New GForce OB-EZ
- KVRAF
- 13430 posts since 16 Feb, 2005 from Kingston, Jamaica
In the days when liner notes was a thing, check how many had credits for synth programmers separate from keyboardist/synthesist (lots)..
There are a few who excel at both like Arksun, Julian Pollack, Matt Johnson and I am sure quite a few others though, but they are indeed imho two separate art forms...
Of course if it is a hobby and you are just doing it for fun, that indeed is different as you don't necessarily need to be good at either.
rsp
There are a few who excel at both like Arksun, Julian Pollack, Matt Johnson and I am sure quite a few others though, but they are indeed imho two separate art forms...
Of course if it is a hobby and you are just doing it for fun, that indeed is different as you don't necessarily need to be good at either.
rsp
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- KVRAF
- 11376 posts since 2 Dec, 2004 from North Wales
A lot of people just play keyboards and have no interest in how the sound was made, so a player version makes sense- AAS do loads of these.
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- KVRAF
- 18695 posts since 16 Sep, 2001 from Las Vegas,USA
Of course but there's no reason one can't excel at both art forms. For example would Skrillex be Skrillex if he had only used presets made by others?
Having said that, I'll use presets made by others without any guilt but I always reach for my own first because they're made to be the kind of presets I like and use.
Or if it's more about being professional then learning the tools of your art form makes perfect sense.
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Programming your synths prior to making music with them is as old as synths themselves. My first hardware synths didn't have the ability to save presets so you had no choice but to manually program them before each track.
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- KVRAF
- 2569 posts since 6 Jul, 2013
You know what I mean... I'm talking about people who *aren't* synth programmer nerds, because the ones who are, will generally always want everything exposed and tweakable. It was pretty clear from my post, so let's not just try and be argumentative for the sake of it...
No one's saying you can't be a synth nerd and *also* a musician, but that's so obvious from the context I can't believe I'm having to actually type it...
If it still wasn't clear, there are people who have no interest or skills in synth programming, and are more interested in composing, and all they need (for a low price) is a good bunch of sounds and some easy musician-friendly-non-synth-nerd controls to quickly adjust to taste for the part.
- KVRAF
- 16798 posts since 22 Nov, 2000 from Southern California
You're right. With Group turned on, the knobs should move relative to their current positions. Also, Unison should be added to OB-E.
- KVRAF
- 16798 posts since 22 Nov, 2000 from Southern California
Yes, and the amount of control available with OB-EZ is quite a bit better than AAS Player and Analog Lab. Perfect for the person who likes to start from a preset and tweak from there.
- KVRAF
- 18695 posts since 16 Sep, 2001 from Las Vegas,USA
I don't think you know what you mean. Perhaps you need to work on your "clarity".
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Anyway my point stands. It's not impossible to be a sound designer and a musician at the same time.
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- KVRAF
- 18695 posts since 16 Sep, 2001 from Las Vegas,USA
For the record I'm not opposed to this plugin at all but here's how I view it...
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- KVRian
- 1365 posts since 25 Jul, 2009
- KVRAF
- 35481 posts since 14 Sep, 2002 from In teh net
Not at all, for me music is creative exploration of sound, making music generally involves exploring sonic spaces where sound design and musical composition are part of the same process
- KVRAF
- 13430 posts since 16 Feb, 2005 from Kingston, Jamaica
How many great musicians are also great sound designers?
Make it easier, how many good musicians are also good sound designers.
oh Add Eric Persing to my previous list.
rsp
Make it easier, how many good musicians are also good sound designers.
oh Add Eric Persing to my previous list.
rsp
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- KVRAF
- 3599 posts since 1 Sep, 2016
I would much rather they'd made SEM polyphonic with a spread dial for voice panning and detune instead of making this. A simpler version of OB-E, much like what they did with Oddity 3 and Axxess.
- KVRAF
- 35481 posts since 14 Sep, 2002 from In teh net
I would say most modular synth musicians also don’t see sound creation as a separate process from music creation - they are one and the same, the music emerges from the exploration of sound. This is also true of composers like Berio such as in his Sequenzas where the music is about exploration of the sonic and expressive possibilities of particular instruments.
- KVRAF
- 4121 posts since 13 Jun, 2014
- KVRAF
- 13430 posts since 16 Feb, 2005 from Kingston, Jamaica
I think modular synthesists is an exception though.aMUSEd wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 6:56 pmI would say most modular synth musicians also don’t see sound creation as a separate process from music creation - they are one and the same, the music emerges from the exploration of sound. This is also true of composers like Berio such as in his Sequenzas where the music is about exploration of the sonic and expressive possibilities of particular instruments.
I actually would in general consider them more sound designers and composers than musicians in this role.
rsp
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