Synth Help

[The_Crowing]

I am looking into the prospect of getting myself one. Does anyone have any recommendations on which I should look and buy? My friend has an Alesis Micron (which is sick by thew way) and I dont think I should get the same one as him.

[Samuel]

try the micro korg..i have one and love it

its the same amount of money as the micron

[the rog]

the microkorg is difficult because it's sort of difficult to reassign patches. granted it's got some AMAZING sounds and patterns, but i don't really find the vocoder to be worth it.

if you're looking for vintage... look at the roland analog ones, you could probabaly find one for about 200/300 on ebay.

i'm planning on picking up a roland Juno model if i ever get a little bit more money.

[Samuel]

yeah i was disappointed with the vocoder overall though i love it

[BetsyXcore]

how did you guys learn how to play the synth? i was thinking about it, and i thought it would be cool to learn piano or synth, but i figured it was a little late to learn piano. then i realized that there's no such thing as like professional synthesizer lessons.

[Hilikus]

how did you guys learn how to play the synth? i was thinking about it, and i thought it would be cool to learn piano or synth, but i figured it was a little late to learn piano. then i realized that there's no such thing as like professional synthesizer lessons.

there is no difference between synth and piano. Just take piano lessons.

[OveriseFan]

synth isn't even that hard...

it's easier than piano, because you just need a cool line, which isn't as hard to play. You could probably even do lots of your favorite synth lines with one hand, maybe even one finger hah.

[AreTwoKay]

try the micro korg..i have one and love it

its the same amount of money as the micron
I like the microkorg but i just don't like the mini keys

[snowtires]

it depends on what you're going to be playing. if you're going to be primarily playing leads and bass lines, you could really get whatever you want; you could get a microkorg, a micron, k-station, whatever. actually, if you're only playing single notes, forget the pussy shit and get a moog prodigy or minimoog or go really nuts and get a voyager.

if you want to do pads and chords, cross the microkorg off the list because it only has four note polyphony. actually, cross it off the list because they have piss-poor construction and they aren't really that great in general. korg tends to cut corners with everything they do (everything korg i've ever owned has fallen apart after about a year) and the microkorg ends up sounding hollow in recordings.

microns are good, but the 'single knob to control everything' is a pain and the vocoder really isn't that great. so, i'd say get an ion (also by alesis) if you can save up the money. they do everything the micron does but they blow it away as far as control goes. everything you want to edit has its own knob, plus they look a lot cooler when they're lit up than the ms2000.

if you want to get the best new synth possible, get an andromeda. you might want to sell your car first, though.

there is no difference between synth and piano. Just take piano lessons.
there's no difference in the keyboard aspect of them, but there's definitely a huge difference in getting the most out of each. learning a piece by mendellsohn isn't exactly going to help you learn how to edit filters and lfo's.

[The_Crowing]

it depends on what you're going to be playing. if you're going to be primarily playing leads and bass lines, you could really get whatever you want; you could get a microkorg, a micron, k-station, whatever. actually, if you're only playing single notes, forget the pussy shit and get a moog prodigy or minimoog or go really nuts and get a voyager.

if you want to do pads and chords, cross the microkorg off the list because it only has four not polyphony. actually, cross it off the list because they have piss-poor construction and they aren't really that great in general. korg tends to cut corners with everything they do (everything korg i've ever owned has fallen apart after about a year) and the microkorg ends up sounding hollow in recordings.

microns are good, but the 'single knob to control everything' is a pain and the vocoder really isn't that great. so, i'd say get an ion (also by alesis) if you can save up the money. they do everything the micron does but they blow it away as far as control goes. everything you want to edit has its own knob, plus they look a lot cooler when they're lit up than the ms2000.

if you want to get the best new synth possible, get an andromeda. you might want to sell your car first, though.


there's no difference in the keyboard aspect of them, but there's definitely a huge difference in getting the most out of each. learning a piece by mendellsohn isn't exactly going to help you learn how to edit filters and lfo's.

Good post! I got the microKorg a couple of days ago and I find it excellent in what I am trying to do. Great synthesizer.

[UndertheTELE]

Speaking of synths, I already own a micro korg and was thinking about buying an alesis micron, but i want something that has more of a sound effects feel than like a lead type thing because it will primarily be used for weird atmospheric, ambient type things. Any suggestions?

[snowtires]

Speaking of synths, I already own a micro korg and was thinking about buying an alesis micron, but i want something that has more of a sound effects feel than like a lead type thing because it will primarily be used for weird atmospheric, ambient type things. Any suggestions?

you could get a roland v-synth. they're pricey, but they are 99% sound effects, 1% useful musical sounds. nord leads or modular have a lot of sound effect presets but, again, they're pricey. you could always get a micron and a kaoss pad and hook them up together. that way you get your keyboard sounds and weird sound effects, but for about $600 instead of $1500