the reality is though, you couldn't tell the blind difference between vanguard and analogue :stongue:
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Originally posted by evo8
Shimmer is excellent but very specialised, you'd be better off with Vintage verb, more versatile
i think shimmer would be better as there are many standard DAW reverbs, or even free reverbs, that would be able to get closer to vintage than shimmer.
MSZ
Sad part is im not trolling.
tehlord
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Originally posted by rubez
that would be able to get closer to vintage than shimmer.
Shimmer is just pitch shifted delay lines.
You can do that with standard DAW plugins too.
cryophonik
If it was my decision, I'd wait until after Behringer's synth hits the streets before buying another cheap analog synth.
rubez
there's no way behringer can bring the same quality for that price.
tehlord
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Originally posted by rubez
there's no way behringer can bring the same quality for that price.
How's that then?
rubez
all the experts who reviewed the minilogue said they were very surprised they managed to bring it in at under 500 bucks.
behringer don't have the experience korg do in this field. and aren't they a budget gear company? not known for their quality, from my perception anyway. i mean the akai rhythm wolf is cheap...
tehlord
The 'experts' talk bollocks at the best of time. Most of them worship analogue as though it were some sort of magic elixir, when in fact it's nothing more than repurposed radio bits. It came in under 500 bucks because it has quite a few significant design compromises, many of which don't matter to the noobs that buy them. It's not a bad synth, it's just built to a price.
The 'magic' is in the circuit board design and the Minilogue fails here. It just doesn't sound that good.
Behringer purchased Midas, who are experts in this field. The videos so far show that their new synth (which was built by Midas) sound way, waaaaay better than the Minilogue.
nick batt from sonicstate is good, marc doty also, although he is a bit anal for me. he certainly loved it. none of them were fawning over it just because it was analogue. maybe other reviewers were.
if i want pure sound quality, i have omnisphere 2. analogue is supposed to sound raw.
minilogue ticks all boxes for me and is out now. its sound, coupled with a couple of good effects is amazing. and pretty sure the aesthetic of the behringer wont be in the same class either.
tehlord
Nick Batt rarely gives anything a negative review as his channel is dependant on manufacturers sending him product.
Marc Doty's channel is where you go if you want to listen to somebody waffle on about dreary detail and then show you how a synth could have sounded in 1978.
Analogue is not 'supposed' to sound raw, it just can sound raw. It can also sound thin, lush, creamy or fat. Depending on which synth you're using and how you program it to sound.
evo8
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Originally posted by tehlord
The 'experts' talk bollocks at the best of time. Most of them worship analogue as though it were some sort of magic elixir, when in fact it's nothing more than repurposed radio bits. It came in under 500 bucks because it has quite a few significant design compromises, many of which don't matter to the noobs that buy them. It's not a bad synth, it's just built to a price.
The 'magic' is in the circuit board design and the Minilogue fails here. It just doesn't sound that good.
Behringer purchased Midas, who are experts in this field. The videos so far show that their new synth (which was built by Midas) sound way, waaaaay better than the Minilogue.
ooooooo that sounds quite nice, first I've heard of this!
my current perspective on analog - its great when you want to go to extremes, like for high resonance, Sync etc. if you are doing pieces with minimal other sounds in the mix then yeah, you will notice all the subtleties
but when doing a mix full of a load of different sounds i don't think you will notice that much difference between the top software and analog
