What's the better synth to make chords?

[Mr.LS]

The final result i'd like to have is something like this, starting at 1.31 and costantly increasing...

YouTube - Joris Voorn - Empty Trash

anyway hi to all since i'm a new member and this is my first post

cheers from italy

[Yoozer]

Sample a minor chord from any virtual analog or analog synth, use the sampler to pitch down an octave and turn the lowpass filter down completely - then open it gradually.

[monomer]

Originally Posted by Mr.LS

The final result i'd like to have is something like this, starting at 1.31 and costantly increasing...

YouTube - Joris Voorn - Empty Trash

anyway hi to all since i'm a new member and this is my first post

cheers from italy

I'm realy tempted to answer......

Anyway, maybe it's a sampler?

[monomer]

Originally Posted by Yoozer

Sample a minor chord from any virtual analog or analog synth, use the sampler to pitch down an octave and turn the lowpass filter down completely - then open it gradually.

I'm pretty certain there is some hi-pass filter going on as well.. maybe a wide band-pass.

[Mr.LS]

Originally Posted by Yoozer

Sample a minor chord from any virtual analog or analog synth, use the sampler to pitch down an octave and turn the lowpass filter down completely - then open it gradually.

maybe can somebody tell me what are the best virtual & analog synths to make chords?

[fanriffic]

Originally Posted by Mr.LS

maybe can somebody tell me what are the best virtual & analog synths to make chords?

..polyphonic ones.

[aof21]

Originally Posted by fanriffic

..polyphonic ones.

Yes, polyphonic would seem to be quite necessary to make chords. Most of the polyphonic synths I have used are capable of making chords besides my broken Korg Poly 61 which only sometimes lives up to the poly part of its name.

To make a chord is also necessary that you use more than one finger on the keyboard, or program in more than one midi note on top of each other.

Beyond that, pretty much every polyphonic analog, digital, VA, soft synth, etc will make chords. Which one make the "best" chords is a matter of taste. You'll have to try them out for yourself or listen to samples of them and see what you like.

[Yoozer]

Originally Posted by Mr.LS

maybe can somebody tell me what are the best virtual & analog synths to make chords?

It does not matter much. The trick works equally well with Propellerhead's Reason as it does with a Juno 60. If you check Fairmont, Gui Boratto, Joris Voorn, Robert Babicz, Patrick Zigon, Marc Romboy you see Joris has or used to have a Nord Lead and an Ensoniq ESQ-1. It's the sampler's transposition that adds the grit.

Pick a synth on other qualities - what do you have already and what is your budget?

[Derp]

Get a MiniMoog and tune your oscillators to form a triad.

[alexp]

Juno1 will do that no probs....


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[Rufuss Sewell]

Just a basic low pass filter. Start with the cutoff really low and slowly increase it.

[monomer]

Originally Posted by fanriffic

..polyphonic ones.

Thank you,.,.
That was.. satisfactury...

[networkacid]

Originally Posted by Derp

tune your oscillators to form a triad.

Bingo. Any synth with 3 oscillators, be it mono or poly, can make that basic sound. If it's a poly, use a single osc sound. If it's a mono, 3 osc. Filter to taste.

[Yoozer]

Let me repeat:

It's the sampler's transposition that adds the grit.

Tuning a Minimoog (good god, like an orbital ion cannon to fire on a gnat) like that to get a chord sound like this is not of much use.

First of all, you're not going to get a nice complex waveform (it's not uncommon to find something PWM-ish in there).
Second, you're not going to get the nice rough edges. One octave down on an Akai S1000 or something does something neat to the sound that you won't get out of pure oscillators. The tinny digital filter present in the sampler will do the rest.
Third, most important, in pretty much any techno track where chords like these are used the version that's one or more semitones higher is almost always shorter, which implies that a sampler is used.

The Alpha Juno's even the most sane suggestion with the chord memory; but the sampler was the 90's studio main workhorse, so sampling the chord and using the sampler's filters frees up whatever synth used for other duties.

It's not rocket science, folks.

[kraku]

The sound in the clip could also be sample based chord which is pitched down and then lowpass filtered. It has that typical 90's house music piano chord flavor to it.

[monomer]

Originally Posted by Yoozer

It's not rocket science, folks.

altho you can always incorporate rockets into the project, if you realy want....

[Gardner]

I'm loving my blofeld for chords n pads atm, so I imagine any waldorf would be a good bet

[jtothap]

A polyphonic synth and a couple of piano lessons. Unless your looking for a "pump up the jam" 90s chord sound you may find music writing a little tedious but just tuning oscillators.

[tranel]

Originally Posted by aof21

Yes, polyphonic would seem to be quite necessary to make chords. Most of the polyphonic synths I have used are capable of making chords besides my broken Korg Poly 61 which only sometimes lives up to the poly part of its name.

To make a chord is also necessary that you use more than one finger on the keyboard, or program in more than one midi note on top of each other.

Beyond that, pretty much every polyphonic analog, digital, VA, soft synth, etc will make chords. Which one make the "best" chords is a matter of taste. You'll have to try them out for yourself or listen to samples of them and see what you like.

You mean of course ".... and see which one strikes a chord with you." Sorry, you missed that opportunity, even though it was wide open..