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How many of you program your own synths? |
Not me--it's too complicated. |
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I do it once it in awhile for fun, yes. |
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42% |
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I delete the factory patches and start from scratch. |
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11% |
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I would like to learn! |
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I tweak the effects, but that's all. |
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Other. |
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Synthoid Platinum Member
Joined: 17 Mar 2003 Posts: 3300 Location: PA, USA
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Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 11:52 pm Post subject: Programming Poll |
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I just thought I'd ask......are there many like me out there that still enjoy creating their own patches? _________________ M3, Triton Classic, Radias, Motif XS, Alesis Ion |
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RiotNrrd Platinum Member
Joined: 21 Jan 2002 Posts: 1853 Location: Portland Oregon Metro Area
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Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 2:46 am Post subject: |
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I gotta admit that I tend to rely heavily on prebuilt patches, and rarely ever create my own. I've done a few - my piece Cxielo was predominantly one patch that I built myself. But most of the time... I just sift through my library of thousands of patches for stuff rather than building my own.
Shameful, yes, but there it is. |
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Lorenzo Platinum Member
Joined: 07 Sep 2002 Posts: 3681 Location: Italy
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Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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"I delete the factory patches and start from scratch." For me, but many times I start from a preset and change parameters untill I reach what I need. And I have to admit that many other times I do not reach the result I have in my mind but another sound that I find usefull.
Regards, Lorenzo _________________ http://www.synthaddicted.com |
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Daz Retired
Joined: 01 Jan 2002 Posts: 10829
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Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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I make a lot of my own sounds from scratch, but I will also use quite happily presets tweaked or untweaked. I enjoy creating sounds, so that helps But also I often find that I can create the sound I want more quickly than browsing through the many presets that are on offer. Sometimes creating a sound is an inspiration for a piece.
I am not "religious" about this though. I definitely see no shame in using presets almost exclusively or using premade drum loops or third party multi-samples or any other prefabricated material. We all use some kind of prefab material one way or another.
Daz. |
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chinard Platinum Member
Joined: 03 Jun 2003 Posts: 824 Location: Racoon City
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Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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Im def in the 'start from scratch' category.
Sometimes i will keep some of the factory presets around just to copy ideas from or to tweak the hell out of before i call them my own.
Hell, some of my synths dont even allow you to SAVE presets _________________ http://www.delicamusic.com
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RiotNrrd Platinum Member
Joined: 21 Jan 2002 Posts: 1853 Location: Portland Oregon Metro Area
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Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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Hell, some of my synths dont even allow you to SAVE presets
Yeah, I spent thirteen years with just a Juno-6. You want to play a patch on that? You MAKE it. And the next time you want to play that patch? You make it again!
I was pretty darn good at making patches with that machine. Had to be. |
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Sharp Site Admin
Joined: 02 Jan 2002 Posts: 18197 Location: Ireland
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Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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Its “other” for me because use everything on my Triton Studio. Factory sounds, tweaked factory sounds, and my own sound created from scratch.
A lot of my own sounds are even heavily based around my own sample data.
Regards.
Sharp. |
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EJ2 Approved Merchant
Joined: 13 May 2002 Posts: 2292 Location: Port Rowan, Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 7:24 pm Post subject: |
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My case is similar to Sharp's. I'm a 3rd party programmer for various synths, so I voted for "Other".
I wouldn't go so far as to wipe out all the Factory Presets. Many of the patches, performances, programs, combis etc. are excellent. Remember the D50's Fantasia. Regardless of whether you liked it or not, that made a few bucks for the jingle writers who used it. There are other examples for sure. But, to each his own.
Cheers,
Eric _________________ Cheers,
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Diego Platinum Member
Joined: 13 Sep 2003 Posts: 2882 Location: Italy
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Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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I feel at the very beginning...
I think I've never created a sound from a basic multisample, but sometimes I've tweaked presets.
I have the great luck to have a Triton Studio and I think I've never listened to all presets on the board!
Of course, I know I'm wrong, but I'm not a a great programmer at all just because I've never spent a few time trying to reach what I have in my mind.
...that's why I would love to try yamaha: not a lot of presets, but in that small amount are contained very good sounds.
regards _________________ Diego http://www.myspace.com/diegoinmusic
Korg M3 with EXB Radias & EXB-256 onboard
MOTU Traveler - iBook G4 |
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Synthoid Platinum Member
Joined: 17 Mar 2003 Posts: 3300 Location: PA, USA
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Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 2:14 pm Post subject: |
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I really enjoy synth programming. With the Triton, I have built several programs from scratch, but most of them were heavily tweaked into something completely different. My Kurzweil is still a bit overwhelming--it would benefit from a touch screen.
Often times when I'm playing live, I'll modify the effects, filters or envelopes to add some variety.
The reason for this poll is.....I recently was chatting with an owner of a Triton Studio (guess he's had it for several years now) who said he's never programmed anything! I was amazed. Maybe he's looked at the manual and played with the effects but that's it.
I wonder how many people out there fall into that category? _________________ M3, Triton Classic, Radias, Motif XS, Alesis Ion |
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Diego Platinum Member
Joined: 13 Sep 2003 Posts: 2882 Location: Italy
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Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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As I saied, I guess I'm in hell
I do lots of work with soft synth, and enjoy to program new sounds from soft synths, but from my triton studio...well, I use it at the 0,1%! _________________ Diego http://www.myspace.com/diegoinmusic
Korg M3 with EXB Radias & EXB-256 onboard
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Synthoid Platinum Member
Joined: 17 Mar 2003 Posts: 3300 Location: PA, USA
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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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Sure have been lotsa views but only 16 votes....... _________________ M3, Triton Classic, Radias, Motif XS, Alesis Ion |
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peppe Junior Member
Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Posts: 56
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 12:39 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
I use all: factory sounds, my own sounds, or modify the sounds that I have.
I have a pa80, and it isn't a powerful workstation but, starting from factory sounds you can create something Intresting.
I like program sounds but my instrument donn't give me the perfect control ( also in realtime ) over my creations, but someone who have the possibility to do this, I refer to who have triton,kurzweill or simil, I want to ask,Why don't you program your sounds? It's a shame... |
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Synthoid Platinum Member
Joined: 17 Mar 2003 Posts: 3300 Location: PA, USA
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Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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Last call for comments...... _________________ M3, Triton Classic, Radias, Motif XS, Alesis Ion |
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wilbur Junior Member
Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 86 Location: Belgium
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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 6:26 am Post subject: |
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I use the factory sounds, change some effects or just make a comby of other factorypresets with my triton. But I like to experiment with my own sounds, making some vintage-like synths or special-effects, sampling waves and stuff, to use live. I try to get the best out of my extreme using live and for some simple recording purposes, but that means you have to be able to spend a lot of time with your machine . _________________ Live Gear: Triton Rack, Kurzweil PC3K8, Waldorf Pulse Original, Lexicon MPX1, Behringer Xair, iConnectivity Midi4+, Palmer Pan 16
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