I want to use only one synth
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- KVRian
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- 1190 posts since 31 Dec, 2020
More and more, as I write and learn the software synths I use (I will never own the hardware so who cares anyway), I find that i just want to work with as few synths as possible. Maybe even just one, percussion sounds aside.
Is this common I wonder? I dont' even mean the multi purpose stuff like Pigments or Diva or Vital or whatever. Those are all fine, but for me they lack character. The Arturia stuff, which I'm sure gets criticised by way cooler folk than I, is more what I mean.
Does this ultimately limit more than it inspires? Who would want to listen to an album solely of DX emulation music (who wouldn't?). Now let's party like it was Edgar Froese in the eighties!
Is this common I wonder? I dont' even mean the multi purpose stuff like Pigments or Diva or Vital or whatever. Those are all fine, but for me they lack character. The Arturia stuff, which I'm sure gets criticised by way cooler folk than I, is more what I mean.
Does this ultimately limit more than it inspires? Who would want to listen to an album solely of DX emulation music (who wouldn't?). Now let's party like it was Edgar Froese in the eighties!
Muh bandcamp: https://automatedhero.bandcamp.com/?fro ... _dashboard
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The_Anarchivist_00 The_Anarchivist_00 https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=617282
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You are the target market for Omnisphere, I think.
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- KVRian
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- 1190 posts since 31 Dec, 2020
You think more of me than my bank manager then. Besides Omnisphere is the kind of software I'm not interested in. Doesn't matter since I'll never own itThe_Anarchivist_00 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 5:36 pm You are the target market for Omnisphere, I think.
Muh bandcamp: https://automatedhero.bandcamp.com/?fro ... _dashboard
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FranklyFlawless FranklyFlawless https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=586325
- KVRian
- 808 posts since 24 Oct, 2022 from Abbotsford, British Columbia
I do not know nor care.
It is a tradeoff: you have the opportunity to specialize in your software synthesizer of choice at the cost of learning others.
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- KVRian
- 981 posts since 6 Jul, 2009
Fewer is better, IMO. Regardless of how advanced a user one may be, we are all limited by a fixed amount of time per day, and we have to decide whether we are going to use that learning a new synth/interface/workflow/etc or actually making something with what we already have. I always keep an eye out on the new stuff just to see if something is worth picking up and even just to keep up to date, but unless the benefits of capability/time-saving/etc reach a certain perceived threshold, I don't buy and continue on with what I already have.
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The_Anarchivist_00 The_Anarchivist_00 https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=617282
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What do you want?
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The_Anarchivist_00 The_Anarchivist_00 https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=617282
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You could use u-He Bazille CM, or u-He Tyrell N6.
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The_Anarchivist_00 The_Anarchivist_00 https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=617282
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Zebralette
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- KVRian
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- 1190 posts since 31 Dec, 2020
I think fewer choices is actually better for creativity and it allows for a more unique sound. Rather than having access to everythingKBSoundSmith wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 6:13 pm Fewer is better, IMO. Regardless of how advanced a user one may be, we are all limited by a fixed amount of time per day, and we have to decide whether we are going to use that learning a new synth/interface/workflow/etc or actually making something with what we already have. I always keep an eye out on the new stuff just to see if something is worth picking up and even just to keep up to date, but unless the benefits of capability/time-saving/etc reach a certain perceived threshold, I don't buy and continue on with what I already have.
Muh bandcamp: https://automatedhero.bandcamp.com/?fro ... _dashboard
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The_Anarchivist_00 The_Anarchivist_00 https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=617282
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VK-1 is pretty funky
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- KVRian
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- 1190 posts since 31 Dec, 2020
a conversation with someone that's read the first postThe_Anarchivist_00 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 8:05 pm You could use u-He Bazille CM, or u-He Tyrell N6.
Muh bandcamp: https://automatedhero.bandcamp.com/?fro ... _dashboard
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- KVRAF
- 2477 posts since 26 Jul, 2004
No, he is the perfect user for One Ping only.The_Anarchivist_00 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 5:36 pm You are the target market for Omnisphere, I think.
On synt. and just on sound.
Nothing can go wrong, no decision dilemma and easy to program
- KVRAF
- 16616 posts since 22 Nov, 2000 from Southern California
Some of my best recordings were done using nothing but an ATC-1 and drum samples. It's a fairly versatile synth, though, and most of the plugins that can match its sound quality are actually more limited.ghostwhistler wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 5:35 pm More and more, as I write and learn the software synths I use (I will never own the hardware so who cares anyway), I find that i just want to work with as few synths as possible. Maybe even just one, percussion sounds aside.
With that said, I personally don't want to listen to an album of DX emulation music.
- KVRAF
- 15187 posts since 26 Jun, 2006 from San Francisco Bay Area
Not only is it uncommon, but it is generally considered perverse and a crime against KVR.ghostwhistler wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 5:35 pm More and more, as I write and learn the software synths I use (I will never own the hardware so who cares anyway), I find that i just want to work with as few synths as possible. Maybe even just one, percussion sounds aside.
Is this common I wonder? I dont' even mean the multi purpose stuff like Pigments or Diva or Vital or whatever. Those are all fine, but for me they lack character. The Arturia stuff, which I'm sure gets criticised by way cooler folk than I, is more what I mean.
We've been down this path many times. To some it's liberating to have a lot of restrictions, to others it's too restrictive. I got into this to explore and experiment, so unless I picked something with a huge feature set, I'd feel too limited. That said, I spent a decade owning one synth and I was fine, but I was playing a lot more guitar then, and I had probably 20 effect processors to mess with.Does this ultimately limit more than it inspires? Who would want to listen to an album solely of DX emulation music (who wouldn't?). Now let's party like it was Edgar Froese in the eighties!
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- KVRAF
- 2185 posts since 24 Jul, 2017
Another way to go is a virtual modular. This can be as simple or complicated as you want it to be. Voltage Modular Nucleus is free :
https://store.cherryaudio.com/bundles/v ... ar-nucleus
Another approach, I know, but worth trying.
https://store.cherryaudio.com/bundles/v ... ar-nucleus
Another approach, I know, but worth trying.