F*ckin synths.

octatonic · November 2019

@horse ;Arturia Matrixbrute?

horse · November 2019

octatonic said:

@horse ;Arturia Matrixbrute?

It does tick the boxes in terms of mod matrix and patch memory, but it's also massive and pricey, which given I can't really define why I want one makes it unlikely!

If the mini brute 2 had patch memory like the bass station 2 I'd prob have gone for that.

I might try a Boog or neutron as a start and see if I find a use for them.

JMP220478 · November 2019

Im no expert but

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE1Ly9giPA4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGaRkQXXjQA

product page - https://www.arturia.com/products/analog-classics/cs-80v - listen to demos / mp3's

maybe some select software purchases and a pc / laptop upgrade - dedicated to sound ....

GavRichList · November 2019

https://youtu.be/perOF5AAP7k

This combination isn’t the worst for instant Blade Runner

Jonathanthomas83 · November 2019

You have a great setup there @GavRichList! I need to check out the digitone too. A Deckards Dream would be a dream synth, tbh.

GavRichList · November 2019

Jonathanthomas83 said:

You have a great setup there @GavRichList! I need to check out the digitone too. A Deckards Dream would be a dream synth, tbh.

Beware, the gaping chasm that is synth GAS. Tbh, I don’t touch my guitar these days at all, save for the occasional line or two in studio. Since I sold off the majority of my guitars and pedals to fund synth purchases, I’ve written far more than I ever have, and I get infinitely more pleasure from the sound design etc etc.

But it all costs.

I now have:

- Deckards Dream
- 2x Roli Seaboard Block
- Elektron Analog 4 mk2
- Elektron Digitone
- Elektron Octatrack mk2
- Arturia Keystep
- Oberheim Two Voice Pro
- Sequential Prophet 6
- Roland D-50

...and have a Tasty Chips GR-1 on the way.

The message here is be prepared! Don’t just take my word for it; @meltedbuzzbox is creeping up on the outside lane too.

GavRichList · November 2019

This thread did prompt me to run a pass of this though this morning. All running live, obviously.

https://youtu.be/7LbqjkkGo1A

stonevibe · November 2019

We used Arturia to recreate a load of Bladerunner soundtrack about 7 years ago, when I was doing the A2D shows in Exeter.

It worked pretty nicely and the CS80 etc fit the bill

WiresDreamDisasters · November 2019

GavRichList said:

https://youtu.be/perOF5AAP7k

This combination isn’t the worst for instant Blade Runner

Love it dude

GavRichList · November 2019

WiresDreamDisasters said:

GavRichList said:

https://youtu.be/perOF5AAP7k

This combination isn’t the worst for instant Blade Runner

Love it dude

Thank you kindly

Kittyfrisk · November 2019

GavRichList said:

https://youtu.be/perOF5AAP7k

This combination isn’t the worst for instant Blade Runner

Very good sound. The vibrating (asparagus?) fern on the monitor is a nice touch

GavRichList · November 2019

Kittyfrisk said:

GavRichList said:

https://youtu.be/perOF5AAP7k

This combination isn’t the worst for instant Blade Runner

Very good sound. The vibrating (asparagus?) fern on the monitor is a nice touch

Took me ages to teach it to do that

GavRichList · November 2019

https://www.instagram.com/p/B5OBk5tnYpq/?igshid=mivgsz3rn1py

Ok, went blatant this time

Jonathanthomas83 · November 2019

That sounds stunning, @GavRichList, such an awesome synth, that! Good work with the patch!

GavRichList · November 2019

Jonathanthomas83 said:

That sounds stunning, @GavRichList, such an awesome synth, that! Good work with the patch!

All silliness of course; more an exercise in tweaking the Deckards for myself than anything else. Got some time to mess around this morning too, so thought I’d go completist and hook the Seaboards up.

Here you go, 100% Cliché level achieved!

https://youtu.be/-aBtnav4kZc

Jonathanthomas83 · November 2019

GavRichList said:

Jonathanthomas83 said:

That sounds stunning, @GavRichList, such an awesome synth, that! Good work with the patch!

All silliness of course; more an exercise in tweaking the Deckards for myself than anything else. Got some time to mess around this morning too, so thought I’d go completist and hook the Seaboards up.

Here you go, 100% Cliché level achieved!

https://youtu.be/-aBtnav4kZc

@GavRichList I love that, mate! Sounds superb and the Roli is very expressive isn't it.

Say I only had a small midi controller like that or the Keystep...how would I play a bass note whilst playing a lead a few octaves higher? would I just need a 49 key keyboard or do I need 2 small ones or is there a way of doing both with one controller? Sorry, this is all very new!

gusman2x · November 2019

Loads of people playing the main theme on them on YT, but the Minilogue XD does it a real treat. It's even the first preset!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ92cHM9o54

And I'm probably going to buy this guys patches, as they are amazing!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4ssUjH-YQA

Only real negative I've found with the XD is 4 note polyphony.

