Favorite Synth/Genre
Favorite Synth/Genre Posted on: 06.12.2009 by Hertha Fang What are your favorite synths, what genres are you using for them? maybe it is more relevant to say the sounds you make with them (ex. stab, atmosphere), but I thought that maybe this will discourage creativity. | |
| Hertha Fang 06.12.2009 | What are your favorite synths, what genres are you using for them? maybe it is more relevant to say the sounds you make with them (ex. stab, atmosphere), but I thought that maybe this will discourage creativity. |
| Venice Yoeun 15.12.2009 | Korg MS-20, Arp Odyssey MKI, SE1X... others.. been touching these the most lately. |
| Forest Buonanno 08.12.2009 | so i just checked out Massive at the website......OMFGJC!!!! lol I'm so buying it! and thank you RJW for the demo so I can hear its potential, I believe I will have to buy the synths you listed. I really like how twin2 and massive look and sound because that is a very familiar face to understand you know. Are there any others that you guys would suggest that have a close similarity? |
| Kasey Jarry 08.12.2009 | another +1 for massive. I also use crystal synth. (free) Effectrix sugar bites is awesome too, but not free. |
| Harold Jaras 08.12.2009 | told you massive was the ish |
| ma7md hany 08.12.2009 | I produce house and mostley use Massive. Sometimes for experiments, very simple sounds or when I'm running out of CPU power, I use Operator, as Massive is my #1 analogue synth and I don't really understand FM synthesis so far. Massive is not complex at all. It's just a very fat sounding analog synth with 3 OSCs, many waveforms, a lot of modulation possibilties and a huge CPU hunger. If you understand analog synthesis, you will understand Massive with it's top quality GUI within minutes. Massive is capable of producing any analogue timbre you could imagine. What I love about it is the fact you can turn the weakest shit (even just a single Saw OSC) into a huge sound by simply applying unision (let's say like 5), maybe 20 % Wet on the dimension expander, maybe a low pass filter almost turned down completley with 90 % filter envelope and you already have a very nice sounding bass. And that's just the simplest thing you could do. Adding another OSC, slighty detuned (like 9 cents) will make the sound even fatter, and do not get me started on adding a parallel second filter with maybe some LFO wobble... You can just push it and push it and the sound will get fatter and fatter without sounding ugly. I just love it! (Be careful though. Sometimes less is more, especially if your mix is already pretty fat) And a tip if you want to improve your productions: Get rid of presets. It is just a huge waste of time. You go through endless presets, just to find a sound that maybe doesn't even fit in your song. If you started from scratch, you can design it excactly after your desire. Especially: Do you want to sound like everyone else out there or do you want to develop your own style? Knowing how to synthesize is crucial. It may take years before you can create any sound you imagine from scratch, but it will be worth it. Another tip: Stick to one or two synths at the beginnng and learn then from A to Z. Not more. If you finish learning one, you can start learning another. Don't be fooled to believe you can't create all sounds with your synths. Take a look at what the free Synth1 is capable of doing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9Jqze04dVA I'd say if your synth has at least 2-3 OSCs, the basic waveforms, some nice sounding filters and good modulation options, you are ready to go. |
| Riccardo gava 08.12.2009 | +1 for massive. I find Fabfilters TWIN2 is excellent also, very nice sounding filters! |
| Xavier Emanuels 08.12.2009 | Massive is easy once you get your head around with it, just stick with it - the stuff you can do with it is pretty damn cool ! |
| Latia Pfleider 08.12.2009 | thx |
| Forest Buonanno 08.12.2009 | it comes with Orion. google synapse orion |
| Latia Pfleider 08.12.2009 | Who makes wasp? I did not find it on google. Looking for a demo. |
| Forest Buonanno 07.12.2009 | hmmm.....I'm going to have to definetly look into massive considering what you said Duerr. Sounds like a good synth from the sound of it. Anyone got any tracks theyve made using only massive? I've been trying to find a new synth to look into anyways. btw, Does anyone know what David Guetta useslol? Just out of curiosity. |
| Amada Brierley 07.12.2009 | rob papen albino 2 and 3 are wicked |
| Belen Wermes 07.12.2009 | massive and wasp. wasp used to be my 'go-to' synth, but now as i'm gettin more comfortable with massive i'm finding that massive has become my new 'go-to' synth. i make bassline music... from hiphop to breaks to dubstep. |
| Laurel Litchko 07.12.2009 | i use massive, but its pretty complicated! i'm still getting the basics of synths down. i bought a copy of Computer Music Mag that teaches you the basics of synth sound design. it came with about 10 free VSTs that i have yet to use. i use it for nu disco/indie dance but it will work for anything. |
| Laraine Arceo 07.12.2009 | +1 for Massive but it can be overwhelming... I've also been riding Peach, a free NES synth with LOADS of classic gaming waveforms There's also Toad for drums... I love these two little free VSTs |
| Xavier Emanuels 07.12.2009 | Massive for dnb reese basslines, infact massive is good for lots of stuff <3 that synth |
| Forest Buonanno 05.12.2009 | The Wasp5 is an amazing synth thats pretty simple to operate. I use it about 60% of the time in my music production. Toxic3 is also another amazing one, but its a little difficult to understand so it takes some studying to get to know. Here is a track I did using only drum samplers and the Wasp5 without any sidechain effects(I say that so you can hear the clarity of the synth). The trebles a little high on this so just wipe that out of the picture. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0q-sVtM_Sc Oh, and I do electro, lounge, deep trance. |
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