How many hardware synths are in your studio?

4am · Post by **4am** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 11:30 am

yamaha an1x (i use it mainly as master keyboard, the sounds suck a little)
microkorg
access virus A
electribe em1x

BoimB son of BoB · Post by **BoimB son of BoB** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 11:47 am

having owned quite some VA's (all sold), the hardware synths i extensively use currently are:

Korg poly evolver rack
Nord Modular G2 rack

together with the computer software and 2xBCR2000 and a BCF2000. that's all i could wish for now.

Lo-Fi Massahkah · Post by **Lo-Fi Massahkah** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 11:54 am

Tarekith wrote:Just one synth here, the Virus TI. It's connected to my laptop by a single USB cable, tis beautiful in it's simplicity.

Did you loose your Elektrons? (--haven't read whole thread, yet--)

-M

Lo-Fi Massahkah · Post by **Lo-Fi Massahkah** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 11:58 am

I voted zero - 'cause I don't own any hardware synths at the moment. (Well I'm borrowing an Electribe EA-1 for it's sequencing capabilities)

I don't know if softsynths are "the future". And I could afford hardware. But...

I sold my hardware (G2, Monomachine, Machinedrum) because it was too much to focus on. Not much time being a spare time musician, and that expensive fine gear just sitting there... That stressed me. Sold it - bought a Lemur, going soft. I'm content!

-M

Mesmer · Post by **Mesmer** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 5:23 pm

6 pages and only one mention of the gooeylicious Roland V-Synth?!!
What's wrong with you people!

jk of course;
In the studio: Roland XP-50
In the saving's account: Roland V-Synth

-h

ewistrand · Post by **ewistrand** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 5:28 pm

Ensoniq VFX-SD
Kawai K4r and K5
Oberheim Matrix-6
Waldorf Microwave (the original with analog filters. 2.0 software, though)
Yamaha CS60

ew

CR78 · Post by **CR78** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 6:06 pm

All midi'd
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Jupiter-8
Prophet-5(REV2)
Juno-60
Alesis Andromeda
Roland CR-78

Patchbayed into Focusrite ISA428(Using as main preamp/converterA-D) which is inturn connected ADAT/Toslink into RME 400 FW'd into Mac Pro.

All are midi'd into Live 6: Use my Remote 61 SL to play each synth.

Works great and sounds even better.

Nothing more fun than using plugs on the recorded audio from the synths: especially my new favorite Soundtoys Native set.

NewSc2 · Post by **NewSc2** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 8:39 pm

do drum machines count?

doepfer modular
waldorf pulse
access virus b (i want a ti so badly)
yamaha motif 6
elektron machinedrum
tr-909

Silentmusic · Post by **Silentmusic** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:59 pm

Access Virus KC (for pads mainly)
Studio Electronics SE-1 (for bass)
Yamaha P150 (for piano)
Yamaha CP-20 (for craziness)
Casio VL-1 (for blue cheese)

chis · Post by **chis** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 11:46 pm

Ah, 4+ for me. I *heart* my Microwave XT.

And the underrated Novation KS4...

divine_x · Post by **divine_x** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 8:07 am

Aside from an m-audio Oxygen, which I am sure is not unfamiliar to most of you, on the hardware side I use:

Roland SH201 - a surprisingly fun and simple synth to use, yet more powerful than its looks suggest. I did consider getting a JP-8000 but I realised that having all those fancy knobs and sliders to use only increased the likelihood of me twisting the wrong one during a set and turning a gentle pad into a distorted sawtooth by accident - most of my sound creation would be done pre-gig, and patches sent by MIDI to the synth. That scenario would compete with involuntarily rebooting my laptop during the middle of a gig a while back and in my panic forgetting to mute the corresponding output on my mixing desk and thus treating our audience to a 1.5KW rendition of the XP startup jingle. I wouldn't mind so much, but that got the biggest applause of the evening...

