Live synthesis
Live synthesis Posted on: 01.05.2012 by Deangelo Boender I've been looking at getting a synthesizer for live use, something small like a kaossilator or a monotron. does anyone have any experience with doing things like this? Any synthesizers worth recommending? | |
| Janyce Henningson 09.05.2012 |
Originally Posted by Culture_Shock
Originally Posted by Culture_Shock
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| Deangelo Boender 01.05.2012 | I've been looking at getting a synthesizer for live use, something small like a kaossilator or a monotron. does anyone have any experience with doing things like this? Any synthesizers worth recommending? |
| Sheldon Dieckmann 13.05.2012 | I believe I understand what you want. The Korg Kaossilator is real sweet. I've got the original, and messed about with the pro, but any of the models will provide instant live improvised synthyness! Also, if you have an iOS device of some sort, check out Korg's apps there (iKaossilator, iElectribe, iMS-20), and I HIGHLY recommend Propellerheads Figure. BeeBot is also great if you fancy annoying people. Infact, there are plenty of sweet instruments available on the app store! The trick here is to find instruments are simple, and immediate. Don't look for instruments that are thick with features, or even deep into saving presets or projects. This will just create more things to believe about, and more things to go wrong during your set. I believe a truly live instrument should require as little preparation, and faffing about as possible. Hopefully this will help your ability to perform shine, minimizing the chance of error and hopefully the audience will be able to recognize and appreciate this sort of performance too. |
| Celestine Porebski 10.05.2012 | Maybe look into the Electribes then. |
| Deangelo Boender 09.05.2012 | live use, right there next to my vci-100, in the booth or on stage. I want to be able to play something on top of my mix, nothing spectacular or drastic, but I want something more lucid than just using samples. |
| Janyce Henningson 09.05.2012 |
Originally Posted by Culture_Shock
Originally Posted by Culture_Shock
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| Nancey Inderlied 08.05.2012 | The Monotribe is definitely pretty awesome, and you can sequence and get rid of the ribbon with a MIDItribe kit. However, a synthesizer isn't really something you can just hammer on mid track and expect good results from. |
| Haywood Stoeger 08.05.2012 | I am also looking forward a mono tribe but don't know if it could work with ableton |
| Deangelo Boender 07.05.2012 | I know the basics of analog synthesis, I had a copy of the ds-10 synthesizer for my nintendo ds, which is actually an emulation of the korg ms-10 I believe. but I'm looking for something even more basic than that. I want something that I can just grab and hammer on for a quick buildup or breakdown, and then get back to the mix. i was believeing that the kaossilator or one of the monotron units would be nice, but the monotribe has also caught my eye! |
| Lewis Stumpf 07.05.2012 | Lots of options. How basic do you want to go? How much do you know about synths? The Moog Minitaur is a really, really sweet sounding synth. So is the Doepfer Dark Energy. Optionally paired with a Dark Time if you want to go really old school and tweaky. |
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