06.07.2008, 04:56 AM | #1 |
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Okay so basically, I'm planning on buying a synth for my birthday, in October. I'm searching something on which I could play "surreal" sounds, as in the intro of The Earthquake That Frees Prisioners by Gang Gang Dance, Taste by Animal Collective, or 1969/Music Is Math by Boards Of Canada (actually a lot of BoC tracks would apply there as well). For the moment I think I'll get an Alesis Ion, it seems really great and I think I'll have enough money, but do you have other suggestions? At first I was planning on buying a Roland SH-201, cause it's cheaper, but the few demos I saw on youtube frightened me, cause it seems to mostly be able to produce plastic trance sounds, which doesn't interest me. So... if you have suggestions, please tell me
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06.07.2008, 07:13 AM | #2 |
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If you want atmosphere:
Access Virus (even though you don't have the cash) Roland Juno (probably the same story) more soon |
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06.07.2008, 07:29 AM | #3 |
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The Moog Little Phatty is great.
You can probably pick up an old Juno fairly cheaply, but it won't have midi spec. They're amazing synths nonetheless. |
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06.07.2008, 08:19 AM | #4 |
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Midi Synth - I find that the more surreal ways of getting ''surreal sounds'' come from abusing both the technology and your instrument to the point that you will regret it.
Tradional ways- Anything that you think is not there and should be forge an amibilvalent relationship with your instrument, therefore potentially profitable. |
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