Caffeine_Vampire · November 2019

I still want this. Only synth that interests me.

https://www.deckardsdream.com/

GavRichList · November 2019

Caffeine_Vampire said:

I still want this. Only synth that interests me.

https://www.deckardsdream.com/

That’s what im playing above!

Jonathanthomas83 said:

GavRichList said:

Jonathanthomas83 said:

That sounds stunning, @GavRichList, such an awesome synth, that! Good work with the patch!

All silliness of course; more an exercise in tweaking the Deckards for myself than anything else. Got some time to mess around this morning too, so thought I’d go completist and hook the Seaboards up.

Here you go, 100% Cliché level achieved!

https://youtu.be/-aBtnav4kZc

@GavRichList I love that, mate! Sounds superb and the Roli is very expressive isn't it.

Say I only had a small midi controller like that or the Keystep...how would I play a bass note whilst playing a lead a few octaves higher? would I just need a 49 key keyboard or do I need 2 small ones or is there a way of doing both with one controller? Sorry, this is all very new!

You can do it on the keystep, yes. (I have one). Hold the bass note, then whilst still held hit the Octave up button, then play your higher note. The bass note continues to sustain in the lower register, and the new note(s) will be in the newly selected register.

Jonathanthomas83 · November 2019

GavRichList said:

Caffeine_Vampire said:

I still want this. Only synth that interests me.

https://www.deckardsdream.com/

That’s what im playing above!

Jonathanthomas83 said:

GavRichList said:

Jonathanthomas83 said:

That sounds stunning, @GavRichList, such an awesome synth, that! Good work with the patch!

All silliness of course; more an exercise in tweaking the Deckards for myself than anything else. Got some time to mess around this morning too, so thought I’d go completist and hook the Seaboards up.

Here you go, 100% Cliché level achieved!

https://youtu.be/-aBtnav4kZc

@GavRichList I love that, mate! Sounds superb and the Roli is very expressive isn't it.

Say I only had a small midi controller like that or the Keystep...how would I play a bass note whilst playing a lead a few octaves higher? would I just need a 49 key keyboard or do I need 2 small ones or is there a way of doing both with one controller? Sorry, this is all very new!

You can do it on the keystep, yes. (I have one). Hold the bass note, then whilst still held hit the Octave up button, then play your higher note. The bass note continues to sustain in the lower register, and the new note(s) will be in the newly selected register.

That's great news mate, thank you :-) I guess the only issue is pitch bends would bend every held note, including the bass note(s). Still, a good start for me, thank you! :-)

GavRichList · November 2019

Jonathanthomas83 said:

GavRichList said:

Caffeine_Vampire said:

I still want this. Only synth that interests me.

https://www.deckardsdream.com/

That’s what im playing above!

Jonathanthomas83 said:

GavRichList said:

Jonathanthomas83 said:

That sounds stunning, @GavRichList, such an awesome synth, that! Good work with the patch!

All silliness of course; more an exercise in tweaking the Deckards for myself than anything else. Got some time to mess around this morning too, so thought I’d go completist and hook the Seaboards up.

Here you go, 100% Cliché level achieved!

https://youtu.be/-aBtnav4kZc

@GavRichList I love that, mate! Sounds superb and the Roli is very expressive isn't it.

Say I only had a small midi controller like that or the Keystep...how would I play a bass note whilst playing a lead a few octaves higher? would I just need a 49 key keyboard or do I need 2 small ones or is there a way of doing both with one controller? Sorry, this is all very new!

You can do it on the keystep, yes. (I have one). Hold the bass note, then whilst still held hit the Octave up button, then play your higher note. The bass note continues to sustain in the lower register, and the new note(s) will be in the newly selected register.

That's great news mate, thank you :-) I guess the only issue is pitch bends would bend every held note, including the bass note(s). Still, a good start for me, thank you! :-)

The same would be true of any keyboard though, unless you have a Poly AT / MPE specific one (like the Roli) and a synth that supported it

Jonathanthomas83 · November 2019

GavRichList said:

Jonathanthomas83 said:

GavRichList said:

Caffeine_Vampire said:

I still want this. Only synth that interests me.

https://www.deckardsdream.com/

That’s what im playing above!

Jonathanthomas83 said:

GavRichList said:

Jonathanthomas83 said:

That sounds stunning, @GavRichList, such an awesome synth, that! Good work with the patch!

All silliness of course; more an exercise in tweaking the Deckards for myself than anything else. Got some time to mess around this morning too, so thought I’d go completist and hook the Seaboards up.

Here you go, 100% Cliché level achieved!

https://youtu.be/-aBtnav4kZc

@GavRichList I love that, mate! Sounds superb and the Roli is very expressive isn't it.

Say I only had a small midi controller like that or the Keystep...how would I play a bass note whilst playing a lead a few octaves higher? would I just need a 49 key keyboard or do I need 2 small ones or is there a way of doing both with one controller? Sorry, this is all very new!

