Analog softsynth opinions?

[dsound]

Hey guys,
I need to kick my soft synth collection up a notch. I've been using Indigo Virus, Atmospheres, Trilogy, Absynth 3, Reason 3.0 and Xpand. All sound good and have thier place but I want something really inspiring and fat sounding. I tried the demos of the Arturia Minimoog and Arp and thought they sounded great, especially running an insert through my Vintech in PT. What other stuff should I check out for some analog inspiriation...aside from forking out the bread to get a Little Fatty?

Thanks...

[Kiwiburger]

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[Rufuss Sewell]

I'd just dig up any old mono synth first. I found an old Roland SH-1 (not 101.) It's pretty rare. It was $200 in a used music shop, and it's SOOO much better than any subtractive softsynth I've used. It seems to embody real emotions. It's very organic sounding. I also have a Juno, Prophet, JX-8P, Oberheim Matrix and an Andromeda. I love them all, but the SH-1 is best.

Anyway, I'd say for analogs you should get the real thing. They're pretty cheap.

[u b k]

i know we yammer on and on around here about how plugins don't compare to the real thing; whatever your views on that, i think that the gulf between analog synths and softsynths is significantly wider. factor in the creativity that happens when hands are laid on real keys and knobs, and the difference grows intolerably wide.

BUT, if you like the sound of the arturia stuff, and you need the workflow ease plugs provide then go for it. just don't let budget deter you from real synths; 'little brothers' like the six-trak go a long way towards giving you the sounds of their big brothers at a fraction of the cost... probably less than the softsynths you're looking at. run one of those thru your vintech, see how that grabs ya.


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[Disjointed]

+1 for the Arturia Minimoog - i can get a lot of great sounds out of that plug,

but along the lines with everyone else i prefer the sound of my analog synth (found a korg poly-6 for $200 awhile ago).. and for the price theres something more fun and 'real' about tweaking real knobs over virtual knobs... you can get great many knobbed synths for around $500 and less (ebay)

my2c,
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[Paddlepop lion]

I have always like waldorfs ppg. Its pretty dated now but theres something about it. Only problem is when I run at a sample rate of 48k in Cubase 5.0 (another dated piece of software) it goes bumbum.

Cheers mate!