Shut up -tek you know Im just kidding! lol(before I get the routine razzing by our board warrior.) Besides, I know your answer is probably the SH-5 under external VCO control. wuz I close?
IM CURIOUS...
What are each of the board member's primary electronic instruments these days? Also, what soft seq do all use these days? Are their any mentions of the newer SX vs VST? Does Uncle Dave (or anyone) have any feedback regarding the newer Ion and the new ES version of Yahmee Motif?
What is the general opinion about external remote control software for synths. I think it would be nice to have at least SOME standard made so that several different brand synths individual panel controls could be operated by one program. (I'm not referring to MIDI) I don't think that has surfaced yet, or I wonder if it ever will?
MORPH!

PS: The worst part that really sucks about being insane are those brief moments when you're not.

Right now......
FS1R. Sinply 'cause I just bought it.
But aside from that I still like the DX 7
- FM is my childhood addiction.
Noizy mother F..... though. But I don't spend a day without programming it. I find it a hell of a stress buster.
Amd then of coarse there's the rest of my synths...like 20 or so.
ED

I use Roland XP80 almost exclusively on stage and in studio. Fully expanded, of course. Just bought Gigasampler for the studio though. Trying to pick my software instruments with care; whose strings, pianos, etc.

/me cracks Morph's skull with a brick

Right now, I'd probably keep the Nord Modular if I was to slim down the bedroom setup. As if that will happen

-tek

<---feels his skull, as he grazes his fingers across a huge bump after recieving the secret command switch:
brick.exe /me cracks Morph's skull with a brick
Ahhh haah ya didn't crack it open ( he checks and feels his huge bump again

[This message has been edited by Morphamatik (edited 09-08-2003).]

So far, the most exciting new entry for me has been the Motif. I haven't even played the ES yet, because I'm stuck in arranger/sequence work at the moment with no immediate end in sight. (Raising 3 kids, supporting 2 homes, not much free time.....whew.)

I love the Nord stuff as well, but I need synths to be more than one trick ponies. I don't have the room, or the time to set up a stack, like I did in the 70's and 80's. No more crowded stages for this guy, no sir. Slim and tight rigs for me.

I just got a Tyros, and the sounds and rhtyhms alone are pretty much worth the ticket price. I still do some work on a grand piano once a week, and much of my weekends are filled with large dance parties, so the Laptop is kind of like my conducter. I just play the piano parts these days.

In the actual "Synth" world, I still love buttons and sliders, but work comes first, so there will be no new kbs here, unless they can multitask, and work with me at a job. My clientele is 30-60 yrs old, on average...so synths are not all that vital to to my product. I play the hits, take requests and generally shmooze the ladies to enjoy the night.

It ain't Carnagie Hall, but like the Teredactyl under Wilma's sink used to say........ "It's a living !"

Not really a synth, but my LEXICON MPX-1 ARRIVED TODAY!!1! Along with an ESI M8U 128-channel MIDI patchbay. I've got my plans made for tonight.

-tek

My vote for the best synth goes to the Yamaha S90. I love the heavy feel and the sounds are awesome to me. I'm not big into creating huge scores or tweaking sounds. I'm not into sampling. I'm just into playing music. I love the pianos, and ep's. I also use a few square waves. Nearly evertime I give this board 30-40 mins, I have a new song ready started. I love it.

My second choice might be the Roland XP-80. I do like the JV/XP sounds.

The best synth is easily the Korg Z1 - the thing just rocks. Have created some of the fattest mutha bass lines on it.

I have VST/32 and I upgraded to SX then crossgraded to N2 (while keeping SX license). Now there is SX2.

In my opinion, SX/SX2/N2 are way better than VST. Better sound, better interface, mutliple undo so on and so forth. VST has some midi features that are lacking in SX/N2, SX2 catches up with VST + it adds lot more features more than VST. N2.1 (next release of N2 in October) gets all features of SX2. I use SX with Wavelab4 nowadays.

Debasser!
For it's size and price the Z-1 was crippled on dynamic voice allocation and had no useful software support, not to mention simplified Master FX setup. And there are many other stupid issues. It's a shame that Korg screwed up and didn't focus on fully developing that synth. I guess comparing to my favorite DX7 the Z-1 is heaven, but from nowadays point of view it's a bit underdeveloped. Don't get me wrong it's a killer synth, but Korg could've done a better job. But while I'm at it any synth's got it's ups & downs.
ED