You can do it on the keystep, yes. (I have one). Hold the bass note, then whilst still held hit the Octave up button, then play your higher note. The bass note continues to sustain in the lower register, and the new note(s) will be in the newly selected register.

That's great news mate, thank you :-) I guess the only issue is pitch bends would bend every held note, including the bass note(s). Still, a good start for me, thank you! :-)

The same would be true of any keyboard though, unless you have a Poly AT / MPE specific one (like the Roli) and a synth that supported it

Good point indeed! I hadn't thought of that. Sounds like a winner. I really want a Role though! Haha £££

GavRichList · November 2019

They’re 50% off for Black Friday

meltedbuzzbox · December 2019

GavRichList said:

Jonathanthomas83 said:

You have a great setup there @GavRichList! I need to check out the digitone too. A Deckards Dream would be a dream synth, tbh.

Beware, the gaping chasm that is synth GAS. Tbh, I don’t touch my guitar these days at all, save for the occasional line or two in studio. Since I sold off the majority of my guitars and pedals to fund synth purchases, I’ve written far more than I ever have, and I get infinitely more pleasure from the sound design etc etc.

But it all costs.

I now have:

- Deckards Dream
- 2x Roli Seaboard Block
- Elektron Analog 4 mk2
- Elektron Digitone
- Elektron Octatrack mk2
- Arturia Keystep
- Oberheim Two Voice Pro
- Sequential Prophet 6
- Roland D-50

...and have a Tasty Chips GR-1 on the way.

The message here is be prepared! Don’t just take my word for it; @meltedbuzzbox is creeping up on the outside lane too.

GavRichList said:

Jonathanthomas83 said:

You have a great setup there @GavRichList! I need to check out the digitone too. A Deckards Dream would be a dream synth, tbh.

Beware, the gaping chasm that is synth GAS. Tbh, I don’t touch my guitar these days at all, save for the occasional line or two in studio. Since I sold off the majority of my guitars and pedals to fund synth purchases, I’ve written far more than I ever have, and I get infinitely more pleasure from the sound design etc etc.

But it all costs.

I now have:

- Deckards Dream
- 2x Roli Seaboard Block
- Elektron Analog 4 mk2
- Elektron Digitone
- Elektron Octatrack mk2
- Arturia Keystep
- Oberheim Two Voice Pro
- Sequential Prophet 6
- Roland D-50

...and have a Tasty Chips GR-1 on the way.

The message here is be prepared! Don’t just take my word for it; @meltedbuzzbox is creeping up on the outside lane too.

I'm hoping I'm done for now. I'm nowhere near Gavin's level (but dude where is your moog?!?!).

Work has killed my free time to get at it with any real meaning but I do love the sound creation (and the sem filter on my ob6, that thing is immense).

I still lead towards a guitar first approach purely because I am a lot more competent on the guitar and I find midi block tetris a bit tedious at times in my daw.
Saying that it's really brushed up my notation skills and thinking in notes rather than fret positions has its benefits.

Also @GavRichList I think you need to add an argon8 to that list now fella

JezWynd · December 2019

JMP220478 said:

Moog Model D IPad app -

https://www.moogmusic.com/products/minimoog-model-d-synthesizer-app

; about £15 I think - its excellent irrespective of price ..

Brilliant app. Another one I came across is the Fingerlab Mellowsound, a basic toy like interface but its wind sounds are esp good. Both apps really come to life with an external keyboard.

Funkfingers · December 2019

GavRichList said:

https://www.instagram.com/p/B5OBk5tnYpq/?igshid=mivgsz3rn1py

Ok, went blatant this time

That first sustained sound made the chassis of my Mac Book Pro vibrate in sympathy.

The Arturia CS-80V does not.

No contest.

GavRichList · December 2019

Funkfingers said:

GavRichList said:

https://www.instagram.com/p/B5OBk5tnYpq/?igshid=mivgsz3rn1py

Ok, went blatant this time

That first sustained sound made the chassis of my Mac Book Pro vibrate in sympathy.

The Arturia CS-80V does not.

No contest.

Winner

meltedbuzzbox · December 2019

Funkfingers said:

GavRichList said:

https://www.instagram.com/p/B5OBk5tnYpq/?igshid=mivgsz3rn1py

Ok, went blatant this time

That first sustained sound made the chassis of my Mac Book Pro vibrate in sympathy.

The Arturia CS-80V does not.

No contest.

I generally struggle with that particular soft synth on the arturia collection. And the oberheim matrix

GavRichList · February 2020

Did some recording yesterday afternoon. Deckards controlled by the Roli Seaboard in MPE mode is an incredible thing; so expressive - almost orchestral.

Other stuff involved here; Prophet 6 for the bassline, Two Voice Pro for the fast arp. Kick drum is Analog 4, and everything else is Octatrack wizardry.

Funkfingers · February 2020

Intro - Very Vangelis.

After the drums enter, I expect to hear lead vocals from either Trent Reznor or the ever-cheerful Mark Hollis.

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