Thank you, What you're saying is making sense.
I definitely don't want to use the same presets than everybody else in
the kind of music that i'm doing. In the same time do I want to spend
long hours creating sounds without being educated on sound designing
? I don't know...
Does the Spawn would be a good choice to start with, being that it's
semi-modular, and less expensive ?

The reason why I'm talking about modular synths in these posts is
because it seems obvious to me that sounds possibilities are far
beyond a regular analog synth...I just feel something when I listen to
the demos !


--- In analogue_systems@yahoogroups.com, "nicholas_kent"
<nicholas_kent@...> wrote:
>
> Something worth noting about the original post is, intentional for
comparison reasons or
> not, none of those synths he liked are true modular synths.
>
> So that to me implies while you can make sounds like those with a
modular, perhaps what
> he really wants to focus on needs an analog synth but not an actual
analog modular?
>
> That said, you can make all sorts of sounds with a decent modular
that you can't do with
> those synths.
>
> >
> > please do not buy the Omega 8. It sounds loud and bright but has
very
> > little routing.
>
> Absolutely true as the comparison stresses the ability to behave
like a modular synth. It
> simply doesn't and isn't ever going to. On the other hand it has the
ability to play chords
> and store and recall patches once you've made them.
>
> The chord aspect of playing melodies is something you'd need to
invest a real fortune in a
> real modular to even attempt to do. It's one of those compromises.
>
> The Moog Voyager is a bit of a one trick pony, it
> > does all the classic (old) Moog sounds but is about £700 over
priced.
>
> Well in England you have expenses from customs, local importing, and
that Welshman who
> scooped up the name "Moog" under British law so he could market his
clones
> unsucessfully. That Welshman doesn't have legal claims in other
countries but there's still
> some additional cost for Analogue Systems outside of England.
>
> You can't make the claim that the Voyager is a true modular synth
but you can make the
> claim that it semi-modular or make an excellent part of a more
extensive music setup.
> You can of course store it's patches so long as they don't use the
patch cords.
>
> You can make quite a few more sounds than classic Moog sounds but
you can go further
> with a medium sized modular synth.
>
> There's no perfect synth otherwise everyone would just buy that one.
You kind of have to
> ask about the benefits or minuses of a particular synth or system.
With a modular you
> have a great deal to explore but also a synth that takes time. You
find great things
> exploring it, but on the other hand it's not a very great way to
work on something for a
> deadline or while someone is waiting for you to play. I know the
last couple personal
> deadlines I missed were because I wanted to use modular synths. On
the other hand you
> have a much better chance at making sounds that other people aren't
all using.
>