Well, of course different layouts are leading to different approaches and that might spark one's creativity in different ways...
But I wanted to see what the differences are on the most basic level... So I did a small test with most of my Reason synths playing the same
(adjusted in pitch to allow for different tuning philosophies) sequences and matched them in volume using Selig's gain...
Here's what all the waves looked like all together...
![Image](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40829085/SawTest/All.png)
Antidote:
![Image](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40829085/SawTest/01_Antidote.png)
![Image](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40829085/SawTest/01_Antidote_spec.png)
kHs One:
![Image](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40829085/SawTest/02_kHs%20One.png)
![Image](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40829085/SawTest/02_kHs%20One_spec.png)
Predator:
![Image](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40829085/SawTest/03_Predator.png)
![Image](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40829085/SawTest/03_Predator_spec.png)
Ivoks:
![Image](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40829085/SawTest/04_Ivoks.png)
![Image](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40829085/SawTest/04_Ivoks_spec.png)
Red70:
![Image](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40829085/SawTest/05_Red70.png)
![Image](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40829085/SawTest/05_Red70_spec.png)
Tres:
![Image](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40829085/SawTest/06_Tres.png)
![Image](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40829085/SawTest/06_Tres_spec.png)
MonoPoly:
![Image](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40829085/SawTest/07_MonoPoly.png)
![Image](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40829085/SawTest/07_MonoPoly_spec.png)
SubTractor:
![Image](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40829085/SawTest/08_SubTractor.png)
![Image](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40829085/SawTest/08_Subtractor_spec.png)
Malström:
![Image](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40829085/SawTest/09_Malstr%C3%B6m.png)
![Image](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40829085/SawTest/09_Malstr%C3%B6m_spec.png)
Thor:
![Image](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40829085/SawTest/10_Thor.png)
![Image](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40829085/SawTest/10_Thor_spec.png)
ReDominator:
![Image](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40829085/SawTest/11_ReDominator.png)
![Image](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40829085/SawTest/11_ReDominator_spec.png)
ABL3:
![Image](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40829085/SawTest/12_ABL3.png)
![Image](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40829085/SawTest/12_ABL3_spec.png)
Viking:
![Image](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40829085/SawTest/13_Viking.png)
![Image](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40829085/SawTest/13_Viking_spec.png)
Revival:
![Image](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40829085/SawTest/14_Revival.png)
![Image](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40829085/SawTest/14_Revival_spec.png)
Megasaur:
![Image](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40829085/SawTest/15_Megasaur.png)
![Image](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40829085/SawTest/15_Megasaur_spec.png)
Oberon:
![Image](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40829085/SawTest/16_Oberon.png)
![Image](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40829085/SawTest/16_Oberon_spec.png)
And here finally a link to the resulting audio file:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/408 ... reSaws.mp3
Personal observations:
- I have too many synths! I like them all and haven't spent enough time with most of them to have really mastered most of them.
- Many of them sound similar to me. Interesting that the waveforms look so different in some of those cases.
- Although I leveled them all using Gain some of them sound less loud to me. Looking at the diagrams suggested that was because some of them are asymmetrical...
This test was not done to suggest that one synth is better than the other, but just to see what the basics are like and how they compare...
I tried to make all synths sound as close to each other as possible by adjusting the VCA envelope to fit. Filter was open with no resonance. If you feel I made a mistake in the setup please let me know and I'll look into that.
D.