Best soft synth for the "Techy/minimal" side of things???

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Jimmyprice
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Best soft synth for the "Techy/minimal" side of things???

Post by Jimmyprice » Wed May 19, 2010 7:18 am

Im having trouble making a good techy bassline so i thort id look into buying a new soft synth, I'm using massive at the moment but i cant seem to get the sounds out of it that i want and it would be nice to have a bit of variety, Im trying to make those low end bass lines/hooks does any1 know any good 1s?

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Re: Best soft synth for the "Techy/minimal" side of things???

Post by funky shit » Wed May 19, 2010 7:50 am

example please :)
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Re: Best soft synth for the "Techy/minimal" side of things???

Post by alex.the.forge » Wed May 19, 2010 7:51 am

Operator is perfect for that. Really easy to program.

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Re: Best soft synth for the "Techy/minimal" side of things???

Post by Nick Shepherd » Wed May 19, 2010 8:00 am

hmn, i would say just about every softsynth should do the job and massive is pretty good for subby basses

but if i would buy a new synth now - i would go for Zebra2 :)

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Re: Best soft synth for the "Techy/minimal" side of things???

Post by funky shit » Wed May 19, 2010 8:00 am

minimoog V
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Re: Best soft synth for the "Techy/minimal" side of things???

Post by jpga » Wed May 19, 2010 9:31 am

Operator is perfect and it's super tight!!! :D

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Re: Best soft synth for the "Techy/minimal" side of things???

Post by Jimmyprice » Wed May 19, 2010 9:33 am

An example of a bass i would love to replicate is the one most recognized in some of seb leger and Format B tracks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4dFR4HkeDs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ixnjcrwn9Y

it sounds so simple but ive been trying to recreate it for so long and just cant nail it and its driving me insane!

any help would be wonderful lol

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Re: Best soft synth for the "Techy/minimal" side of things???

Post by Tweaking Knobs » Wed May 19, 2010 9:33 am

yeah operator or zebra2.5

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Re: Best soft synth for the "Techy/minimal" side of things???

Post by gunforhire » Wed May 19, 2010 10:19 am

Most definately the operator. Bring a sine together with a saw (sometimes a sine is 'nuf), add some filter (if there's a saw), get the glide going and you're all set!

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Re: Best soft synth for the "Techy/minimal" side of things???

Post by dum » Wed May 19, 2010 10:22 am

FM8
Pasha wrote:Thanks dum for being so precise.

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Re: Best soft synth for the "Techy/minimal" side of things???

Post by 3dot... » Wed May 19, 2010 7:43 pm

ACE / REAKTOR
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Re: Best soft synth for the "Techy/minimal" side of things???

Post by dum » Wed May 19, 2010 7:49 pm

ACE would be a good choice for minimal indeed.
It's such a cpu pig you won't have a choice but to keep things minimal :P
Pasha wrote:Thanks dum for being so precise.

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Re: Best soft synth for the "Techy/minimal" side of things???

Post by vicz » Wed May 19, 2010 8:04 pm

Another plug for Discovery pro http://www.discodsp.com/discoverypro/

Am I the only person that uses this ? :?

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Re: Best soft synth for the "Techy/minimal" side of things???

Post by 3dot... » Wed May 19, 2010 8:14 pm

dum wrote:ACE would be a good choice for minimal indeed.
It's such a cpu pig you won't have a choice but to keep things minimal :P
although in 'sketch' mode it's still very good soundin'... and quite easy on the my cpu...especially for a monophonic sound
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Re: Best soft synth for the "Techy/minimal" side of things???

Post by dum » Wed May 19, 2010 8:28 pm

Agreed it sounds good, but it's still the biggest cpu pig I've ever encountered.
by a country mile...

C'est la vie
Pasha wrote:Thanks dum for being so precise.

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