There just aren't many synth patches available to download for the Radias in general.
It's a very powerful synth but really if you've bought it you should learn to program the sounds you want yourself. I'd imagine that's what most other owners are doing with it. It's really not a machine for just playing presets.
If you can direct us to somewhere we might hear these 'Armenian Synth Sounds' then maybe we can direct you on how you might go about programming them.
plz , need armenian sounds for Radias R !
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Past Gear: Korg Karma, TR61, Poly800, EA-1, ER-1, ES-1, Kawai K1, Novation ReMote37SL, Boss GT-6B
Software: NI Komplete 10 Ultimate, Arturia V Collection, Ableton Live 9. Apple OSX El Capitan on 15" MacBook Pro
A virtual analog synth is almost always the wrong choice for doing any ethnic/world music that is strongly influenced by traditional acoustic instruments and percussion. I was very serious about asking other musicians about what they use, since each region has its own cultural preferences for specific keyboards. If you pick the wrong synth hardware that isn't popular for musicians playing that kind of music, then you better be an excellent synth programmer because you'll be on your own to make the sounds you want to play. It takes a lot of time and effort to program synths. Someone has to be very interested to get a particular sound to make it worth programming it, and they might not want to share the results of their hard work with others unless they have a good reason to do so. One good reason is money - paying them for their programming. Another good reason is friendship and social altruism. Establishing good relationships with other musicians is a good way to share your experience and work, to benefit everyone with that common interest. Talk to every Armenian keyboardist you can find. See what they do. I suspect that sample-based workstations like the Fantom, Motif, and Triton that have been around for more than 10 years will have more patches for you to try. It takes time for a library of programs to develop.
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For the OP, who was looking merely to download patches with no intent to learn how to program them, I agree with your sentiment. But gevik seems to be a new member who's interested in Armenian sounds, and even though he won't likely find any, I think it's good that he at least did a search of the forums before opening a new thread. Hopefully, many of these people seeking ethnic sounds will use the lack of programs for their style as encouragement to learn how to program their synths. However, sampler workstations are probably the best starting point for most of these sounds instead of VA synths. Physical model synths like MOSS/Z1 are also popular among ethnic musicians because of the more realistic string and reed models, despite the greater difficulty in programming these synths.thehighesttree wrote:It's nice to see you trying to help this guy, but let's be realistic: this thread is a long-dead turkey carcass that exists only to be picked at for scraps of holiday lulz.