what SYnTH?

[redsleeper]

Can anybody recomend a good synth? I want one for pads and ambience, only have bout £300 Please help!

 

[Chrisjob]

Interested in Virtual Instruments?

 

[69ShadesofRed]

Did someone say pads and ambience?

Absynth!
But to go that route you gotta answer Chrisjob's question

 

[lumbago]

Look for an older synth -

Korg - Poly 61
or Casio CZ-101
or Korg Poly-6
or Roland Juno-6
or Korg EX-800
or Korg Poly-800
or Korg DW-8000
or Roland JX-3P etc.

All these are good for ambient music and make for respectable pads. Check that all notes work OK for older keyboards.

 

[redsleeper]

thanks for the replys, whats a good virtual synth?

 

[69ShadesofRed]

thanks for the replys, whats a good virtual synth?

Did someone say pads and ambience?

Absynth!
But to go that route you gotta answer Chrisjob's question

I guess that wasn't obvious enough

But seriously, if you're after pads and ambience, you definitely can't go wrong with Absynth virtual synth. It comes with a bunch of waveforms, you can created single cycle waveforms from scratch, with version 2 you get the ability to import samples and use granular synthesis on them, has a boat load of filters, has multistage envelopes that you can apply to anything you wish (pitch, filter, waveshaper, FM amount, whatever) and sync them to tempo.

It definitely wouldn't be my first choice if I wanted Analog type sounds or emulation of acoustic instruments, but for evolving ambient sounds, strange drones, pads and stuff that's the synth I almost always turn to first.

Another good (and free) virtual synth for pads is Crystal. It's an FM synth, so, if you're not familiar with FM synthesis it can be daunting at first, but it is also capable of great ambient sounds among other things... and it is free! So download it and knock yourself out.

 

[Chrisjob]

Another good (and free) virtual synth for pads is Crystal. It's an FM synth, so, if you're not familiar with FM synthesis it can be daunting at first, but it is also capable of great ambient sounds among other things... and it is free! So download it and knock yourself out.

It's also a heck of a CPU hog, and a beast to program unless you know exactly what you're doing. Some of the presets are neat, though.

CheezeMachine and Crazy Diamonds are both FREE models of ARP Solinas, which have a classic synth pad type sound.

 

[jumpingflash]

Did anybody mention the RGC Audio Z3TA+ ?

THat's a Virtual Synth that does wonders, and even a nice coffee...

http://www.rgcaudio.com/

 

[anppilot1]

A very good choice would be the Roland JD-990.

used 300-400 usd.