KVR Audio

PatchAdamz · Post by **PatchAdamz** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 5:22 pm

I got to work with Stevie Wonders Synclavier for a stint and have to say, THAT is my favorite vintage synth.

Truly magnificent!

hollowsun · Post by **hollowsun** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 10:30 pm

Not exactly 'vintage' but Synthesizers.com without any shadow of a doubt...

I've owned an ARP2600, original Axxe, whitefaced Odyssey, MiniMoog, MemoryMoog, JP6, Juno 6, Super Jupiter, Oberheim SEM and played/hired countless others but the Dotcom just knocks 'em dead. IMO of course. It's such a chameleon of sound - can sound Moog-ish, ARP-ish, Roland-ish ... big and 'fat' or nice and neutral ... and so much fun to play with.

I have the multi mode (LP, HP, BP and notch) and Moog Ladder filters installed but my favourite has to be the Suit & Tie Guy VCS clone filter. Wonderfully creamy and non-linear.

I'm a bit partial to my Super-JX as well for polyphonic duties though.

Stephen

ghettosynth · Post by **ghettosynth** » Sat Jun 29, 2013 11:36 am

hollowsun wrote:
I'm a bit partial to my Super-JX as well for polyphonic duties though.

I've really tried to like the Super-JX. I've had several of them but I just can't get past that filter. Also, the weird velocity sensitivity makes it a crappy master keyboard, which is too bad, because 76 keys are great.

I think if Roland had put the IR3109 in the JX-10 it might be more of a classic. They still go pretty cheaply and they're a pretty good value considering 12 voice polyphony.

hollowsun · Post by **hollowsun** » Sat Jun 29, 2013 10:56 pm

ghettosynth wrote:Also, the weird velocity sensitivity makes it a crappy master keyboard

Oh - mine's the MKS70 module with the programmer

Stephen

ghettosynth · Post by **ghettosynth** » Sat Jun 29, 2013 11:59 pm

hollowsun wrote:
ghettosynth wrote:Also, the weird velocity sensitivity makes it a crappy master keyboard
Oh - mine's the MKS70 module with the programmer

Stephen

Ah, I've heard people even say that the software differences in the MKS-70 have a significant affect on the sound. I've never had them side by side. The programmer makes all the difference though in terms of making any of the JX-10, JX-8p, MKS-70, GR700, or GR77 way more usable.

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Sun Jun 30, 2013 5:26 pm

PatchAdamz wrote:There is something about WOOD on a synth.....

... and METAL

+1 to everyone who mentioned OSCar, Jupiter 6 and Crumar Spirit. I was in a band with a guy who owned all 3, as well as an Orgon Enigiser, Fender Rhodes, a Kurzweil K2000 and a selection of Orgon Systems modular stuff. With my Teisco 60F, Korg Poly 61 and Bass Station we had quite a nice set up between us.

deastman · Post by **deastman** » Sun Jun 30, 2013 8:59 pm

ghettosynth wrote:
hollowsun wrote:
ghettosynth wrote:Also, the weird velocity sensitivity makes it a crappy master keyboard
Oh - mine's the MKS70 module with the programmer

Stephen
Ah, I've heard people even say that the software differences in the MKS-70 have a significant affect on the sound. I've never had them side by side. The programmer makes all the difference though in terms of making any of the JX-10, JX-8p, MKS-70, GR700, or GR77 way more usable.

I also have an MKS70 with the programmer. I rarely use it, but its my go-to analog when I'm looking for those perfectly smooth, silky pads. It really is a lovely synth, although a little bit weird in the way the two voices are handled and the various output combinations.

deastman · Post by **deastman** » Sun Jun 30, 2013 9:01 pm

PatchAdamz wrote:I got to work with Stevie Wonders Synclavier for a stint and have to say, THAT is my favorite vintage synth.

Truly magnificent!

I've worked with a Synclavier "back in the day". I was sooo excited to get my hands on such a legendary instrument, and sooo disappointed when I realized that it wasn't all that special after all. Don't get me wrong- it had some interesting and unique innovations, but it wasn't all that I had built it up to be in my mind.

deastman · Post by **deastman** » Sun Jun 30, 2013 9:08 pm

10Dot4 wrote:
10Dot4 wrote:Is the Kurzweil K2000 any good? I've heard that they are as good as a Roland, but I haven't got the chance to try one.

What do you think about the Kurzweil K2000?

Just noticed this question which went unanswered.

I have a K2000 with the sampling option, 32 megs of ram, and an internal hard drive. As a sampler, it was the best of its kind. I had extensive experience with Emu and Ensoniq samplers before getting the Kurzweil, and it was far superior. For one thing, you could actually see the waveform as you edited and looped your samples. What a concept! As a synth, it still remains extremely powerful, particularly with all the VAST algorithms and modulation options. Combining that with sampled waveforms really opens up an enormous amount of possibilities.

The only negative side of the pre-K2500 models is that the LCD display fades over time. Last time I checked, mine was faint but still usable. I remember years ago there was a solution for replacing the display, but I haven't looked into it lately.

Kriminal · Post by **Kriminal** » Sun Jun 30, 2013 9:14 pm

10Dot4 wrote:I want to know which vintage synth is your favorite pick. Mine is the Roland SH-101 because of it's design and it's great for bass sounds or bubbly analog effects.

Same here, love the 101

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 2:16 am

my lifeless Akai AX80, lifeless to those that judged it by its horrible presets. it has a "rubbery" sound to it i just cant get on anything else!

Frantz · Post by **Frantz** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 3:00 am

The best synths are those that you can only dream about:

http://www.vintagesynth.com/emu/audity.php

Only one Audity ever came off the assembly line. It is a state of the art computer based analog synthesizer commissioned by ex-Tangerine Dreamer Peter Baumann in 1979....
Unfortunately the instrument was so expensive ($70,000) that nobody wanted to buy one.

PatchAdamz · Post by **PatchAdamz** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 4:38 pm

deastman wrote:
PatchAdamz wrote:I got to work with Stevie Wonders Synclavier for a stint and have to say, THAT is my favorite vintage synth.

Truly magnificent!

I've worked with a Synclavier "back in the day". I was sooo excited to get my hands on such a legendary instrument, and sooo disappointed when I realized that it wasn't all that special after all. Don't get me wrong- it had some interesting and unique innovations, but it wasn't all that I had built it up to be in my mind.

I think it depends on what sound-sets were loaded.

Stevie had some AWESOME sounds in his.

Some of the latter orchestral sounds Zappa used were outstanding.

Kriminal · Post by **Kriminal** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 4:41 pm

PatchAdamz · Post by **PatchAdamz** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 4:53 pm

I got a request from G.Hormel (yup, the meat guy) so I went to see him.
He had a Fairlight which was state of the art at the time.

He had a song he had recorded, it was, "How much is that doggie in the window."

The Fairlight was used for the, "bark, bark" part, that was it.

What a waste of a $30,000 keyboard.

What's your favorite vintage synthesizer?