- Thu Aug 01, 2019 2:42 pm
#119848
I have been messing around with soft synths on my computer for the last few months, using Arturia and Ableton plus a midi keyboard I picked up used for cheap. I have never really used a real synth in my life but since I listen to synth music so damn much I wanted to try my hand at creating it. My musical knowledge is pretty minimal, I've played guitar since high school but never very seriously other than a small stint in a Mississippi hill stomp blues band in my mid 20's.
In messing around with the soft synth shit I realized I was kind of struggling to get a handle on what everything was and why it effected the sound it the way it did. So I decided to look into actually buying a hard synth. I immediately gravitated to the MOOG Grandmother due to being a MOOG and looking kind of cool. Only problem was I dont' have a spare $1000 laying around to just drop on something like that. So I kept looking and watching videos and finding things I liked, I almost bought a Korg MS-20 mini. I really liked the idea of being able to make patches on the unit and it felt kind of modular. I got outbid on ebay and I could not find a used one for weeks. I then stumbled onto the Korg Minilogue XD, an analog synth with some added digital features. I loved what I heard but not wanting to spend $700 on one I went hunting for a used one, which I discovered was kind of tough since it's a pretty new to the market piece of equipment. Well I lucked out and found one on ebay at $525 and it was in the town over from me so I messaged the seller and made a private sale for cash. So I sold my kayak I haven't used in a year and bought it.
This thing is amazing. It it's overwhelming how many features it has but I'm having a blast playing with it and need to actually get a work station set up with my laptop, some monitors and an audio interface. Baby steps though. For now I have some of it cobbled together in my living room which bothers my wife but she doesn't want me to use her "work" desk that has a 12 year old iMac that hasn't been turned on in 2 years (she kills me sometimes, lol).
Sorry for the long rant, no one around me in real life gives a shit about stuff like this :)
In messing around with the soft synth shit I realized I was kind of struggling to get a handle on what everything was and why it effected the sound it the way it did. So I decided to look into actually buying a hard synth. I immediately gravitated to the MOOG Grandmother due to being a MOOG and looking kind of cool. Only problem was I dont' have a spare $1000 laying around to just drop on something like that. So I kept looking and watching videos and finding things I liked, I almost bought a Korg MS-20 mini. I really liked the idea of being able to make patches on the unit and it felt kind of modular. I got outbid on ebay and I could not find a used one for weeks. I then stumbled onto the Korg Minilogue XD, an analog synth with some added digital features. I loved what I heard but not wanting to spend $700 on one I went hunting for a used one, which I discovered was kind of tough since it's a pretty new to the market piece of equipment. Well I lucked out and found one on ebay at $525 and it was in the town over from me so I messaged the seller and made a private sale for cash. So I sold my kayak I haven't used in a year and bought it.
This thing is amazing. It it's overwhelming how many features it has but I'm having a blast playing with it and need to actually get a work station set up with my laptop, some monitors and an audio interface. Baby steps though. For now I have some of it cobbled together in my living room which bothers my wife but she doesn't want me to use her "work" desk that has a 12 year old iMac that hasn't been turned on in 2 years (she kills me sometimes, lol).
Sorry for the long rant, no one around me in real life gives a shit about stuff like this :)