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kmonkey · Post by **kmonkey** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 4:51 am

Hmmm...i would like to see anything which will get me into the that sound which can be produced with the new Elektron analog four synth.

http://www.elektron.se/products/analog?section=sounds - listen audio examples and do not look at that awful promotion video..

Why can't i have that punchy super fast "i have so much balls" (in lack of finding proper word hahaha) sound with most of my software synths??

feeltheillinois · Post by **feeltheillinois** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 5:53 pm

Crackbaby wrote:

..... wouldn't it be a grand idea to have ONE real analog hardware to play with in front of the tv?

I know what you mean. Nothing comes to mind I'm afraid that's analogue and could sit on your lap. Also in front of the TV might be a little distracting. I have an alesis micron that I sit with outside the studio. Its a good portable solution outside the designated music environment but diva + a small midi controller (korg microkey maybe) on a macbook pro could also solve that problem. The micron does so many things so well and its self contained. MAybe getting off topic a bit though. I prefer to play everything over my kurzweil k2600x via midi. Most expressive this way. Old synth keyboards leave a lot to be desired I think. My obxa for example has no velocity, no aftertouch, no midi and the keyboard is pretty crap in my opinion. Sound is great of course.

News From The Sky · Post by **News From The Sky** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 7:11 pm

MoPho Keyboard will fit in your lap, so will a MiniBrute. If you want poly there's the MoPho x4, but that's pushing the definition of "laptop" a bit.

feeltheillinois · Post by **feeltheillinois** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 10:13 pm

mopho x4 is heavy but agree, very nice.

Tony Ostinato · Post by **Tony Ostinato** » Sun Dec 30, 2012 10:02 pm

as far as the cs-80 and ribbons etc theres a lot of fancy control surfaces out now you could patch in.

i use windsynth so breath control can do a lot of what the ribbon would be doing.

JimmiG · Post by **JimmiG** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 9:45 am

OB-X would be my first choice, followed by Prophet 5. Diva is supposed to be "dinosaur-impersonating", so modern analogs don't really fit with that philosophy (though that philosophy can be changed..).

Much of the character of the CS-80 comes from the playability and performance control, and the unique two-synths-in-one architecture, which would be hard to do with Diva without a significant re-write of the interface, IMO. Same with the ARP 2500, being so modular and different from most traditional synths.

fmr · Post by **fmr** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 10:21 am

Seems like the Oberheim sound is the most sought after. I just wish someone did the extra mile and recreate the Matrix-12. But the OB-X will be already a great option (I think it has the same SVF as the SEM). Not the flexibility of the filter of the Xpander/Matrix-12, but something new on the table, definitely. The oscillators, too, are different from what we already have. In a "mix & match" environment, these will probably be a hard task to achieve, but I will be glad to have these components added.

hakey · Post by **hakey** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 2:49 pm

fmr wrote:the OB-X will be already a great option [...] The oscillators, too, are different from what we already have.

Two oscillators with saw or pulse waveforms, sync, xmod and pwm? Diva's Dual VCO has that covered.

Would an OB-X (or CS-80, or 303...) filter open up radically new timbres? To my ears, outside of extreme settings, the differences between the ladder, cascade and (low pass) multimode filters are pretty subtle.

Urs · Post by **Urs** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 3:19 pm

That's my main concern... I think the Obie filters might be a subset of the SVF we already have. The harmonic distortion is a bit different, but maybe not too far off to justify a new module. Same for oscillators.

My favourites are Polivoks filter, TB303 filter and a digital oscillator (between 101 and JP8000, like Lush)

Anyhow, we have plenty of time to think this through... it. won't happen anytime soon...

bmrzycki · Post by **bmrzycki** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 4:11 pm

Urs wrote:Polivoks filter

+1! It's such a unique filter, I don't think I've run across anything in the software realm that sounds like it. Definitely one to (again) set Diva apart from the crowd.

Kriminal · Post by **Kriminal** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 4:27 pm

bmrzycki wrote:
Urs wrote:Polivoks filter
+1! It's such a unique filter, I don't think I've run across anything in the software realm that sounds like it. Definitely one to (again) set Diva apart from the crowd.

those crazy russians....

Rimwolf · Post by **Rimwolf** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 4:54 pm

Howard wrote:Still waiting for an affordable (and small) master keyboard with good polyAT...

I don't know about "master", but Keith McMillan's QuNexus looks promising for $150 (preorder).

hakey · Post by **hakey** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 5:31 pm

Urs wrote:My favourites are Polivoks filter, TB303 filter and a digital oscillator (between 101 and JP8000, like Lush)

The Polivoks filter or the digital oscillator get my vote.

Bronto Scorpio · Post by **Bronto Scorpio** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 5:34 pm

hakey wrote:
Urs wrote:My favourites are Polivoks filter, TB303 filter and a digital oscillator (between 101 and JP8000, like Lush)
The Polivoks filter or the digital oscillator get my vote.

Yep!

Cheers
Dennis

pdxindy · Post by **pdxindy** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 7:41 pm

kmonkey wrote:Hmmm...i would like to see anything which will get me into the that sound which can be produced with the new Elektron analog four synth.

http://www.elektron.se/products/analog?section=sounds - listen audio examples and do not look at that awful promotion video..

Why can't i have that punchy super fast "i have so much balls" (in lack of finding proper word hahaha) sound with most of my software synths??

this is an old post, but try Bazille and Aalto

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