If You Could Only Master One Soft Synth - Which Would It Be?

[chk071]

I agree that you get better with everything, when you figure out how it works generally. Not sure if there are people who can do magic with anything though, that's a tad too much confidence in human ability. Unless you want to work, and work, and work, to get something to do what you want it to do. E.g., i never could get free VSTi's to do what i want them to do. With specific payware, i just hit a note, and it does what i want it to do immediately, without working my "magic" or anything. Many hardware synths seem to do that too.

I often read in other threads "well... i had to put an EQ to get that low end". That's not really the point, is it? Never heard of someone saying that he had to EQ his Moog to get the beef.

[egbert101]

I've focused down my collection into five synths that I aim to learn more about. So if I disappear for a few months, you'll know what I'll be up to.

[mrcleats]

Researching a sixth synth?

[Bodhisan]

Unless you want to work, and work, and work, to get something to do what you want it to do.

Bingo. You want to learn something? You work/practice. Most people would rather buy another synth to put off the hard work. If it were easy, everyone would be a Simon Stockhousen. How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice...

[chk071]

But what's the point in getting bad sound, just for the work and effort to try and make it good sound? Don't we all want to sound good with the least amount of work involved? Why do we use DAW's? We could just use tape machine, and work like in the 70ies, if it was for the work involved to get a good result.

[Bodhisan]

But what's the point in getting bad sound, just for the work and effort to try and make it good sound? Don't we all want to sound good with the least amount of work involved? Why do we use DAW's? We could just use tape machine, and work like in the 70ies, if it was for the work involved to get a good result.

To each his own, brother.

[pdxindy]

I've focused down my collection into five synths that I aim to learn more about. So if I disappear for a few months, you'll know what I'll be up to.

which 5?

[Fleer]

SynthMaster

[Michael L]

For me, it’s not a matter of mastering a synth - it’s mastering how synths work.

It depends on the synth. I use Alchemy to layer field recordings, so it's 'a matter of mastering' the frequencies and harmonics in those recordings. Being a slow learner, I make discoveries every bloody day!

[jancivil]

But what's the point in getting bad sound, just for the work and effort to try and make it good sound? Don't we all want to sound good with the least amount of work involved? Why do we use DAW's? We could just use tape machine, and work like in the 70ies, if it was for the work involved to get a good result.

I love working with sound. "to sound good"; well I have ideas that are beyond what any preset will give me, and that's because I really get involved with sound design, the work generate further ideas. People that orchestrate do not have something which is going to sound good 'out of the box'. There is no box. We have to make it happen by craft and art. You're totally missing it.

[jancivil]

For me, it’s not a matter of mastering a synth - it’s mastering how synths work. If you take note of the members here who know their crap, you won’t see them post on this thread.

[billcarroll]

Diva

[Greenstorm33]

Currently trying to get to know that synth with the stripes The sounds people can get out of that thing (or heck, even out of Zebralette) are amazing. Synthmaster is a close second.

[Ed A.]

Either Sculpture or Alchemy.

[djanthonyw]

One Ping Only.