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Julien Unison · Post by **Julien Unison** » Sat Sep 22, 2018 10:01 pm

My most favourite "limited" synth is Tim Exile "SLOO"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhhD8-qwZyk

https://shop.timexile.com/products/sloo

Examigan · Post by **Examigan** » Sat Sep 22, 2018 10:09 pm

Not the most simple of synths in my selections here, but I really like Saurus, OP-X Pro II, Repro-1, and also Dagger sounds great.

Or... use a complex synth of your choice and just don't use all of it's millions of features.

Aloysius · Post by **Aloysius** » Sat Sep 22, 2018 10:19 pm

Anything that's too complicated to do anything with apart from clicking through the presets and maybe adjusting the ADSR. Just about anything really.

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Sat Sep 22, 2018 11:00 pm

Examigan wrote: Or... use a complex synth of your choice and just don't use all of it's millions of features.

exactly!
take reaktor, use one oscillator, one filter and a couple of modulators. simples, but no one would ever call reaktor a limited synth

funky lime · Post by **funky lime** » Sun Sep 23, 2018 6:04 pm

vurt wrote:
Examigan wrote: Or... use a complex synth of your choice and just don't use all of it's millions of features.
exactly!
take reaktor, use one oscillator, one filter and a couple of modulators. simples, but no one would ever call reaktor a limited synth

Just be dumb like me, and then all synths are limited

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Sun Sep 23, 2018 6:28 pm

martinjuenke · Post by **martinjuenke** » Sun Sep 23, 2018 6:46 pm

chk071 wrote:Monark. But, if i had those filters, oscillators and envelopes in a more complex synth, i surely wouldn't bother with such limitations anymore.

But its presets are completely crap, totally over the top.

martinjuenke · Post by **martinjuenke** » Sun Sep 23, 2018 6:48 pm

Izak Synthiemental wrote:Tyrell N6 It's actually quite comprehensive, but not as fully-featured as some of the big soft synths. It's right in the middle: not too limited, but also not to overwhelming. It's good for learning the basics of synthesis.

And it‘s free...

Examigan · Post by **Examigan** » Sun Sep 23, 2018 7:09 pm

martinjuenke wrote:
Izak Synthiemental wrote:Tyrell N6 It's actually quite comprehensive, but not as fully-featured as some of the big soft synths. It's right in the middle: not too limited, but also not to overwhelming. It's good for learning the basics of synthesis.
And it‘s free...

I just remembered Charlatan..a good basic synth

http://www.blaukraut.info/

D-Fusion · Post by **D-Fusion** » Sun Sep 23, 2018 7:23 pm

Repro 1 and 5
Legend
Redominator
PG8X
Korg Arp Odyssei
Roland SH2, Jupiter 8, System 8, Juno-106

fluffy_little_something · Sun Sep 23, 2018 9:35 pm

I like those heart-monitoring sine arps in hospitals

SoundPorn · Post by **SoundPorn** » Sun Sep 23, 2018 11:45 pm

So basically you mean like a "sketching synth"?

I usually like to use Romplers like the Synthmaster player. Although that sounds go good I end up keeping that sound and building around it.

JerGoertz · Post by **JerGoertz** » Mon Sep 24, 2018 12:26 am

martinjuenke wrote:
Izak Synthiemental wrote:Tyrell N6 It's actually quite comprehensive, but not as fully-featured as some of the big soft synths. It's right in the middle: not too limited, but also not to overwhelming. It's good for learning the basics of synthesis.
And it‘s free...

And it sounds great

acYm · Post by **acYm** » Mon Sep 24, 2018 12:55 am

the way I see it, the "limitations-synth" can be nice to have for sketching and casual noodling, but it has to be usable in a serious project without compromise on quality, and allow building sounds from scratch.

Tj Shredder · Post by **Tj Shredder** » Mon Sep 24, 2018 8:56 am

acYm wrote:the way I see it, the "limitations-synth" can be nice to have for sketching and casual noodling, but it has to be usable in a serious project without compromise on quality, and allow building sounds from scratch.

Like my Violin?
A limitations synth has to be expressive, then all other parts can be simple...
MPE forever!

your "limitations" synth?