Any reccommended synths?

Hey guys ive been making tunes for bloody ages now, i want to make dirtier hard dance, and quite honestly i cant find anything suitable to make the sort of  Hoovery scream sounds.. and gated grime sounds.. Im thinking hardware is the best bet.. what can I get that is cheap/2nd hand and still be great for that karim style of bosh..

if that made any sense?

Personally I'd suggest the korg legacy collection (software btw), but I suppose you could always try and track down a Juno

Yeah you could always buy an Alpha Juno or the rackmount version but don't expect it to spit out hard house hoovers on command. You really need to know what you are doing with that synth to get the sounds you want out of it.

Personally I think JunoX2 (VST) is a decent substitute.

Agreed. i still use it at times. Can create some great sounds out of it and cpu load is nothing

Yeah it's a great little plugin. Shame they discontinued it, took me ages to track down a copy.

Yea the korg legacy collection is wicked for these type of sounds..i have an alpha juno 2 and i totally agree with what disco stu says

*cough* Access Virus *cough*

ive got an alpha juno which ive had for years and while its really good at making a few of the recognisable old school sounds its not very versatile, your probably better off getting the legacy collection and/or sylenth, especially if you have loads of decent effects vst, as the hardware juno doesnt have anything apart from chorus (although depending on your set up you might be able to run it through your daw) im not really keen on the juno x2 vst to be honest

toxic 2 and 3 and a rob papen predator, no fuckin doubt.

Get a MicroKorg. You can pick one up for quite cheap second hand, it takes up fairly little space and it sounds immense.

The Virus on the Powercore

buy an anlog synth... any analog synth...

otherwise if you don't wanna go that route, just grab all the demos for all the vsti you can get, and try them all

btw i agree about junox2, and i hate hate hate refx products

david

obviously you aint been making tunes long enough to know that soft synths far out weigh the hardware these days, especially for dance

I had the hardware and fuck me it was long winded...only then to just use samples.

get yourself decent long playing single shot samples of the sounds you want...then go through some automated filters and FX to mould the sound into what you need..... piss easy.

Kontact itself gives you unlimited FX and control on samples...layered samples etc..

The Sensation preset pack for the old Pro53 even gives you really dirty harsh sounds. The new VST by Computer Music even gives you these mad sounds too.

There really is no need to be buying hardware based on what your after. There are plenty of decent softsynths. Sylenth1 and Nexus are a couple ive been using alot recently.

I dont agree with this at all, all analogue synths are different- some are total crap for making the kind of synth he is talking about. A juno 2 would be good, a juno 6 wouldnt be as good for example.

Its called genesis it was with the june issue

Yeah I'm a huge fan of the MS20 ! Only just started pissin about with it but so far I've found it to be a great synth.

i always suggest people buy analog if they're gonna get hardware...

some analog synths are crap for some applications, obviously, do your homework before you buy anything

 

david

analog hardware is great as long as you know what you are buying and prepared for expensive repairs if all goes pete tong!

I agree to a certain extent that some analog hardware is impossible to digitise completely, but a lot needs FX added to get anything decent.

Most PCM based synths are easily replicated due to being software (ROM) driven anyway.

and Some just want to make their studio LOOK like a studio rather than a glorified office

this thing is  wicked mate the best vst i have and  prety simple to use and learn with as i have been doin  sounds is very powerful all in all the badgers nadgers  but does eat me cpu up massively   u can download it  free via robbies  thread in this forum  FREE VST  ithink its called  mate well worth it   link to robbies page here >>>>  http://www.bangingtunes.com/forum/topic/t98960/

...er......dunno?!

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