How many synths do you need?

[BONES]

Probably Behringer Neutron + Proton.
Unless their Jupiter or VCS3 comes out in the meantime...

Have you seen this? Real analogue and it looks pretty schweet!


This is worth listening to just for what this guy can manage with such a simple set-up -

[kritikon]

Yeah, I saw the Donner thing, must admit it kinda piqued my interest. I still have a 202 but TBH almost never use it because of that fkn awful sequencer similar to that godawful 303 one. But it's fun to use and it's hard not to like even though it's a bit basic. I considered the Behringer 101 clone but it doesn't seem to be sold here, and the Donner adds some extras definitely worth considering. I haven't seen any price - what's it go for?

[BONES]

Au$389 on their site, plus another $199 for the keyboard if you want it, although both show as "SOLD OUT" at the moment. I assume they'll make more, or they will get some stock in, as it's only been around for a couple of weeks.

[vurt]

Have you seen this? Real analogue and it looks pretty schweet!

who are you? and what have you done with bones?

[El°HYM]

Not real Bono, he would already be 'Hardware vs Software' doing clean up for the youngsters.

[ShiftedSound]

I would try to stick to 1 synth, and not get tangled in GAS, and just really learn one synth that you like the workflow and sound of (try demos) and master that. If you feel like you've squeezed the possibilities out of it, or there is some specific feature it can't do, supplement with other specific synths that have those features.

[kritikon]

I would try to stick to 1 synth, and not get tangled in GAS, and just really learn one synth that you like the workflow and sound of (try demos) and master that. If you feel like you've squeezed the possibilities out of it, or there is some specific feature it can't do, supplement with other specific synths that have those features.

Yep, done that 20 times already.

[audiojunkie]

I can see someone saying they only need one synth, if it’s a supersynth like Synthmaster 3 or something similar, with multiple oscillator types and such, but not with smaller single synthesis-type synths. Variety is the spice of life, and an analog subtractive sounds nothing like FM synth. And granular sounds nothing like like a wavetable synth. And then for real world sounds, there’s sample synthesis. Give me a single supersynth covering the various synth types as oscillators, and enough layers to use them, then yes—one synth will do. But otherwise, a sound painter needs a full palette of differing sounds. I’ve narrowed things down to Diva, Chipsynth OPS-7 (coming soon), Quanta 2, Hive 2, and Shortcircuit-XT (coming soon). I’m a Linux user, and I have most everything I need.