So you're telling me that if I learn to play guitar on an Epiphone Pro SG, for example, I won't be able to pick up a Les Paul, plug it into my amp and play it without having to learn new and different techniques/skills? Seems unlikely to me. If you still use the same stomp boxes, the same amp and the same cabinet, I'm thinking you can pick up any guitar and it will work exactly the same way. Sure, it won't sound the same but that won't be down to anything you can learn to fix the situation. It is very obviously a completely different situation.claudedefaren wrote: Thu Apr 30, 2020 3:48 amNo it doesn't. Price does not correlate with ease-of-learning for a synthesizer anymore than it does a guitar.
I think that's just what you wanted to get from what he wrote because it is certainly not implied in anything he said. The reality is that if you buy a $200 guitar it will have exactly the same features and functions as a $2000 guitar, there will be nothing to learn when going from one to the other. After all, how many pots and switches does even the most expensive guitar have? A Rhythm/Lead switch plus some simple combination of volume and tone knobs. No manual to read, no deep-diving into an interface, just simplicity itself, no matter how much you spend.Revvy's point is that skipping the "beginner instrument" stage, meaning don't buy a cheap thing you won't love later on with poor resale value, yielded a very positive result for him. I'm of the same mind myself.
OTOH, softsynths run the full gamut - there are synths a novice could learn in a few hours and there are synths that even the most experienced professional will need to spend hundreds of hours with before they know it inside and out. And price isn't a guide to quality, either. Tyrell N6, for example, is a freebie that sounds as good as any $200 plugin. So if the guitar thing was meant to be an analogy, it was a really shithouse one.
That's learning to play, just like learning to play on a cheap keyboard can be a pretty shit experience. When it comes to learning the instrument, most electric guitars have a switch and up to four knobs and they all do the same thing on every guitar, cheap or expensive.arkmabat wrote: Thu Apr 30, 2020 8:01 pmThe steep learning curve on a cheap guitar with thick strings and poor bridge calibration can be enough to give up. There's a huge difference from a Walmart guitar and a cheap Fender.
) who is beginning in the world of synths (through Syntorial). And there are SO MANY synth options that is difficult to judge where I should start. I'd like something versatile with good presets and something where I can work on through the Syntorial lessons.
