SV: Re: [sdiy] Korg MS20 good deal?

[Charles Bisaillon]

>> 
>> The problem with soft synths though is that there isn't a single decent
>> controller out there to be able to have real fun with them. 
>> 
> 
> That certainly depends on your definition of "fun".  Some people's definition
> includes "making hit records", "scoring major motion pictures and television
> programs", and "playing live on major tours in front of thousands and
> thousands of people".  So I'd say, yeah, they are having a lot of fun with
> soft synths.  My personal definition of fun includes getting music made on the
> computer -- that's a LOT of fun for me.  Soft synths put me square in the
> middle of that kind of fun faster than all my old analog stuff (and digital
> hardware) ever did.

To me, having fun with a soft synth would mean that I have control over the
parameters with real knobs, keys and sliders, each identified with some LED
display or something for instantaneous reference. Maybe it's just me, but
the cut & paste approach with the mouse just doesn't satisfy me (unless I
want to sound like a 909 or something), it doesn't bring out the human sense
of rhythm and groove to the track. The more I dig into electronic music, the
more I am directed to real instruments, microphones and speaker cabinets. To
put it straight: Real instruments sound better than their software emulation
and real control feels much better that a mouse.

> 
> Putting it another way:  I own a lot of samplers.  Akai S6000, S5000, S3000xl,
> S2000, Roland S760 and S750, Kurzweil K2500, two Sequential Prophet 2002's,
> and even a few others.  Since I got the MOTU Mach Five software sampler, I
> haven't used a single one of them.  It replaced them all, sounds just as
> good, consolidates my huge mass of sample CD's and personal samples into one
> easy to access library -- and it is totally integrated into my primary
> recording environment (MOTU Digital Performer).  When I load my song, all the
> samples, instrument setups and related effects automatically load with it.  I
> cannot begin to express how much this has improved my life and my creative
> output.  BTW, this soft sampler also cost me less than 0.25% (!!!) of the
> combined initial cost of all those samplers.  It, and software like it,
> unfortunately, has also completely destroyed the resale value of my expensive
> samplers, which is probably why I simply hang onto them at this point.

I completely agree with you, samplers are dedicated computers by nature. I
sold my emu e-64 to get Kontakt and I am not disappointed, it sounds great
and my entire sound library is just a click away. The only thing I regret is
that I sold my emu sampler for 10% of the price I've paid for and that the
filters in Kontakt do not sound quite as good as the emu. Really that
sampler was amazing, even though I had 3 external hard drives, SCSI issues
once in a while, very tedious editing techniques with the front controls, a
limited 64 MB RAM capacity and a very long loading time.




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