Synth Chat

[jeremyb]

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[HackSaw]

if you're having fun with hardware let me know if you want to buy my one of these?

[hellblazer]

This is great, pretty much what I'm always trying to do with my A4 and failing, ahah.

[jeremyb]

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Been following this from the start, it turned up on syntaur which is a US channel based on repairing all the good gear (well worth a watch, its a rabbit hole)



But Chris is a great guy, and is persistent in his quest

[jhyang549]

The Rockshop are doing some good discounts at the moment for some Modal synths.

The full-sized keyboard versions of these synths (8 has 37 keys/3 octaves and 8X has 61 keys/5 octaves) feature FATAR TP9/S keybeds. These keybeds are considered the gold standard in today's synthesizers by the synthesizer community. They are semi-weighted, velocity sensitive and can do channel aftertouch (not polyphonic aftertouch).

Regarding the sound engines, the Argon series feature a wavetable synth engine whilst Cobalt is a Virtual Analog synth engine. The Argon has a much broader sound palette as it can use wavetables whilst Cobalt can only do classic oscillator shapes (e.g. Pulse, Sawtooth). Tone wise, I prefer the Cobalt over the Argon.

If anybody is looking for a unit that doubles as a standalone synth AND a great MIDI keyboard, I'd suggest looking at these. To put the pricing in perspective, the Rockshop is selling the Argon 8X for $1,199. The only other MIDI controller (no synth engine) that Rockshop sells with a 61-key Fatar keybed is the Native Instruments KOMPLETE KONTROL S61 MK2, which they are selling for $1,399.