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Synth ANTI-recommendation thread: sucky synths.
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| aNYthing |
what synth you don't like and why? What has been disappointing? Which do you regret buying?
Having owned a significant number if synths in the last 9 years, I'll be sharing some stories as time permits.
The point of this thread is not to start flame wars but to provide food for thought for anyone looking to buy a synth and having only gushing reviews to go by.
Let's keep it civil and no flaming - just because your favorite synth was criticized, it doesn't call for personal attacks. Counter-argue or don't post at all. And do try to remain objective. |
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| alanzo |
I can't say I ever thought an instrument was down-right horrible. That's part of why I like the hardware market, if it's gotten this far, it's guaranteed to be a decent product. Software is a whole other story...
It depends on what you're looking for, mostly. I'd say it's pretty obvious what an instrument can do just by looking at a picture of it. Not how it sounds, of course, but just judging by the interface. With that in mind, I don't think I've ever bought an instrument that I don't think someone else could like and do a lot with. But I have bought a lot that weren't for me. |
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| RichieV |
Roland • JX-305 GrooveSynth
Electribe series
basically all that junk early 2000 that was aimed at stupid raver kids. |
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| cryophonik |
Yeah, I agree with Alanzo. I don't really see the point in trash-talking synths.
That said, the worst-sounding synth I ever owned (IMO) was a Roland D-20 back in the late 80s through mid-90s. However, I owned that synth longer than I owned any other synth in my 30 years of synth owning because it was integral to our band's shows - we were a 3-piece (guitar/bass/drums) in which I played bass and sequenced all the keyboard parts in the D-20 and the drummer played along to the sequencer's click track. So, despite its bad low-quality digital sound with artifacts galore, it worked great for live shows and, aside from a few slightly sticky buttons, worked as well the day I sold it as the day I bought it, despite having seen literally over a thousand live performances and rehearsals. |
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| DjStephenWiley |
GREAT THREAD!!!!!!! I'll be back with more....but without even thinking twice...
WALDORF'S LARGO |
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| Zombie0729 |
| software too or no? |
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| DJ RANN |
| quote: | Originally posted by RichieV
Electribe series
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Wash you mouth out! My electribe to this day is one of my favourite items of kit. So much fun to program drums with, although in fairness I do only use it as a midi controller, not as a synth at all.
They didn't suck though at the time - in fact they were seriously popular, it's just that the earlier (the "e" not the "X") range dated badly and now are kind of unusable in contemporary tracks.
The X range can still be used in terms of sounds, but I suppose software has more advantages and less limitations.
I hated the hartman neuron when it first came out. That ing thing drove me crazy, buggy and unstable as , half the billed functions didn't work and you had to do firmware upgrades by setting it up as an FTP networked device! |
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| DjStephenWiley |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zombie0729
software too or no? |
a synths a synths |
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| Subtle |
| Roland JP 8000, the synth that always seems to get sold shortly after purchase. I still have mine, acting as a MIDI controller.. although i want to get rid of it, sure it does the supersaw better than anything else.. but apart from that it just sounds bright and awkward for the most part, and yeah also the lack of voices on that thing. |
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| cryophonik |
| quote: | Originally posted by Storyteller
Nexus |
And, thus it begins... :p :haha: |
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| Zombie0729 |
Sugar Bytes Unique. I bought it cause it had a built in formant filter, i'd like my $150 back... especially since moog modular v2 came out a week later with a formant filter built in. ::sigh::
i'll continue to update this post as i get more time, i've got a list ... a big fat list. |
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