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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

dvdrtldg wrote: ↑

18 Dec 2020

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

Complex-1, for sure.

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/

Little LFO is pretty crazy. The way four oscillators can interact is pretty complex.
Not joking.

M

Expanse, Zero, Nostromo?

Expanse!

Mataya wrote: ↑

18 Dec 2020

Little LFO is pretty crazy. The way four oscillators can interact is pretty complex.
Not joking.

M

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.

WBL Non Scientific Visualization Thingy

motuscott wrote: ↑

18 Dec 2020

WBL Non Scientific Visualization Thingy

still waiting for my coffee maker RE

Spectra Additive ReSynthesizer

TritoneAddiction wrote: ↑

18 Dec 2020

Expanse, Zero, Nostromo?

Oh yeah, Nostromo, surely!

Complex-1, Blamsoft's trio (eXpanse, Zero, Vk2) and Spectra.

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.

PX7

bitley wrote: ↑

19 Dec 2020

PX7

FM ftw!!!

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.

I second Spectra

TritoneAddiction wrote: ↑

19 Dec 2020

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.

+1

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.