Suggestions for a Couch Synth?

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Suggestions for a Couch Synth?

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I posted this on TGP, but i expect maybe there are some different perspectives here, before i make a final decision.</p> <p>Basically, the sitch is this:</p> <p>I'm motivated but semi-lazy. I work hard at my desk all day, but when i'm finished, i can't deal with spending more time at that same desk to try to write music, where my main synth (deepmind6, SE-02) and Mac (logic/ableton) are hooked up.</p> <p>So, i retire to an upstairs tv room, where i have some guitars, a practice amp, and an Akai MPC Live II, and i decompress with tv/sports. It would be great to have a synth (with Keys) to noodle on and write simple sequencer bits.</p> <p>The MPC has synth plugins, and i have a small keyboard controller i could use with it. But, i don't like having to boot up MPC, and then go to a template, and set up a sound, etc. in that protocol. I'd like a situation more like my guitar+practice amp. When the impulse hits me, i grab the guitar, flick on the amp toggle switch, and i'm 'in.' With a synth, i'd like the same thing:</p> <p>Grab, turn on, play. I'd like to be able to quickly navigate around PRESETS, modify them with KNOBS for the 'main parameters' and save. All very simply.</p> <p>I'd like a 16 step sequencer. Preferably with hardware buttons for each step, but i may be open to a simple alternative that doesn't involve much/any menus.</p> <p>Polyphonic preferred, paraphonic considered. Probably not interested in a mono. I could just take my SE-02 up and use it with the controller. And i'm probably going to get a Behringer 303 clone at some point also.</p> <p>Please don't recommend a Digitakt. I know people love them. But, i don't want a 'music calculator/computer.' If i had the mindset for menus, i'd just use the MPC. </p> <p>Type of tones: i'm looking for Depeche Mode, 80s new wave, and early 90s house, i guess. Analog.</p> <p>&#x200B;</p> <p><strong>TL/DR:</strong> i'm down to the IK Uno Synth Pro and the Korg Minlogue XD. I had been considering the Cobalt 5s, but after closer scrutiny of the tones, they sound more on the digital side. But, there was a recent update which might lead to a thicker, more analog sound? Not sure in the limited demos of the update.</p> <p>I considered the Roland JD-xi but had one briefly years ago and we didn't bond. I don't love the Roland architecture, but that may just be me in the 50s and not spending enough effort to come to grips with it. I do hate Roland manuals, though, and their UI in the non-vintage synths irks me.</p> <p>So, that's essentially it. 25-37 keys, probably—something lap-friendly. Battery-power not necessary. I'll either use headphones or run a line under my carpet and get some cheap monitors to set under my tv.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/MartyPoo99"> /u/MartyPoo99 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/synthesizers/comments/xwl14c/suggestions_for_a_couch_synth/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/synthesizers/comments/xwl14c/suggestions_for_a_couch_synth/">[comments]</a></span>