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I just came to the realisation I like hardware synth more then soft.


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I like hardware synth the most, I've tried several soft synth

doesn't matter how good they are or sound with the

processing power of the cpu behind it  The depth of programming 

seems simple but can be a deep dip wading through a forest of functions

envelopes , effects and what not. 

 

I like certain limits to get most out of something ease of programming

is one of them it takes time getting an idea and sculpt it out of concept. 

Such steers my creativity shaping not only how to work

around things but how it needs to sound and if getting a

satisfying sound. Most sound created in a synthesized

way are either because of the wanted result or by accident.

 

I've have not as of yet put much effort in sculpting sound with 

envelopes could not wrap my head around but eventually learning

doing it step wise entering value's for parameters could pay of in time. 

I'm still stuck as in the big bad wolf huffing and puffing blowing 

the house down. To me sound is just a gush of wind instead of

a blowing effect of an brass ensemble which would sound nicer if

I could make such early reference of such, Experimenting gave

such insight.

 

Creating something like a slow whoop sound is a challenge. Its

just recently that I've started keeping zone 1 free for the solo-synth

for the sake of programming envelope style or any sound movement

in performance mode doing it on the G1, Should reference more to the

exemplary template available to get a feel for it adjusting settings what not.

I'm glad synthesizers have more then two knobs or sliders :).

 

Sounds a bit biased saying my preference is to hard synth more then soft synth,

honestly I've put more time in G1 then my other gear which as a learning 

base should not be solely at one instrument to say the least. But all in all the effort

put in there gave me a wider view in sound design and synthesis so it doesn't 

feel like a total loss :).

 

I've got two more powerful instruments the PX5S and MW1 and the sonar 

software synths the only time consuming is the time to lay it out for an,

performance level aka Vangelis studio but that a different story :D.

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I'm another vote for hardware over soft synths.

 

There's just no substitute for having a physical presence of knobs and sliders to create a reproduceable sound consistently and reliably.

 

Furthermore there's no 30 to 60 second bootup time for turning on a hardware synth and simply put, a hardware synth simply won't crash when you're smack in the middle of a three hour recording session.

 

And finally while this may not apply to tablets, the mouse is simply a horrible interface for real time adjustments and parameter inputs.

 

Gary ;)

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Amen to that Gary I remember being in the middle of a soft synth session when it crashed and again to say the least I did feel delighted by the result I've made not with losing it all :|>.  I't will occur to hardware once when many moons have passed. :D

 

Already happens my friend! I have heard many sad tales of keyboards going down in the middle of a gig. 

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Yeah but who in their right mind buys a Kronos?  Overpriced piece of crap. :P

 

My Kurzweil PC3K8 is the slowest thing on my rack and it boots up in under 6 seconds flat :P

 

(it's also never crashed on me :D :D :D )

 

Gary ;)

 

PS...  According to my own rule of thumb, once you shove a hard drive into a keyboard it is no longer a synth.  It becomes a friggen computer :P
 

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