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Hardware Synths you own/like/want

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  • @dobbs said:
    Arturia Microfreak... would you consider it a nice option as a first piece of hardware?

    (Its usability as an aftertouch midi controller is also highly appreciated :P )

    Yes, I totally think so! Sure, purists will complain that it is a jack of all trades and master of none, but I think this is exactly the point of it: to have fun and explore several different ways of producing sound that are more rarely found in classic synths being derived from a very successful modular vco unit.

    Yes, it only has one oscillator - but this oscillator can be one of 13 available types and some sound sources also have a form of sub-osc
    Yes, the "FM" or "Wavetable" types aren't really full fledged versions of the respective technique - but they do give a good idea of what they're about before you go to a proper synth that would get you overwhelmed.
    Yes, noise can only be used individually (not combined with the other sounds) - but it's interesting to try and create a drum sound or a texture that can be later layered in your DAW with another sound.

    It only has one filter (but analogue, not digital) and one LFO (but two envelopes). It can sound "thin", "digital" and "whacky" if you don't have the patience to experiment. However once you watch some tutorials and start to really play with it it's amazing because there's very little menu diving involved thanks to the modulation matrix that makes it blazingly fast to set and hear the results....plus that it allows you to be unconventional and find new sounds from the basic sources.

    The arp and sequencer are also nice and have a randomisation feature that you'd find it more in software than hardware. The keys are different because they have no action, they are influenced by how much of your finger is pressed rather than how hard you press. While this is odd if you are used to piano keyboard, once you get the hang of it it's nice to do vibrato or other modulations with the finger you actually press the note with instead of the other hand (like you would do with a mod wheel). Because I'm a guitarist it feels more natural to me. Obviously being small and just two octaves you won't play "blazing leads" and solos but it's nice for simple melodies and riffs or chord patterns (you can even play custom chords with one finger).

    There are just some thoughts out the top of my head but it's a really deep and nice piece of hardware. I really enjoy working with it and it has had some really cool firmware updates adding features so it's not a "release then forget about it" kit.

  • edited December 2020

    @Aletheia said:

    @dobbs said:
    Arturia Microfreak... would you consider it a nice option as a first piece of hardware?

    (Its usability as an aftertouch midi controller is also highly appreciated :P )

    Yes, I totally think so! Sure, purists will complain that it is a jack of all trades and master of none, but I think this is exactly the point of it: to have fun and explore several different ways of producing sound that are more rarely found in classic synths being derived from a very successful modular vco unit.

    Yes, it only has one oscillator - but this oscillator can be one of 13 available types and some sound sources also have a form of sub-osc
    Yes, the "FM" or "Wavetable" types aren't really full fledged versions of the respective technique - but they do give a good idea of what they're about before you go to a proper synth that would get you overwhelmed.
    Yes, noise can only be used individually (not combined with the other sounds) - but it's interesting to try and create a drum sound or a texture that can be later layered in your DAW with another sound.

    It only has one filter (but analogue, not digital) and one LFO (but two envelopes). It can sound "thin", "digital" and "whacky" if you don't have the patience to experiment. However once you watch some tutorials and start to really play with it it's amazing because there's very little menu diving involved thanks to the modulation matrix that makes it blazingly fast to set and hear the results....plus that it allows you to be unconventional and find new sounds from the basic sources.

    The arp and sequencer are also nice and have a randomisation feature that you'd find it more in software than hardware. The keys are different because they have no action, they are influenced by how much of your finger is pressed rather than how hard you press. While this is odd if you are used to piano keyboard, once you get the hang of it it's nice to do vibrato or other modulations with the finger you actually press the note with instead of the other hand (like you would do with a mod wheel). Because I'm a guitarist it feels more natural to me. Obviously being small and just two octaves you won't play "blazing leads" and solos but it's nice for simple melodies and riffs or chord patterns (you can even play custom chords with one finger).

    There are just some thoughts out the top of my head but it's a really deep and nice piece of hardware. I really enjoy working with it and it has had some really cool firmware updates adding features so it's not a "release then forget about it" kit.

    What's definitely part of the appeal is that I could get it for 200-220€ used-but-as-good-as-new... especially for its price range it seems very very versatile to me, and yes, I really like that mod matrix

    Also, I heard they added vocoding via firmware update? :D I don't know how gimmicky that is in the end or how often you'd really use that, but hey, it's there....

  • Yup, it's already added.

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