Recommend a synth

[black aspirin]

Okay, I wanna look into a synth. I was first introduced to the Korg Microkorg, which sounds like a pretty good deal, especially for a beginner. I love the vocoder feature, and supposedly the arpeggiator is cool, too.

All I want to do is make spacey sounds and some minimal keyboard lines to spice up some stoner doom (think very slow Black Sabbath fuzz-style riffs, but tuned WAY down and heavy on the bass guitar, then throw in psychedelia). The only thing that stuck with me about the Microkorg is that it seems geared for trance, hip-hop and such. I know that analog synth is what the bands I love use, but I doubt I wanna spend that much.

For an example of the type of thing I'm after, check out some Ufomammut. Listen to the song "Lacrimosa" for a pretty good idea of what I mean.

Ufomammut

Other info: this is for home recordings only, no live situation to worry about. I have zero experience with any keys at all, so let's keep it as simple to use as possible.

[ssscientist]

Take a look at the Alesis Micron.

[Restless]

The mcron is great for spacey atmospheric sounds. I never tried the MicroKorg but I have one micron and provided you are willing to program it it can make some very good sounds. It's also the best analogue emulation I ever heard.

[andydeedpoll]

i So want to hear your band!

and my band are quite tempted by the micron doo-dah, for similar things your doing... got to find one to try out yet, which is harder than it sounds...

Andy

[HomeMadeHitShow]

I have a MicroKorg and a friend has the Alesis. They are both good and really it ends up being a preference thing. The advantages of the MK for me are that the instructions for programming are written on the unit so you don't need to use the manual as much and there are more knobs to control things than the Micron. I also find the Apreggiator easier to use.

[cortexx]

forget the microkorg , its keys are horrible

check out this

http://www.korg.com/gear/info.asp?a_...&category_id=1

played with one the other day . Its addictive

[LfO]

Originally Posted by cortexx

forget the microkorg , its keys are horrible

Second that. If you like the sounds it makes, save up for teh MS2000 -its got the same internals, or extremely close. I wish I had done so...

[cortexx]

well im assuming you want to play it rather than sit there and play around with the arp

[peopleperson]

Originally Posted by black aspirin

Okay, I wanna look into a synth. I was first introduced to the Korg Microkorg, which sounds like a pretty good deal, especially for a beginner. I love the vocoder feature, and supposedly the arpeggiator is cool, too.

All I want to do is make spacey sounds and some minimal keyboard lines to spice up some stoner doom (think very slow Black Sabbath fuzz-style riffs, but tuned WAY down and heavy on the bass guitar, then throw in psychedelia). The only thing that stuck with me about the Microkorg is that it seems geared for trance, hip-hop and such. I know that analog synth is what the bands I love use, but I doubt I wanna spend that much.

For an example of the type of thing I'm after, check out some Ufomammut. Listen to the song "Lacrimosa" for a pretty good idea of what I mean.

Ufomammut

Other info: this is for home recordings only, no live situation to worry about. I have zero experience with any keys at all, so let's keep it as simple to use as possible.

Doom rules, and I'm a definate Ufomammut fan. I think they're doing extremely fresh things with synths. That having been said, I second the Alesis Micron. I'm way more of a guitar player than keyboard player, but I bought a Micron and fell in love with it. The size, durability, and price are great. I think the tones in it are pretty damn cool, but with some tweaking based on your personal tastes, can be even better. I'm no modern synth expert and this is probably a common thing, but I love the fact that you can pre program 'scenes' of sorts where you can have specific tones on certain sections of the keys ready to play.

[Romxero]

Look for the vst synth called atmnosphere, good spacey sounds.
Micron is good for that kinda thing
and I guess pure synthesis and samples could work

[Soundmind??]

Real analog synth = minimoog voyager, best filters and oscillators around
Software synth = dozens, Arturia modular moog is awesome for around $250, serious stuff. Standalone or VST.
Reason 3 = complete digital composing system. Standalone or with rewire to most recording software.