What's the deepest RE synth?
Interested to know which synths you guys reckon are the most complex, powerful and take the longest time to understand & master. Not necessarily the *best*, I mean my favourite RE synth is The Legend which is a breeze to program and very straightforward
For me, the ones I'm still getting to the bottom of are eXpanse and Nostromo
For me, the ones I'm still getting to the bottom of are eXpanse and Nostromo
Complex-1, for sure.dvdrtldg wrote: ↑18 Dec 2020Interested to know which synths you guys reckon are the most complex, powerful and take the longest time to understand & master. Not necessarily the *best*, I mean my favourite RE synth is The Legend which is a breeze to program and very straightforward
For me, the ones I'm still getting to the bottom of are eXpanse and Nostromo
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- phithegoldenratio
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Complex-1 is pretty straightforward IF you have worked with modular synths before.
This is my candidate for this question...
https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack ... nthesizer/
This is my candidate for this question...
https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack ... nthesizer/
Little LFO is pretty crazy. The way four oscillators can interact is pretty complex.
Not joking.
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Not joking.
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- TritoneAddiction
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Expanse, Zero, Nostromo?
This thing gets very overlooked (including by me for a long time because I didn't understand it)
Modulating those oscillators within the Reason environment can be a potential infinite rabbit hole of discovery.
Similar can be said about the Ammo1200 unit from Jiggerypokery, a similar device but with even more modulation options built right in.
Oh yeah, Nostromo, surely!
Complex-1, Blamsoft's trio (eXpanse, Zero, Vk2) and Spectra.
- Exowildebeest
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I usually pick Expanse or Thor when I want to have maximum sound design avenues available in a single synth, but the reality is that workflow wise Reason has the Combinator, and I always start sounddesign in that, so the question of which RE/synth to use is trivial to me. Nostromo deserves a special mention though, not as flexible as Expanse or Thor but very deep in modulation, waveforms and of course its random patch generator.
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- TritoneAddiction
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The problem for me with these "deep" synths is I never make my own sounds with them. Too many options for me. I just find them overwhelming. They all become preset machines. Which is fine, but I prefer the smaller more niche synths.
The recent Tribute synth is pretty perfect in this regard. Feels like a smaller synth but is still pretty deep once you start to mess around with it. The perfect balance.
The recent Tribute synth is pretty perfect in this regard. Feels like a smaller synth but is still pretty deep once you start to mess around with it. The perfect balance.
+1TritoneAddiction wrote: ↑19 Dec 2020The problem for me with these "deep" synths is I never make my own sounds with them. Too many options for me. I just find them overwhelming. They all become preset machines. Which is fine, but I prefer the smaller more niche synths.
The recent Tribute synth is pretty perfect in this regard. Feels like a smaller synth but is still pretty deep once you start to mess around with it. The perfect balance.
The larger synths I mostly use for finish polish/deep design work. It's easy to lose sight of your song, if you're deep inside the complex-1 rabbit hole.
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