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Recommend me a desktop analog polysynth

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  • I’ve had my DM12 for about 3 years now and I still love it!

    You’ve probably figured out by now that the power is in the stacking of the voices aka unison modes, and the amazing mod matrix, which has a crazy amount of destinations. Not only the typical mod destinations, but also the parameters for each of the effects are all exposed.

    I also think the keybed is really nice. I’m no keybed connoisseur, nor an expert on the matter, but when I was shopping, the major deciding factor between the DM12 and a Korg Minilogue was that the DM has full size keys over the Korg’s “mini” keys.

    I also felt like the keybed compared well to other, significantly more expensive synths. Not to mention that I was coming from what I was used to for a “keybed” which was my irig 37 keys MIDI controller (the keys on this, feel like a toy compared to the DM) So in my opinion, the keybed on the DM12 feels luxurious to me, especially when you consider that you now have velocity sensitivity and aftertouch (which even the pricier Korg Prologue does not).

    The DM12 is still probably the best bang for the buck for anyone looking for a real analog poly synth!

    With that, I just love using it as a giant MIDI controller when I’m actually sitting at my desk. Playing any of the amazing synths we have on iOS/iPadOS with that amazing keybed is really nice.

    Come to think of it, I wouldn’t mind finding a lightweight midi controller with a keybed of at least this kind of quality feel, that also has velocity and aftertouch sensitivities. Anyone know of any?

  • edited August 2023

    @joegrant413 said:
    Nymphes has 6 voices but only 1 osc / voice. Nymphes is cheaper ($450 new) and still in production.

    well but oscillator can sween (inclucing modulated sweep) between waveforms and it has sub oscillator and noise oscillator .. plus LFO can go to audio range and can FM modulate oscillator - that all together gives vast range of sound colors

    I think in price range where $500 is upper limit there is no better poly analog to buy .. in price range +500 interesting things starts appear above $1000 limit, but that is completely different story

  • @Edward_Alexander said:
    I’ve had my DM12 for about 3 years now and I still love it!

    You’ve probably figured out by now that the power is in the stacking of the voices aka unison modes, and the amazing mod matrix, which has a crazy amount of destinations. Not only the typical mod destinations, but also the parameters for each of the effects are all exposed.

    I also think the keybed is really nice…

    Definitely agree the unison stacking sounds great on the DM12, and the keys feel good. I’m not using the DM12 as a MIDI controller because of my MPC Key 61, but glad to hear it serves that cause well. .

  • I love my Boog

  • Since you want encoder knobs, I suppose that you'll also want to create your own sounds.
    I can recommend one synth highly: Clavia Nord Rack 3.
    With some experience, it can sound like anything from fat analog to thin digital.
    Plus you can layer up to 4 polyphonic synth engines and making sounds on it is still the best experience I ever had on any synth. For these missing 10% to get that real Moog flavour, I'm using an MFB Synth II which is very close to a Minimoog and has presets. It's monophonic but using Moog sounds polyphonically isn't usually a good idea in a song context.

  • Update:

    Sold my Model D, MicroFreak, and DeepMind 12.

    Got a Desktop OB-6 at Xmas break. So far loving it.

    Just noticed on searches here that I should try using some iOS apps as control surfaces for it.

  • @dendy said:

    @joegrant413 said:
    Nymphes has 6 voices but only 1 osc / voice. Nymphes is cheaper ($450 new) and still in production.

    well but oscillator can sweep (inclucing modulated sweep) between waveforms and it has sub oscillator and noise oscillator .. plus LFO can go to audio range and can FM modulate oscillator - that all together gives vast range of sound colors

    I think in price range where $500 is upper limit there is no better poly analog to buy .. in price range +500 interesting things starts appear above $1000 limit, but that is completely different story

    Do your comments apply to the Nymphes or to the Tetra? Which one do you think the best?

  • edited June 3

    @jamietopol said:

    @dendy said:

    @joegrant413 said:
    Nymphes has 6 voices but only 1 osc / voice. Nymphes is cheaper ($450 new) and still in production.

    well but oscillator can sweep (inclucing modulated sweep) between waveforms and it has sub oscillator and noise oscillator .. plus LFO can go to audio range and can FM modulate oscillator - that all together gives vast range of sound colors

    I think in price range where $500 is upper limit there is no better poly analog to buy .. in price range +500 interesting things starts appear above $1000 limit, but that is completely different story

    Do your comments apply to the Nymphes or to the Tetra? Which one do you think the best?

    We have more choices now:
    Behringer Pro 800: Classic Sequential Prophet style architecture
    Arturia Minifreak: Great oscillators and analog where it counts most: In the filters. Firmware is still a little buggy though.
    My current does-it-all favorite is the Korg Wavestate but it's not strictly analog.

  • @joegrant413 said:
    Update:

    Sold my Model D, MicroFreak, and DeepMind 12.

    Got a Desktop OB-6 at Xmas break. So far loving it.

    Just noticed on searches here that I should try using some iOS apps as control surfaces for it.

    awesome! that's a great synth you got there!! wise buy.

  • Update: Still loving the OB-6. I’ve been using presets so far, and currently working through Automatic Gainsay’s videos. The famous Oberheim poly sounds are nice, but the OB-6 works great as a mono synth as well via Unison mode.

  • @jamietopol said:

    @dendy said:

    @joegrant413 said:
    Nymphes has 6 voices but only 1 osc / voice. Nymphes is cheaper ($450 new) and still in production.

    well but oscillator can sweep (inclucing modulated sweep) between waveforms and it has sub oscillator and noise oscillator .. plus LFO can go to audio range and can FM modulate oscillator - that all together gives vast range of sound colors

    I think in price range where $500 is upper limit there is no better poly analog to buy .. in price range +500 interesting things starts appear above $1000 limit, but that is completely different story

    Do your comments apply to the Nymphes or to the Tetra? Which one do you think the best?

    Well i had Tetra many years ago and loved it, i never had Nyphes yet (but it's on my "todo" list lol) .. i woulds say advantage of Nymphes is more voices of polyphony, various unison/poly modes (like cobined 3 voice unison 2 notes polyphony, 2 voice unison 3 notes polyphony) .. Tetra in general feels to me a little bit more intuitive UI (thanks to display), Nymphes has more organic "juno-ish" sound .. so it depends on what you like more ..

  • edited June 5

    problem with the nymphes is popping envelopes (probably DSP), I had one. Amazing sound but i sent it back.

    they made some fixes to it and its more muffled now and to be honest it's a nice effect but only when you want such an effect, when you don't your stuck.

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