<---bumps gone down, ready for another crack in the head (whacha tryin ta do? tickle me?)
Excellent Postings so far guys, lets keep posting now that the 8 bar intro was done sensationally!
...-tek congrats on the lexi. That's phukin XLNT man. I love that shit. Whatta unit that thing is huh! It can actually make a turdish line sound decent. If it were not for that unit, sometimes I think I'd be on a street corner w/a tin cup.
...3351 is no doubt our FM liason FM synthesis has some major points to it, like building up a tone or timbre to duplicate either what you hear or what's in your head. I've found that real good FM's can put it on in a big way,...even blow away a Kurz in a sound match up, and it looks like Ed's got us dialed in.
...FAEb GBD first time I ever used that Nemesys creation my head was spinnin. I remember back in my hard scotch days, pouring a glass and saying, 'Nah I must be hearing shit. That sounds too good to be soft generated. When the Giga first came out, it put it's foot down and squashed everything else that was soft and said No. THIS is how it is done. Man, you've got some fun ahead of you!
...Our Uncle is right. Someday you may see a pony runnin round with a boot stuck in it's ass. No doubt one of the units either I or one of us has given the royal discharge. Lean and tight is where it's at. There's no room in life for shwagish schlag and being piped in like the Borg to where you can't even leave your station without a 60Hz buzz created by your absence from being the living ground.10 zillion wires runnin everywhere. Yup Dave, were OVER IT too. Lean, clean & tight is where it's at.
In between the household everythings Dave, have fun & enjoy the Tyros!
...RW allright! Yahmee partner hits on his big boy synth. The S90 is the serious man's "Game's Over!" synth. The creativity factor of that final word synth will mush the new material in the face. Nobody dare talk shit about the S90 because they would just sound stupid, or they're just not knowin whats up.
...Debasser keep rockin that Z1. Those rip to shreads sounds put subwoofer's on their knees. Korg I hear is gonna have a suprise coming your way soon that will be all that and a bag a chips too! They'll put it out as soon as they find the final stash they misplaced that they're putting in the new release.
...sk880user I have to agree SX is everything VST is plus much much more. We need a liason like you cawse I tell ya, I get lost sometimes w/ Steinberg Software. I wind up looking for SX stuff in VST and VST menu items in SX and I'm getting all mixed up. I have an SX license too. (all my shit has to be in case the fuzz ever wants to raid my crypt!) I'd probably be best going straight on to N2 eh? What do you think? I wont need SX for wav because I use CEP 2.3 for wav w/ my own trasforms CEP takes in mids but only can place them wherever in their own channel signal factor that's overlayed.

Brothers!,Musicians!, Producers!, remember..., we are the music. The music must never stop.
Play a new tune, with a loud noise. May we all be blessed by our God and see a new, brighter tomorrow. May our universal language keep us forever unified.

Lastly I say farewell to a friend of us all, a great musician who would carry his entire kit down Pacific Coast Highway foot by foot to make it to a gig. In memory of William "Duffy" Krueger Percussionist, Guitarist. Duffy could put together something from nothing and would stick with it till the girls were screaming, dancing and having fun. I remember backing off from his flying sweat zone around his kit and twirling wood fragments flying everywhere. That man would strike his drum and raise grandmothers from their chairs to dance.

Please read:
God bless you Duffy. Thanks for your astouding contribution to music. You will be missed. May their be the special place you deserve in heaven.

Endless thanks to all of you!
MORPH!

PS: Keep Posting!
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Morph,

Well, Ask yourself one question:

1) do you need to do any post production work?

If yes, go for Nuendo2

If not, go for SX2 (version 2 is shipping now and it has many of Nuendo 2 features already + whole lot more).

Upgrade from SX->SX2 is $150 only.

Morph,
That was the most personal, positive post I've seen in a while. You brough a little light to a sometimes dark place. Peace back at cha.

Thanks Morph.
It's always good to hear some positive things about FM.

ED

[This message has been edited by 3351 (edited 09-23-2003).]

Sk880user,

heel yeah it's post production. If you only heard some of the stuff I have to buff up. I don't know who told everybody to take their turds to me to have polished. Crossing over to Nuendo2 today.

I love changes actually. LOL that should be no suprise with a name like mine LOL.
MORPH!

what about the kurzweils?

Mine works still. A K2000R with 8MB of RAM. I use it as a drummachine these days
Occasionally it gets to do some strings, when I feel like having real strings.

-tek

Im actually trying to sell my kurzweil, a friend convinced me to try and go all software, or as much software as possible. I think the only hard synth I will keep is my kawai K5000S.

Morph,

I actually did the same. You will get two licenses on the same dongle. So you will be able to use both SX and N2

Furthermore, N2.1 is coming in october for free for those who own N2. It will contain many new midi features.

Hey sBAS!
I also have a KAWAI K5000! Did you ever get a macro control with yours?
ED


[This message has been edited by 3351 (edited 09-29-2003).]

no, I did not, but my version has quite a bit of good old nobs on it already.