Benefits of Hardsynth for electronic music?

[whyterabbyt]

Shit, it shouldn't matter what pweeple think about which synth is cool or not. just what'z right for you.

[Fernando Carvalho]

Hi. For the kind of music that you like I think you don't need a hardware synth at all. Better invest in any other thing, like good controllers, audio interface, expand your computer, room acoustics... anything really.

I would only go for harware synths if I was deep into hardware jamming and genres not so based in heavy editing and heavy mixing.

Of course if you want one go for it.

[Kinh]

I dont get this. whyterabbyt has been on my foe list for several months (I cant remember why) but I can still see his name. I cant see what he's posting but I thought the foe list made your posts invisible to them as well. All I see is "...who is currently on your ignore list, made this post". How do you eliminate them altogether?

[whyterabbyt]

Shit, dats good news. thanks

[lfm]

Strongest reasons for me going towards midi hardware in the last five year have been:
a) lot's of physical knobs makes them much more fun to work with making unique sounds.
b) just one power button to press - and off you go - low threshold to actually do something creative, like playing and modifying sounds.

Currently have three synths, a hammond, digital piano and eDrums(but use midi for computer work and SuperiorDrummer plugin) externally. And 8 guitars and a bass. All very close and handy.

I found the more I play - the more ideas come out as well - so a dictaphone within reach to capture anything I like while practising instruments. And the variety of instruments also is beneficiary since very different ideas whether origin is beats, basslines or something else like chord progressions and melody. Funlevel is increased by magnitudes.

[BertKoor]

whyterabbyt has been on my foe list for several months (I cant remember why)

Seeing what he just did in this thread is enough reason

[whyterabbyt]

whyterabbyt has been on my foe list for several months (I cant remember why)

Seeing what he just did in this thread is enough reason

You mean quoting kinh's responses to threads which are ostensibly identical in nature to this?

[Muied Lumens]

Hardware is good for live playing, when you don't want to be seen staring at a screen like you're at work or home. HW synths usually start up quicker, are simpler to just switch on and play, have less distractions like internet connections and feel more like an instrument. They don't spontaneously restart in the middle of a session and don't catch a virus. They are more limited which some people find useful, because then you can learn it inside out without things changing all the time.

Those are a few examples... Of course, HW comes with its own problems. Nothing is perfect.

[chk071]

Benefits of hardware synths? Well... you can turn some knobs. And have that physical machine, doing tones, opposed to something virtual on your screen.

If you didn't like the Virus, here's some more synths you could/should demo: Nord Lead, Waldorf Blofeld, or some older VA's, like the Novation Supernova. And, in case you don't feel like they give you anything you already have with soft synths, try some analog synths.

[andymcbain]

Self imposed limitations can encourage creativity as well, so if you feel overwhelmed by the endless options that software gives you, limiting your sound sources to a few pieces of hardware might help you get stuff done.

[chk071]

+1

I think you can naturally get more mileage out of stuff which doesn't give you a gazillion features.

[Fernando Carvalho]

Second thought.

I could recommend you two hard synths. Yamaha Reface CS and the Korg Monologue.
Reface CS is a very underrated synth I think. It sounds really nice,it is flexible and easy to program, it doesn't even save presets by itself but I like it that way because the controls correspond with what you hear and it is lightning fast to program.
The Monologue has a nice analog sound, I like how it sounds more than the Minilogue. Again, very hands on and easy.
The two make a great combination in my opinion, and the two are inexpensive and, very important, light and small so you can place and move them easily. No need for very expensive and big synths. Just have fun and record sounds, loops and tracks fast. You will end up editing the sounds on your computer, so no need for many more features.

I still think that you don't need them, but they are fun .

[Mushy Mushy]

How do you eliminate [Whyterabbyt] altogether?

I guess I could make a few phone calls

[chk071]

The Monologue has a nice analog sound, I like how it sounds more than the Minilogue. Again, very hands on and easy.

I listened to a lot of sound demos of the Monologue recently. I like it. And it's very cheap. Definitely a good option, if you don't want to spend too much money, i think.

[BertKoor]

Seeing what he just did in this thread is enough reason

You mean quoting kinh's responses to threads which are ostensibly identical in nature to this?

Yeah that indeed, and thanks for the explanation!