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Simple Analog Synth for a newbie on synth
Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 11:32 am
by jellyfishfuzz
I play mostly guitar and want to get into a synth. I like things simple. Im not really good with complicated electronical gadgetry. I was playing a sub phatty at the guitar center and that thing is crazy cool but i don't know if i want to fork out that kind of dough. Something simple that may do stuff like the sub phatty that i can run through my Echorec, DMM, and Rams Head. I really like stuff like Lauri Spiegel and NIN stuff. I was thinking of just getting an ipad and try all the apps. Coolness.
Re: Simple Analog Synth for a newbie on synth
Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 11:42 am
by retinal orbita
jellyfishfuzz wrote:Lauri Spiegel
I just bought a Minibrute. $499. Works great, I kind of wish I'd just invested in a beginner modular system, but oh well.... but the price point for a synth with cool knobs and shit is really cheap these days..... I think the Microbrute is even cheaper than a Microkorg, which is awesome....
Re: Simple Analog Synth for a newbie on synth
Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 12:08 pm
by jellyfishfuzz
Would a synth sound alright through a 70s Super Reverb?
Re: Simple Analog Synth for a newbie on synth
Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 12:48 pm
by Dr. Sherman Sticks M.D.
synths sound awesome thru amps.
Re: Simple Analog Synth for a newbie on synth
Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 12:57 pm
by kbit
Just be careful of any crazy bass you pump through guitar speakers.
But yeah, it sounds good.
Re: Simple Analog Synth for a newbie on synth
Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 1:11 pm
by nevada
What is your budget?
Re: Simple Analog Synth for a newbie on synth
Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 1:26 pm
by fiddelerselbow
Microbrute?
Re: Simple Analog Synth for a newbie on synth
Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 1:55 pm
by Jero
Do the Korg Volcas count? Cheap, compact, analog I think.
Re: Simple Analog Synth for a newbie on synth
Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 3:40 pm
by space6oy
Jero wrote:Do the Korg Volcas count? Cheap, compact, analog.
if you wanna go real simple & vintage & not too expensive look for a yamaha CS-5. my first synth, very simple, fat as hell low end filter.
http://www.vintagesynth.com/yamaha/cs5.php
Re: Simple Analog Synth for a newbie on synth
Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 4:08 pm
by woolyh
My first synth was a Novation Bass Station and I had a lot of fun with it
Running it through my pedalboard blew my mind...
Re: Simple Analog Synth for a newbie on synth
Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 4:13 pm
by woolyh
Plus Thom Yorke rocks one.
Yeah!
Re: Simple Analog Synth for a newbie on synth
Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 4:19 pm
by jellyfishfuzz
Re: Simple Analog Synth for a newbie on synth
Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 4:24 pm
by jellyfishfuzz
Yeah the Novation Bass station sounds good and isnt that expensive. And if Thom Yorke Rocks it.
Re: Simple Analog Synth for a newbie on synth
Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 4:28 pm
by space6oy
i haven't looked but i bet the oldie bass stations have gotten cheaper due to the rerelease...
Re: Simple Analog Synth for a newbie on synth
Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 4:53 pm
by jellyfishfuzz
Yeah the old ones go for like 250 and the new ones 350-400. SO not to much of a difference. Not many of the old ones going on the ebay though