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Synth Programming/// do you use the internal FX or prefer to add after in your chain?
So hello all. Since I am more familiar with guitar, but gaining knowledge every day…. I am curious about the title question?? I am finding a lot that some presets of some apps are drowning in their own internal FX. I guess I can understand…. But curious to your experts out there. Do you like it dry then add your own after? Or try to self contain the FX internal to the synth?
Thanks and have a great day!!
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Depends on the synth in question really...
Some have pretty good internal effects, some no effects at all.
In apps such as BS-16i I turn down all the internal effect sends (Chorus & Reverb) and use external apps.
For many synths the effects are an integral part of their 'sound'.
There's no 'right or wrong' here as it's just a matter of taste
Generally, I prefer to set the FX inside the synth app itself. But it depends on each situation.
Some synth FXs can be set on a voice level basis and can be triggered by MIDI events like velocity, channel pressure, aftertouch, etc. In this case, it is much more interesting to use the internal FX for expressiveness purposes because you can modulate the effect for each note, avoiding the bad side effect of a global CC modulation.
But for FX like Reverb, I will favor a good external reverb if the internal one sounds poorer.
You also have to take into account CPU usage : probably, using 10 external reverb instances in a AUv3 host can be more CPU-consuming than using the internal reverb of each synth (yet to be verified...).
Yes, when I create a preset, I want the internal effects to be part of the sound. And I don't want the hassle of going in and out of the synth to tweek the effects inside ApeMatrix. And I want my preset to be reusable "as is" without having to resetup all the FXs chain in the host.
What @Samu said… some internal fx sound amazing, some just ok. I’ll usually try the Internal before I go external.
I tend to disable the internal effects, and try to build my own fx chains. My more traditional setup would often feature a combination of dualvcf, fac chorus, kosmonaut, a phazer made in drambo and plateau( or stratosphere). My more experimental effect chains tend to be modular using drambo and mirack.
Some effects can be part of the timbre (distortion, phasing, tremolo), some part of the soundscape (reverb, delay), and some add new parts to a piece (delay loops, shimmer). Generally, I’ll want separate control of the latter two categories well into the mixing stage.