Short Synth Documentary

[fay spook]

The last 2/3s are the interesting bit.

 

[mark121211]

This is exactly why modular synths have never interested me; lots of patching and brow scratching to produce a frankly unusable sound.

 

[fay spook]

Modulars can produce a lot of toot. That isn't the concern, it is about being able to break out of the usual VCO/VCF/VCA signal flow. It is about going west coast. It is about audio frequency mod. It is about 3 different types of oscillator to get "that" sound. It is about getting some ghastly sound, recording it, modifying it, recording it, modifying it. It is about making hi-hat sounds out of a pile of square waves. It is about I Feel Love bass lines. It is about being able to patch what you want, 3 LFOs to modulate A,D,S- R takes care of itself. It is about TONTO. It is the sound programming skills of Tomita. It is about the amount of cleverness in euro with a lot of micro controllers and digital coming in. It is about a wall of knobs and wires, 5U and 4U are brilliant formats. It should be about bananas!

Today it is too much about hipsters doing euro and making expensive versions of what is quite cheap in regular modular synths. Too much of the crap you hate!

 

[stephen bennett]

Ta fay-S—will have a dekko later.

Just awaiting my Disting Mk 4 when Os can get around to releasing it!

Stephen

 

[Tony L]

Watched this last night, very interesting. I'd love to know more about the vintage stuff at the end.