Good cheap way to get classic synth sounds?
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Topic: Good cheap way to get classic synth sounds?
Posted By: Soulman
Subject: Good cheap way to get classic synth sounds?
Date Posted: May 16 2006 at 19:20
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Hey, I came up with this good idea, and I was wondering if this would be a good idea. I'm thinking instead of spending loads of money on getting synthesizers for the band, I could just have attach a midi controlled keyboard to a laptop with a music studio program and set it to virtual instrument plugin of some kind, say for Cubase, and then connect the laptop via audio adaptor to your amplifier and Viola! Instant synthesizer. Although I haven't really heard the sounds from these virtual instruments, I'm going to take the guess they don't quite match the warmthness of the sound of higher quality synthesizers. But is this a good feasible idea? Thanks so much  ------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Don't Kill the Whale, Dig it Dig it" - Jon Anderson I shall live by those words all my life Jon |
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Posted By: goose
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 06:42
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It's definitely feasible; if you already have something like Cubase (you're not going to need anything expensive if this is all you're using it for, so long as it supports VST plugins) then you can try some free ones today - I belive some of those are barely short of the commercial ones.
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Posted By: Flyingsod
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 20:04
Yeah VST's are the way to go. They are ultimatly more usefull. Although I will warn, the really good ones you'd want to use professionally carry professional level price tags. I'm sure longtime professional musicians and people with freaky sensitive ears can hear the differences but for most people the best VST's are nearly indistiguishable from real. (although the real thing might be cheaper ) There's plenty of free ones and even free (demo) software available for these things if ya want to try it. I play with quite a few free vsts, its fun.
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Posted By: Flyingsod
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 20:09
| Oh yeah! With Some VSTs you get an actual reproduction of the original instrument. Like on good mini moog vsts you'd get an actual mini moog interface with working sliders and switches and pots... it's great fun for those of us that will never be able to buy a real one. |
Posted By: Nakatira
Date Posted: May 18 2006 at 08:25
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Kvraudio.com has loads of freebies.
There is also one guy who goes by the name "the man", whose got hundreds of them.
use google ------------- http://daccord-music.com/home.cfm |