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ID700 or Nambu
Hi,
Just saw Nambu the new ios app and it looks really good and well designed.
I'm just got a MPC one and checked out OP6. Its nice that it's all on the MPC plus the extensive modulation of it. The presets didn't sound very impressive though and the Digitone still stands out. I really like the Digitone, but now that Nambu is out and there's also ID700, I was thinking of reducing the stuff I have.
So I was wondering what are some of your reviews or comments between Nambu and ID700.
Comments
Totally different synths. How deep do you want to go with FM? Somewhat or deep? Nambu lets you do both, but more former. ID700 is awesome, but super deep.
Different animals altogether, in my opinion. At least I can wrap my head around the functions of the Nambu synth. The ID700 is interesting, but I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing when I use it.
ID700 is amazing and requires an investment of time to understand...it is unlike anything you will have ever used. It's approach to just about everything is unusual. I think even the nerdiest of synth nerds (I am pretty nerdy) will need time to get oriented and comfortable. Nambu is a much quicker learn. While it is flexible, the pieces are all relatively straightforward.
I hear you there. ID700 sounds amazing but I’m pretty much surfing presets and making tiny little tweaks. I think Nambu really invites from-scratch sound design.
If you like sound design and making your own presets get both. They're different enough.
If you don't make your own presets and don't plan to learn, get id700.
If you don't know how to make presets but want to learn faster, get Nambu
If a nice clear UI is important to you, get Nambu.
If you have an mpe controller, get id700
Both are cool, just very different. The envelopes are pretty amazing in id700
Yes from video on UT that I see, ID700 got a really nice representation of envelops and it seems like they seem to ring forever...
How about making soundscape textures, pads or more werid, ambient 'nic' sounds?
I actually like Synthscaper for making stuff, still complex to me, but with the random function, some interesting stuff can be made. What kindof bothers me is that Synthscaper is kindof in the 'highs', everything that is put out seems really schrill to my ears.
I can vouch for ID700 for soundscape textures, operating at a monkey with a typewriter level of, er, ‘sound design’. Fab, unique synth. Not convinced (yet) that I need Nambu.
+1 for ID700
Yep - ID700 is fantastic for soundscapes etc
ID700 is with IVCS3 on the list of “I love you but hate you” apps. Amazing, unique sounds that you fall in love with but impossible (for me) to tame. At some point I fool myself and think “ok, this time I sort of got it!”, only to come back to them later and not know what the hell is going on. But I guess being completely lost and suddenly finding a beautiful unicorn is not bad… I won’t open ID700 (Or IVCS3) if I want a specific something, I’ll just see what comes out and it might take you somewhere unexpected, sort of like playing along with someone who comes up with a crazy idea that you never thought of.
It is worth mentioning that Jonathan Schatz, designer of the ID700 app (which is basically a software version of the Buchla 700), worked for a few years alongside Don Buchla on the 200e series.
I recommend playing with the waveforms, envelopes and filter as this synth is capable of producing a wide range of sounds. It is amazing for bass as well, not just for pads and soundscapes.
I just wish they updated Synclavier Go!'s UI to make it more exploration friendly and less of a preset machine as these two would make a killer combo.
ID700 is quite unique, and excellent mostly for evolving sounds. Its fairly simple toolkit somehow makes me more productive with it ... by simple I don't mean that FM is easy to understand or bend to your will, but it isn't a "do everything" synth, so it's possible to start going deeper more quickly. It doesn't have a mass of options, but it seems possible to get it to do very interesting things without a load of effort, and create sounds I can't easily get from other synths.
It combines FM with elements of additive synthesis, in that you can create unique waverforms by combining partials, the way you can in Addstation, to generate unique timbres and overtones.
The bottom line for me is how much I enjoy using it, designing sounds, and getting enjoyable and unexpected results, and on those points, ID700 is definitely in my top 5, even if I can't always explain exactly how it's doing what it's doing.
Also comes with a great preset bank, which is great for finding a starting point, and tweaking, and also a randomiser, which generates some interesting starting points too.
But how many usable original patches have you managed to create? I've not yet created even one using ID700. With Nambu, it's a snap to create something original or a new patch based off another one.
I created a fair few around the time that I was planning to make a video on it actually, and some I was very pleased with. But I did have to read the manual thoroughly and experiment a lot. Nambu is likely easier though, in general.
Anyway, my vote is still, get both if you have the money
Yes. I don’t regret buying both, I just haven’t found any practical applications for ID700 yet. Nambu I’ve already extensively used.
ID700 mpe presets are pretty good. I run one through a guitar amp for a killer lead solo sound.
It might be just me but I found ID700 to sound not appealing to me – it’s mostly thin, or at least I found it difficult to get it to sound chunky or thick or powerful.
Do you have an examples of this? I'd like to hear it.
Some people have a strong attachment to chunky, thick sounds, some don't. I personally don't. Interesting is more my personal thing to look for. If I was trying to make something like The Prodigy or Chemical Brothers or whatever, yes I would definitely want phat.
The last thing I want is interesting sounds in my songs. It’d draw the listener’s attention away from all the other interesting sounds in my songs.
I started a new thread to post the example:
https://forum.audiob.us/discussion/51615/a-500-year-old-song-featuring-animoog-and-id700
Thanks. Do you perform under that name?
No, I just now exceeded my SoundCloud and had to make a bandcamp account and it was the first thing that came to mind.
Haha. Well, it's not bad.
Oddly I don’t think it’s anything to do with the synth’s synthesis capabilities – they’re excellent. It’s as if at the end of it all, after the output as it were, it goes through a pipe or channel which limits the oomph of it all, making it all sound a little less strengthy than I estimated it should.
Could you just stick it through Caelum Beef or something? 😝
You should check out Doug's vid. The '700 has some of the deepest, fattest sounds I've heard coming out of an iPad app. Moogish in places, though it might take a week to find out how to do it, and then only by accident.
i submitted a new version to the app store yesterday which includes a reworked algorithm ui (examples below). hopefully this makes it easier to understand what's going on.