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Originally Posted by W-W-Int  massive is way too over the top for bass, especially sub bass.
the best tool for bass duties has to be fm-8. and that's not just from native instruments catalog that's period, end of story. if you actually program it fm-8 is insane for bass. the presets are a big let down and do nothing to show the real potential of fm-8 sonically. they all sound like random patch generators created them.
take fm-8 out of context for a secnd and you'll see where i'm heading here...
six oscillators capabale of saw waves independantly tuned
mod matrix
dual filters
unison detune
delay and reverb
sounds like a pretty bad ass jp-8000 clone doesn't it?
six fm operators
complete ability to load any dx-7 patch
delay reverb
morphing between patches
sounds like a dx-7 emulator with extras doesn't it?
we're talking about the same product here. most people ignore the extra waveforms available beyond the sines and just use it for fm. but it can actually be used as a six osc v.a. as well with unison detune after being able to tune the osc's seperately inside the patch. |
I see... I think you are right... But I've tried FM8 and always found it completely abstract. I like to know what I'm doing, and how things are being affected, and with the FM8 I was just too confused with the power it had. Massive has a simple interface and I can think of (ok, simple) sounds in my mind and actually make them in it, which is surely what synths should be about?
But I am also using Ableton Live as my environment and I have purchased Operator. Which, in my book, is an amazingly simple and versitile little FM synth. Within no time I was making the basics I needed... Kick drums, snares, hi hats, and sub bass... It's a clean, simple, little bugger and is just enough for me to get my shit down quickly... Maybe when I'm better at this, I could move up to FM8.