synthesizers for a new studio.

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synthesizers for a new studio.

Hi there,

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Would like to start my question with a little disclaimer; so far my research has showed that many of the synthesizer people don't like to assign particular equipment to musical genres, however I'll kindly ask to bear with me. I also realise that a lot of synthesizers are capable of a very wide variety of sounds and it mostly depends on the users effort and programming, I enjoy starting with an INIT patch and don't mind menu-diving. The analog/digital oscillator discussion does not bother me at all as I mostly see it as nostalgia induced elitist "fanboyism," filters however seem to be another story.

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I make and want to continue making mainly ambient music mixed with drum & bass elements, techno, acid house as well as deep house.

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I have been using Ableton Live (with Push 2), Octatrack MK2, Digitakt, Analog Rytm MK2 for a number of years now as well as a very wide range of modular synthesizers (which I have now sold for my own reasons and would not be interested in unless I had a much bigger budget).

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I have some money saved up and want to purchase some hardware synthesizers. So far I have looked at a lot of demos and reviews but I'm having trouble narrowing everything down, also there are no music stores within a 3 hour drive where I would be able to try out the gear for myself.

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I'd be very thankful if your recommendations would take into account some key aspects that are important to me, these include:

• All options must be desktop synthesizers (no keyboard).
• The possibility to sequence all of the synthesizers using the Octatrack, Digitakt and Ableton Push.
• The synthesizers would preferably fit into an 19-inch rack.
• The effects section is not a must, I will be using effects on Ableton (Valhalla, Convolution Reverb etc.) and in the future will get some dedicated effects processors.
• Should have a good and sturdy build quality, would much prefer metal over plastic.
• Dedicated HW synthesizers for each of the sonic ranges (bass, pads, lead).
  • Bass synthesizer should be able to produce deep warm creamy tones as well as 303-type sounds and distorted industrial techno inspired sounds.
  • Pads synthesizer should be able to produce warm, nostalgic sounding pads as well as bright/metallic ones. Glide and a lot of modulation options are preferable.
  • Lead synthesizer should sound warm and weighted.
• The overall combined price should not exceed 6000 Eur.

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The demos I enjoyed the most so far were:

• OB-6 (I am 99% certain I will buy this synth, but am confused which role it should play in the sonic range, perhaps lead?)
• Virus TI2 (Really enjoyed the possibility of producing pads and acid-like basslines)
• Waldorf Blofeld / Korg Minilogue XD (seems like good and cheap options for pads)
• Moog Minitaur / Sirin / Sub Phatty (seems like good options for warm and rich bass, but unsure if I'll be able to create acid-like sounds with them)

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Synths I know nothing about but heard they were quite good:

• Prophet 12
• Rev2
• Novation Peak
• DeepMind 12D
• Waldorf Iridium (seems like a good allrounder on paper, but a lot of people seem to dislike it)

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Synths I do not want:

• Analog 4 MKII
• Digitone (had one, was not impressed)

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I hope that this thread will prove useful to people with a similar needs.

Many thanks in advance!

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