Yesterday I bought a Roland SH-201 synthesizer.
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I've already replicated in full several of the sounds off of the Wish You Were Here album by Pink Floyd. Some of the machinery effects and that wind sound between some of the tracks. It's a very versatile instrument and I'm glad that I bought it.
I was wondering if anybody else here had a synth or had experimented with one. Either a synth computer program or an actual synth that could give me some pointers.
Nice purchase, I've always wanted a synth :)
Are you taking requests for songs to play? :D
Do the entire Oxygene by Jeane Michel Jarre! :keke:
How much was it? I would love to own one.
[QUOTE=Splatzone;15959335]Do the entire Oxygene by Jeane Michel Jarre! :keke:[/QUOTE]
do wat
[QUOTE=Haseo Edge;15959431]How much was it? I would love to own one.[/QUOTE]
This one retails at about 600 dollars. You can get an EMS VCS 3 for 300 dollars. Very vintage.
This is a nice analog synth that gives you quite a bit of control over the sound. Once you get into the upper-echelon Korgs and Moogs and whatnot it can get to be in the thousands of dollars.
I want it, Where you get it?
I remember playing a virus synth, sick as fuck.
A quick question: Can synths use VSTs?
should have bought a juno
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[QUOTE=nos217;15959595]A quick question: Can synths use VSTs?[/QUOTE]
virus ti does it
Think it's the only hardware synth actually
That's fucking nice. z3ta+ anyone?
I need some good sequencing/MIDI software.
Isn't this the one with the filter/pitch-bend laserlight thingy?
[QUOTE=healthpoint;15963213]Isn't this the one with the filter/pitch-bend laserlight thingy?[/QUOTE]Yes.
I wonder how well it imitates most brass instruments. IE: Trumpets, Trombones, Tubas, etc.
[QUOTE=Funcoot;16295868]I wonder how well it imitates most brass instruments. IE: Trumpets, Trombones, Tubas, etc.[/QUOTE]
not that good, no synth imitates brass instruments that well unless it has built in rom to store samples
:science: Patches
Sexy
I want it! but I spent all my money on a kaossilator!
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What styles do you play?
I'm probably getting a Juno-G soon.
My school has one of these, and my music teacher is fucking incredible at playing it.
SH-201 can spit out some wicked sounds it's a pretty powerful little synth.
This is a shot I took of my baby:
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Virus TI2 Desktop is like the Ferrari of the synthesizer world. I rinse the shit out of it for every tune I work on now. I use a decent number of software synths too, but nothing comes close to the virus sound or flexibility wise.
[QUOTE=Traxxasred;15959452]This is a nice analog synth that gives you quite a bit of control over the sound. Once you get into the upper-echelon Korgs and Moogs and whatnot it can get to be in the thousands of dollars.[/QUOTE]
SH-201 is not an analog synth it's a virtual analog, big difference. True analog would be something like the Prophet 08.
[QUOTE=nos217;15959595]A quick question: Can synths use VSTs?[/QUOTE]
No. No true synthesizer on the market right now runs VST plugins onboard. Whoever was saying the virus does is wrong. The virus has a VST plugin that runs in your DAW to act as an interface between the virus hardware and your DAW if you want to use it that way. It doesn't run vst plugins.
[QUOTE=One Long Sausage;16298104]not that good, no synth imitates brass instruments that well unless it has built in rom to store samples[/QUOTE]
If it's playing back a sampled instrument it's a sampler not a synthesizer. A lot of synths can actually do brass type sounds really well too.
[QUOTE=Traxxasred;16298453]:science: Patches[/QUOTE]
Patches are different from what he was talking about. He was talking about prerecorded brass instruments, which would be samples not patches (technically they could also be called patches, but if you're trying to correct him and say he's wrong then you are too)
[QUOTE=healthpoint;15963213]Isn't this the one with the filter/pitch-bend laserlight thingy?[/QUOTE]
There's definitely more than one Roland synth that have that.
That thing is nice.
I like trying to compose some sort of shitty music. It makes me feel less worthless. I need to master this synth and probably work on my guitar skills a little.
It looks a little flimsy and cheap, but as long as it sounds good, that doesn't matter.
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SH-201 is not an analog synth it's a virtual analog, big difference. True analog would be something like the Prophet 08.[/QUOTE]
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Wow, that's sexy.
I just use ableton live, much easier to record and shit as is still great for live.
All I have is a Nord Lead X2 :(
Ooh! The Roland SH-201! That thing is a BEAST! I mainly work with workstation synths (I own a Korg TR-61, and I really want to get a Roland Fantom or a Yamaha Motif), but I have tried the Roland SH-201 at a music store, and that synth is damn fun to play.
The only analog synth I own is the Korg Electribe EMX-1, but it's monophonic per synth voice and is mainly a drum machine/beat maker. Still, it's got some pretty kickass synth features, and it comes with vacuum tubes for added warmth.
I could also go over the many analog synth VSTs I have, but describing them all would take a couple pages, but I do own...
-z3ta+, which does a great job emulating moog sounds.
-Pentagon I
-PSYNII
-Dimension LE
-Rapture LE
-Roland Groovesynth
-East West Symphony Orchestra Silver Edition
-Synth1 (freeware)
-Ugo's String Theory (freeware)
As for pointers, here's a few things I'd advise doing in order to get used to everything.
-Experiment with different waveforms and combinations of waveforms.
-Experiment with different kinds of frequency cutoffs (such as highpass, lowpass, and bandass), resonance, and how they both affect eachother.
-Experiment with varying levels of attack (how fast the sound comes out), decay (how loud it stays after the initial attack), sustain (how long it stays while pressing the key), and release (how long it stays after you release the key).
-Try different techniques in monophonic mode, and while you're at it, try experimenting with portmanteau (how quickly a tone will bend to a different key, which will come in handy if you'd also like to replicate the synth voice from Pink Floyd's "Welcome to the Machine").
Also...
[QUOTE=nos217;15959657]z3ta+ anyone?[/QUOTE]
HELL YEAH!!!
all i have is a waldorf blofeld :(
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As for pointers, here's a few things I'd advise doing in order to get used to everything.
-Experiment with different waveforms and combinations of waveforms.
-Experiment with different kinds of frequency cutoffs (such as highpass, lowpass, and bandass), resonance, and how they both affect eachother.
-Experiment with varying levels of attack (how fast the sound comes out), decay (how loud it stays after the initial attack), sustain (how long it stays while pressing the key), and release (how long it stays after you release the key).
-Try different techniques in monophonic mode, and while you're at it, try experimenting with portmanteau (how quickly a tone will bend to a different key, which will come in handy if you'd also like to replicate the synth voice from Pink Floyd's "Welcome to the Machine").
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err if you weren't gonna do any of that then why would you even bother buying a synth?
[QUOTE=One Long Sausage;16302234]err if you weren't gonna do any of that then why would you even bother buying a synth?[/QUOTE]
Some people overlook these features and/or have a tendency to rely on presets. I know I wasn't aware of all these features when I first forayed into synth music, and while I don't want to name names, some people *COUGH COUGH TIMBALAND COUGH COUGH* do rely on presets.
So while we're talking abotu synths, what's a good cheap one ?
Very nice, I used to own a synthesizer. But it was bad because I wanted to play classical, so I bought a digital piano instead! Also am I mistaken or does it only have 4 octaves?
[QUOTE=Kentz;16304332]Very nice, I used to own a synthesizer. But it was bad because I wanted to play classical, so I bought a digital piano instead! Also am I mistaken or does it only have 4 octaves?[/QUOTE]
yes but there should be an octave shift button to allow you to move to higher and lower octaves
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