Help with deciding new synth - Deep house/Techno

[zebastian21]

I sold my Voyager long ago cause it wasnt what I expected for tech house and got an Andromeda, I love the A6, the fx are not the best so I bypass them and use a cheap Lexicon box with it....the sounds of the A6 are amazing .

[TRISTAN]

same here, truly not what i thought i would get from the unit. A6 is a popular synth would love to hear a few tracks with one used on it?

[zebastian21]

Originally Posted by TRISTAN

same here, truly not what i thought i would get from the unit. A6 is a popular synth would love to hear a few tracks with one used on it?

check out my myspace, the second track has a lot of Andromeda in it, the raw bassline and acid sound and a little piano like sound are the A6 ...not the best example of the Andromeda but just as reference. I would say the A6 can sound like a Virus but with balls

[jsrockit]

Waldorf Blofeld Keyboard and a DSI Tetr4?

[splitradix]

Carl Craig uses the A6, he's about as Detroit as it gets!
Red Bull Music Academy - Carl Craig - Session Transcript

[Johnny Wrong]

If you like Waldorf and have a midi controller, get a Microwave version 1.
Its no fun to program from the front panel, but with a midi controller, its cool.
Its got analog filters, so it sounds different to the newer Microwaves.
Does awesome Bass, great pads, and weird wavetable-analog hybrid madness. Great if you like it weird
Poly with multiple outputs.
They go quite cheap, like £200, so you have money left towards an A6 later.
Highly underrated IMO.

[krisstoff]

Juno 106.

[Johnny Wrong]

Yeah Juno too, they rock!

[crufty]

Maybe this is transference--pushing ones desires on others--but the spectralis, while spendy, seems pretty dope.

Andy is great of course.
YouTube - Spectralis Hybrid Synth Groovebox Demo

[Kindred]

For the artists you mention, I would recommend the Korg Polysix (hardware) or the Korg Legacy Analogue Edition. Nord Lead 2x or Wave also has some nice pads and stabs for deep house.

[Barfunkel]

I don't think the synth matters that much in those dubby delayed chords, basicly any half decent polysynth will do.

That sound is all about the delay, having a quality one and setting it exactly right, so that it "dances" along the rest of the music. A quality filter (if the synth doesn't have one) before the delay is probably a good idea also, something like the Moogerfooger stomp box.

I don't think any synth does those dubby chords straight out of the box, the delay (which most synths don't have in high enough quality) makes or breaks the sound IMO.

[sublevel]

Originally Posted by crufty

Maybe this is transference--pushing ones desires on others--but the spectralis, while spendy, seems pretty dope.

Andy is great of course.
YouTube - Spectralis Hybrid
Synth Groovebox Demo

i recently scored a mint Spectralis for $985.00 and Radikal is gonna upgrade its RAM to 2gb for like 600. it's still cheaper to buy used than buying the spec2 for 2500.00. i've been loading Mike Huckaby's waldorf WAVE samples and they sound BOMB!

the user interface is very confusing at first but the sound has kept me from selling it.

[SWAN808]

If you have some dough I would echo the recommendation for Andromeda.

Also - totally worth picking up a copy of Korg Legacy Analogue collection as laso mentioned - great for deep house IMO. Dunno if you follow him but I am a fan of the UK producer 'Jimpster' and he has thrashed the hell out of this collection...what with the chord memory on those plugins and the unison spread feature + chorus ensemble makes for some GREAT deep house chords!

Not to dis but IMO I would stay away from Microwaves - they are very clunky to program and only worth it if you LOVE that particular gawky sound. Although perhaps you should try the new Waldorf Largo as it has quite a lush sound.

Best thing is to buy a few things and see what sticks - and sell those that dont.

[TRISTAN]

Thanks for the response guys, would like to hear and andromedia and have a good play but i live in the arse end of nowhere

i have just got a demo of the mono poly and it sounds ok, whats the hardware like?

Tristos

[Yoozer]

Index of /a6/audio might help you with the Andy.

[cooper6581]

Check out some of vinyljunkie's videos on youtube:

YouTube - vinyljunkie07's webcam recorded Video - Wed 22 Jul 2009 13:46:03 PDT

He shows some great housey chords coming out of a jx3p, alpha juno, waldorf blofeld, samples of rhodes in a 3200xl

Chord pad preset on FM7/8 always blows me away

I've also had great luck sampling chords from evp88 / electric / lounge lizard into <insert favorite sampler> (one day I will get a real rhodes to sample !)

[TRISTAN]

Originally Posted by Kindred

For the artists you mention, I would recommend the Korg Polysix (hardware) or the Korg Legacy Analogue Edition. Nord Lead 2x or Wave also has some nice pads and stabs for deep house.

Hey Kreice

good to see you on here!, yeah i have started to use the mono poly demo impressed so far

im also thinking about the waldorf microwave xt as i love the textures they are capable of, and they dont go for too much over here approx 350 gbp.

T

[schnerg]

for 1200gbp you should be able to get something pretty nice I'd think.

I have a microwave xt that was about 1/2 that price and can do a lot of stuff, although i haven't taken full advantage of it yet.

re. the juno106 I've said this before but will again, i really don't like that it's not velocity sensitive.... this is my only complaint about that one.