How many hardware synths are in your studio?

Soulman · Post by **Soulman** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 1:36 am

Ooh, let's check;

Roland D10
Yamaha DS55
Kawai K1r
Casio HT700
Alesis Quadraverb Plus
Behringer Composer Pro

Never been switched on for years, but, all still plugged in!!! Been sitting there since the beginning of the 90s!

One day, one day!

Poster · Post by **Poster** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 10:11 am

detroitechno wrote:
Poster wrote:how tight can the arpeggiator be synced?
you sync it with a click track right?
thanks..
I'm actually not a fan of arpeggio's. So I can't really comment. I use software sequencing and trigger it through cv/gate. It 'does' have a clock input though, and in theory, you can use a click track although I've never used it that way.
My guess is that it would be pretty darn tight. It's just receiving a pulse and trigger a note, so I doubt there is much lag, if any.

thanks..

sqook · Post by **sqook** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:16 pm

Soulman wrote:Ooh, let's check;

Roland D10
Yamaha DS55
Kawai K1r
Casio HT700
Alesis Quadraverb Plus
Behringer Composer Pro

Never been switched on for years, but, all still plugged in!!! Been sitting there since the beginning of the 90s!

One day, one day!

Go turn them on -- I dare you!

Although on a serious note, why is it that some people have a tendancy to hunt after vintage gear and then never really use it? I admit I'm somewhat guilty of the same thing... there is a korg mono/poly sitting in my office that's only been turned on once this year, but I think the larger question remains, are hardware synths somehow inconvenient to use in a computer-based setup? Is the hassle of routing and configuring everything outweigh the desire to use hardware? Or is it just that software instruments happen to be more convenient?

vandeloow · Post by **vandeloow** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:22 pm

.at this time, i really love my nord modular g2

tend to use it for dynamic synth sounds, samples are comin' from
abletons sampler, simpler or impulse and of course from my bigbig shredderlove
live plugin lucifer.
for me, its the perfect setup right now. the live-ability of the g2 is great,
especially the variation & performance functions.

tend to focus my eyes away from my laptops, it is much more fun & more ear focused.

brightonalex · Post by **brightonalex** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:50 pm

Thing is, if you buy a second hand synth, you can sell it for about the same as you paid for it. So enjy it for a while then get your money back.

You can't do that with software can you?

Poster · Post by **Poster** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 1:45 pm

sqook wrote:Although on a serious note, why is it that some people have a tendancy to hunt after vintage gear and then never really use it? I admit I'm somewhat guilty of the same thing... there is a korg mono/poly sitting in my office that's only been turned on once this year, but I think the larger question remains, are hardware synths somehow inconvenient to use in a computer-based setup? Is the hassle of routing and configuring everything outweigh the desire to use hardware? Or is it just that software instruments happen to be more convenient?

software is more convenient yes..
the reason why I use hardware as well is because of the 'hands on' experience and sound quality issues..

but the whole routing thing can be a struggle, or even patch settings on my MS-20..
my convenience from low to high:
MS-20 / Evolver / Nord Modular..

in the end hardware takes more time, it can be a flow killer as well..
but I'm much more creative with it than software because you have to decide what to do on the spot.. and no undo's ofcourse..

if you want to sell the mono/poly