design

bastl livestream

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O52o2wyqY0

It's alive!

Got my Nord Stage 3 Compact this week! So stoked. It sounds so nice...

I really want that Make Noise 0-coast, wish it was cheaper.

Also I downloaded Dexed and realized I have NO idea how to deal with FM synthesis. Also realized it's responsible for a lot of the sounds I like and haven't been able to achieve, and I want to learn, but it seems very mysterious right now (even modifying presets!).

Does anyone understand fm? Change values and algorithms until it feels good.

I find it very hard because there's much less of a 1:1 relationship between parameters and the resultant sound compared to analogue synthesis.