I also have a bit of a thing for old Soviet era imitations of western synths produced in the military factories on the odd days when they weren't producing tanks and missiles to defend the motherland. These things look like they could guide missiles when not producing a waveform, and sound close but not quite like their counterparts - a dirtier, more raw sounding tone is usually produced, which I tend to try to get through effects with a 'better' synth.

I am the proud owner of a FAEMI-1M: http://www.ruskeys.net/base/img/faem1m_1.jpg

and an ALISA-1377: http://www.ruskeys.net/base/img/alisa1377_1.jpg

Considering I play relatively harsh industrial-influenced electro music, these are a dual prop/instrument I find and usually raise a talking point, not least "how do you read the controls?"

(Incidentally, greetings to you all, I am new here)

telekom · Post by **telekom** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 8:57 am

divine_x wrote: thus treating our audience to a 1.5KW rendition of the XP startup jingle. I wouldn't mind so much, but that got the biggest applause of the evening...

Hee hee, nice one. Wasn't Brian Eno involved in producing the Microsoft jingle? Watch out he might sue...

Welcome to the forum divine_x.

My Hardware synths (including drum machine):

Korg Prophecy
Korg N364 (aka "The Tank")
Alesis SR16

downfader · Post by **downfader** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 9:25 am

divine_x wrote:Aside from an m-audio Oxygen, which I am sure is not unfamiliar to most of you, on the hardware side I use:

Roland SH201 - a surprisingly fun and simple synth to use, yet more powerful than its looks suggest. I did consider getting a JP-8000 but I realised that having all those fancy knobs and sliders to use only increased the likelihood of me twisting the wrong one during a set and turning a gentle pad into a distorted sawtooth by accident - most of my sound creation would be done pre-gig, and patches sent by MIDI to the synth. That scenario would compete with involuntarily rebooting my laptop during the middle of a gig a while back and in my panic forgetting to mute the corresponding output on my mixing desk and thus treating our audience to a 1.5KW rendition of the XP startup jingle. I wouldn't mind so much, but that got the biggest applause of the evening...

I also have a bit of a thing for old Soviet era imitations of western synths produced in the military factories on the odd days when they weren't producing tanks and missiles to defend the motherland. These things look like they could guide missiles when not producing a waveform, and sound close but not quite like their counterparts - a dirtier, more raw sounding tone is usually produced, which I tend to try to get through effects with a 'better' synth.

I am the proud owner of a FAEMI-1M: http://www.ruskeys.net/base/img/faem1m_1.jpg

and an ALISA-1377: http://www.ruskeys.net/base/img/alisa1377_1.jpg

Considering I play relatively harsh industrial-influenced electro music, these are a dual prop/instrument I find and usually raise a talking point, not least "how do you read the controls?"

(Incidentally, greetings to you all, I am new here)

Whoa! Synth porn there!

I love dirty old analogue sounds.

Hmm been reading this thread... I wonder if the original post meant true synthesis, or drum and sound modules? If the latter I have a bit of stuff:

Waldorf Pulse, Korg x5d, Emu e5000, Akai s3000, Korg SGrack, Oberheim Matrix 1000... I also have a childs keyboard that I sometimes run through various fx... for more off the wall sounds I have the Sherman Filterbank 2, and a recently aquired Line 6 filter pro. I also mess about with guitar pedals.

All this used to go into a behringer 2442a mixer but I just got a CR1604 instead as its more compact. Would dearly love a Kawai K4r, KS Rack/A Station and the MS2000r amoungst other things.

funky shit · Post by **funky shit** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 11:42 am

Korg microKorg
Nord Lead 2x

sequence with ableton!

hacktheplanet · Post by **hacktheplanet** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 9:15 pm

Nord Rack 2
Alesis SR-16 (OK fine it's a ROMpler but still)

And of course my bass guitar. It has made appearances on a good percentage of my music. It's technically hardware.