Re: The Hardware Synth Thread.
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 1:18 am
Huge Behringer fan here, though the Kirn thing was stupid. They really need to think about their online presence at times. Regardless, bought an RD-8 back in May as a birthday gift to myself and am loving it. While I'll agree that not all their synths are perfect clones, it's nice to see a company making analog hardware affordable to the masses. Will be ordering an RD-6 as soon as I'm able, as I love the sound of the 606 and don't want to pay the price of an original. Once they move into polysynths, I'm bound to pick up one or two. May also end up getting a TD-3
Also, Korg Microsampler finally acquired!! It's exactly what I was hoping for, as I'm a sucker for keyboard samplers. Still boggles my mind there's a huge gap in the market for hardware samplers right now, software really killed them off but it makes sense for ease-of-use and all that. Give me a clunky interface any day!! Other new goodies in the studio include a TR-707, Alpha Juno 2, DOD Meatbox (not really a synth, but yeah), and a Roland VT-3 for cheesy vocal mangling/poor man's vocoder. Eventually I'd like to get a Warp Factory but the Electrix stuff seems to be really drying up on the used market/commanding high prices lately. Got my Filter Queen functional again (purchased it sans power supply, and they're oddly specific to replace) so my drum machines and FM synths are happy.
As for the Deepmind: it's a thick, versatile poly with an OTA filter for instant Juno-6 style goodness (if that's your thing). Onboard FX are decent, and gives you a lot to play with if you don't have other hardware FX/processing gear. Really hard to beat the polyphony and features for the price, and as someone said in an earlier post look for it used/on sale and you'll save $$$. Desktop module FTW, you can rack it if you're like me and have ever-decreasing desk space.
Glad to see there are many knob twiddlers about still on the boards here. Cheers y'all!
Also, Korg Microsampler finally acquired!! It's exactly what I was hoping for, as I'm a sucker for keyboard samplers. Still boggles my mind there's a huge gap in the market for hardware samplers right now, software really killed them off but it makes sense for ease-of-use and all that. Give me a clunky interface any day!! Other new goodies in the studio include a TR-707, Alpha Juno 2, DOD Meatbox (not really a synth, but yeah), and a Roland VT-3 for cheesy vocal mangling/poor man's vocoder. Eventually I'd like to get a Warp Factory but the Electrix stuff seems to be really drying up on the used market/commanding high prices lately. Got my Filter Queen functional again (purchased it sans power supply, and they're oddly specific to replace) so my drum machines and FM synths are happy.
bungler666 wrote:I'm thinking about buying a Deepmind, seems like the best synth at its price. Any of you had any experience with it?
As for the Deepmind: it's a thick, versatile poly with an OTA filter for instant Juno-6 style goodness (if that's your thing). Onboard FX are decent, and gives you a lot to play with if you don't have other hardware FX/processing gear. Really hard to beat the polyphony and features for the price, and as someone said in an earlier post look for it used/on sale and you'll save $$$. Desktop module FTW, you can rack it if you're like me and have ever-decreasing desk space.
Glad to see there are many knob twiddlers about still on the boards here. Cheers y'all!