The Top 20 Greatest Synths of All Time

old gregg

good news for modern man

check out the show: http://www.sonicstate.com/top20/

then download the VSTi files: http://musicandrecordingtoolbox.blogspot.com/2008/09/vst-discovery-special-feature.html

i can't believe it's not butter

rcaz

old gregg wrote: »

then download the VSTi files: http://musicandrecordingtoolbox.blogspot.com/2008/09/vst-discovery-special-feature.html

Nice one! Downloading a Prophet 5 now! If anyone needs me I'll be reverse-engineering Everything In Its Right Place...

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very interseting i must say

splitrmx

They don't specify which revision of the Prophet 5 they picked. The rev2 and rev3 sound really different as they're using different filter chips. Rev2 used SSM2040 filter chips and the rev3 used CEM3320. The oscillators were different also.

old gregg

El Pr0n wrote: »

Nice one! Downloading a Prophet 5 now! If anyone needs me I'll be reverse-engineering Everything In Its Right Place...

I thought exactly the same thing when I saw it. So far all I've succeeded in achieving is the sound of any angry hippo taking a constipated dump.

Sacred_git

yet again the Roland Super jx 10 is overlooked beacuse of the difficulty to program it and midi issues, but with the pg 800 and colin fraser upgrade it becomes one of the greatest synths ever, a lot better than the Jupiters!!!

DublinWriter

Someone had an ARP on adverts.ie about three years ago and people were losing their minds.

mike65

Yamaha CS-80 rules!

Nolanger

splitrmx wrote: »

They don't specify which revision of the Prophet 5 they picked. The rev2 and rev3 sound really different as they're using different filter chips. Rev2 used SSM2040 filter chips and the rev3 used CEM3320. The oscillators were different also.

So was this! http://media.soundonsound.com/sos/jun08/images/Pendulum_05.jpg

splitrmx

Sacred_git wrote: »

yet again the Roland Super jx 10 is overlooked beacuse of the difficulty to program it and midi issues, but with the pg 800 and colin fraser upgrade it becomes one of the greatest synths ever, a lot better than the Jupiters!!!

I'd disagree with "better than the Jupiters" statement. The JX10 uses DCOs instead of VCOs and has a completely different filter (the IR-3R05). The DCOs are more stable and in tune, which also makes them sound a bit colder to my ears.

That same filter as the JX10 was used in the Rev5 version of the "Super Jupiter" MKS80 (the rack mount one). Rev4 had the same filter as the Jupiter 8 (IR-3109) but different oscillators (CEM3340 compared to discrete oscillators on the J8). Most people seem to favour the Rev4 over the Rev5 but it's probably just a matter of taste as they're close.

Even the Jupiters all had different oscillators and filters, the Jupiter 8 keyboard is the nicest sounding in my opinion, I currently own a rev4 MKS80 and it's sounds really beautiful, but closer to a Jupiter 6 in my opinion than a Jupiter 8.

All the Roland JX series (and the MKS70, and the Alpha Junos too) synths had DCOs, still great synths, but lacking that slightly wilder feel of the older VCOs. </massive nerd talk>

madtheory

Nerds.

Sacred_git

splitrmx wrote: »

I'd disagree with "better than the Jupiters" statement. The JX10 uses DCOs instead of VCOs and has a completely different filter (the IR-3R05). The DCOs are more stable and in tune, which also makes them sound a bit colder to my ears.

That same filter as the JX10 was used in the Rev5 version of the "Super Jupiter" MKS80 (the rack mount one). Rev4 had the same filter as the Jupiter 8 (IR-3109) but different oscillators (CEM3340 compared to discrete oscillators on the J8). Most people seem to favour the Rev4 over the Rev5 but it's probably just a matter of taste as they're close.

Even the Jupiters all had different oscillators and filters, the Jupiter 8 keyboard is the nicest sounding in my opinion, I currently own a rev4 MKS80 and it's sounds really beautiful, but closer to a Jupiter 6 in my opinion than a Jupiter 8.

All the Roland JX series (and the MKS70, and the Alpha Junos too) synths had DCOs, still great synths, but lacking that slightly wilder feel of the older VCOs. </massive nerd talk>

yes yes i have both, i prefer the super jx but only with the programmer, because without it its a total head fcuk!!! i will be selling the j8 soon, crazy money talk but i reckon the super jx is going to start shooting up in value too especially if the programmer is with it, the 2 are great synths but i prefer the jx thats all and its far from being a cold synth, its warmand lush to my ears oh and the keyboard on the super jx blows the jupiters ones right out of the water, fantastic keys/feels quality!

Nolanger

madtheory wrote: »

Nerds.

Lads, when you have a sawtooth and a square wave playing together does it sound better to have these a fifth tone apart or an octave?

rcaz

Nolanger wrote: »

Lads, when you have a sawtooth and a square wave playing together does it sound better to have these a fifth tone apart or an octave?

It doesn't matter, just modulate the filter cutoff with the LFO.