Which Manufacturer Has The Best Sounds?

[Fyre]

By This i mean which sounds do you like best between the

Yamaha motif series
Roland Fantom series
Korg Triton Series
Kurzweil

I'm asking because I'm looking to get myself a sound module soon and im trying to decide which one I want. I figure it would be crazy for me to get a whole workstation when all I really need are the sounds seeing as I've gotta pretty proficient at two software programs (reason and FL) so yea which of these has the best sounds In your opinion.... they all come in sound modules also.

 

[Mindset]

By This i mean which sounds do you like best between the

Yamaha motif series
Roland Fantom series
Korg Triton Series
Kurzweil

I'm asking because I'm looking to get myself a sound module soon and im trying to decide which one I want. I figure it would be crazy for me to get a whole workstation when all I really need are the sounds seeing as I've gotta pretty proficient at two software programs (reason and FL) so yea which of these has the best sounds In your opinion.... they all come in sound modules also.

Eh that would be a hard answer. Honestly, I wouldn't pick a best one out of those, I perceive them as all equal. That said, get a neko, and use all sounds from those keyboards in one lol.

 

[dnkygirl]

I'm an old school gear head when i comes to keys. I have a triton and just picked up the motif rack recently. Yamaha motif has the most realistic sounds... Korg Triton... is more electronic... it's real heavy on the synth sounds. I use to have a Roland W30 back in the day... I have played the Fantom and it's... half and half.... synthy/nice blend of real world instruments not as realistic as the motif IMO. I'm not familiar with the kurzweil line... guitar center in my area doesn't have any...


Demi

 

[Mindset]

I'm an old school gear head when i comes to keys. I have a triton and just picked up the motif rack recently. Yamaha motif has the most realistic sounds... Korg Triton... is more electronic... it's real heavy on the synth sounds. I use to have a Roland W30 back in the day... I have played the Fantom and it's... half and half.... synthy/nice blend of real world instruments not as realistic as the motif IMO. I'm not familiar with the kurzweil line... guitar center in my area doesn't have any...


Demi

Yeah all the guitar centers (at least here in DFW area) carry them, but they are on special order.

 

[dnkygirl]

Eh that would be a hard answer. Honestly, I wouldn't pick a best one out of those, I perceive them as all equal. That said, get a neko, and use all sounds from those keyboards in one lol.

Man if i want a software plugin.. i would just buy the software... not a keyboard that has one. I am not thrilled with those things... it's like a pc packaged in with there custom plugins... with a midi controller. Do you guys have one at your studio?

Also with more thought on this.. you might look into some sound libraries for reason and fruitloops.. you might be able to find the sounds you are looking for out there.

I just started looking into expanding my reason library and am finding that there are lots of options now.


Demi

 

[Fyre]

Eh that would be a hard answer. Honestly, I wouldn't pick a best one out of those, I perceive them as all equal. That said, get a neko, and use all sounds from those keyboards in one lol.

ok lets remember that Fyre is ballin on a budget lol....... 5G's a a lil expensive for me lol hell 1G for the sound module is expensive 4 me haha

 

[Mindset]

Man if i want a software plugin.. i would just buy the software... not a keyboard that has one. I am not thrilled with those things... it's like a pc packaged in with there custom plugins... with a midi controller. Do you guys have one at your studio?


Demi

Two of them @ the Labs James designed the Meko & Neko for OpenLabs. Yeah it's basically like that, but you still get the sounds from all keyboards connected to it. The only difference is that it's in 1 unit. From a Motif, you find your sound, you do whatever to it, you record it. In a Meko, you find a sound, you do whatever to it, you record it. It's basically the same thing in my eyes just instead of walking over to the Motif & then walking to the Triton, I just sit at 1 location. Also along with that, they are stuffed cram full of top notch sounds. I'm personally a synth type of guy too, but there's mad potential in being able to use any sound out there to my disposal in one location. It's also not just software, it's not like a Motif software plug in, and then a Triton plug in, or anything like that. The Meko & Neko James got is a super Meko with 48 i/o's of lightpipe & AES.

 

[Fyre]

Man if i want a software plugin.. i would just buy the software... not a keyboard that has one. I am not thrilled with those things... it's like a pc packaged in with there custom plugins... with a midi controller. Do you guys have one at your studio?

Also with more thought on this.. you might look into some sound libraries for reason and fruitloops.. you might be able to find the sounds you are looking for out there.

I just started looking into expanding my reason library and am finding that there are lots of options now.


Demi

very tru.....

 

[dnkygirl]

Two of them @ the Labs James designed the Meko & Neko for OpenLabs. Yeah it's basically like that, but you still get the sounds from all keyboards connected to it. The only difference is that it's in 1 unit. From a Motif, you find your sound, you do whatever to it, you record it. In a Neko, you find a sound, you do whatever to it, you record it. It's basically the same thing in my eyes just instead of walking over to the Motif & then walking to the Triton, I just sit at 1 location. Also along with that, they are stuffed cram full of top notch sounds. I'm personally a synth type of guy too, but there's mad potential in being able to use any sound out there to my disposal in one location.

Man it sounds like the Labs are rollin in big boi dough. We lab rats can't afford that kinda gear dude. We are just tryin' make it happen with a casio and a cassette deck style budget. )


Demi

 

[Fyre]

the neko would be my ideal situation like u said having every sound at your disposal in one location is great... but right now Im looking to upgrade my sound to something that would a) be better then what I have now and b) not be obsolete in the next few years.... that being said im looking for the most realistic sounds I can find cause I think I can build my own synth sounds plus I dont use many synths in my beats anyway...... lol dayum i neva thought I would even consider spendin 5G on a keyboard lol gotta remember I only been "producing" for about 8 months lol maybe 9

 

[Mindset]

the neko would be my ideal situation like u said having every sound at your disposal in one location is great... but right now Im looking to upgrade my sound to something that would a) be better then what I have now and b) not be obsolete in the next few years.... that being said im looking for the most realistic sounds I can find cause I think I can build my own synth sounds plus I dont use many synths in my beats anyway...... lol dayum i neva thought I would even consider spendin 5G on a keyboard lol gotta remember I only been "producing" for about 8 months lol maybe 9

Tell me about it man. I was always a hustla, but never thought I would spend a couple g's on a microphone or anything else other than speakers lol.

Man it sounds like the Labs are rollin in big boi dough. We lab rats can't afford that kinda gear dude. We are just tryin' make it happen with a casio and a cassette deck style budget. )


Demi

I'm just happy I have access to all the great gear lol. Every day when I go up there, and come home, I felt like I was always half assing it comparing the gear of a million dollar facility with my own. Then I begin thinking no longer will I spend the money to half ass things, and started just purchasing a piece of quality gear at a time.

 

[Fieva]

I have the Triton, Motif, and the Fantom....ALL in soundfont format like you're looking for...why buy all the hardware that takes up space and all that when you have FL or Reason and just want the sounds to throw in there and back it up on DVD or external hard drives. Makes it a LOT easier and quicker to tweak sounds.

Now, I think all of them have their strengths and weaknesses. All of them can be tweaked to be whatever you need them for. The Triton has nice classical sounds, pianos, acoustic guitars, strings, etc., but you've got to tweak them to liking. The Motif is good all around, but for ethnic sounds like digieroos, sitars, kotos, drums, etc. you can't beat it IMO. The Fantom is good for synths right off top, but still tweaking and layering patterns works wonders.

If that's the way you want to go, hit me in PM and I'll hook you up on them.

Fiev.

 

[Fyre]

PM sent..FIEVA