rude66 wrote:@trojax:
there is no such thing as the right setup. also you don't need a lot of gear to make music. some of the best stuff in the world was made with less than what you have..
also the a6 isn't that bad. its just complicated. i have some experience with it, and it can do really cool stuff if you know how..
This is absolutely true, if you know how to really compose music like chord progression, melody, etc.. that is what is most important. Sure you can have all the classic gear authentic to the Transistor, but if you don't have down at least some keyboard scales what a waist. Let me borrow your gear.
The problem with alot of VA gear is just with the presets. There is so much fantasy trance crap programmed that you feel like it's not your style of instrument but as soon as you make a few presets with just the basic tones: saw/ramp/tri/sine it can be very useful. Even the simple Popcorn dry sound with a clever arp sounds good.
I always wanted an A6 and I have demo'd one proper, it takes longer to create sounds but it is very powerful and has the advantage of saving your work over all the horrible presets. I ended up getting an Alesis Ion the week that was release cuz it was in my budget. There was an Ion patch making contest to promote it with the A6 as the grand prize. I came in second place and won monitor speakers. So close...
The Ion sounds good enough for me. That Hypersynth Editor makes it easier also for the micron if any one wondered about that. It might not have the big real frequency range but for track filling it is really good stuff. One plus is the lack of onboard FX. Like that you hear what it really sounds like, the presets are all classic rock. If they ever contimued the Ion sound engine on some kind of Ion 2 I would get one again.
To stay on the subject I just sold my Nord Modular g2, yeah I'm that bozo on ebay recently. It is very powerful but the sound is not really good IMO and the editing is easy but it can be overkill. I dreaded firing it up because I knew instead of laying down notes i was going to spend time creating fantasy machines.
I am really into the simple tones right now that's why it's overkill. I have a real Modular for patching anyways.
I can use that money to design/make more real analog VCF and VCO's.
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