Hey Sonic fam, hows everybody?
Ok so in the next say month when I finish my course I am looking at getting a hardware synth, just not really feeling learning how to use a synth using my mouse! I am sure a lot of people might agree. I am a big fan of funky and disco house, even disco music, and artists such as mylo, tensnake and other ‘new wave’ sort of people.
I am wondering whether to buy something new like a Roland Gaia, or to get a vintage analogue or digital synth, such as a juno or something else from the 80s. Again I am a big fan of the chillout sort of stuff, the funky disco house style, I am a really chill out person.
Would love a second opinion, quite often a vintage synth comes on the local auction website, but can I do all the same things on something like the Gaia?
I would love to get a Jupiter - but those are expensive and very rare.
Again, I know to get something to suit the needs, but some of you should have a bit more experience i what may suit my needs.
Cheers for any help!
Harrison
hey bro .I was thinking if you want to get some kind of funky or discoish sounds from a synth , a Moog voyager would be the best investment .
I think u can create the same sound in different synths. but i think that certain characteristic like the filter or routing will make the difference for what u are looking for. did you tried samplers ? or maybe VSTs? they have good emulation of the real synths but need extra processing in some of them .
anyways gl buying your synth
They are all good, No Point in getting into the analogue Vs Digital argument because there are as many of each that sound good and bad.
For Disco sounds Nice stabs, Brass and Strings then simply put the best synth is the Korg M1 but its not gona teach you a great deal programmability.
The Virus is a good all-round synth (Not a huge fan) and also the Nord lead 2 or 3 have many good patches to get you started.
No hardware synths are head and shoulders above each other, they just have their own little niceties and its only really you that can decide which you really like, just because one person loves a synth doesn’t mean you will even like it.
Hey man, I have quite a few analog synths in my studio. It really depends on what you want. Every synth has its characteristics to make it sound slightly different. What do you want to create. Although I absolutely LOVE Moog gear, and I own alot of it, its not good for pads. Its a monosynth, so its not SUPER versatile. You would definitely want a poly synth. But the best one that I could think of for you, would be a Juno 106. It has MIDI capability. It has character. You can run it in mono or poly mode. The bass is ridiculous. And lastly, its super easy to program. Did I mention that its cheap? Yeah. If you have other questions, let me know.
What country are you in?
I miss my Juno 106 
[quote]slender (15/11/2010)[hr]I miss my Juno 106 :([/quote]
your Juno says hello. I have it now.
[quote]howiegroove (15/11/2010)[hr][quote]slender (15/11/2010)[hr]I miss my Juno 106 :([/quote]
your Juno says hello. I have it now.[/quote]
Treat her right 
yo man i am in new zealand! theres occasionly some good synths on the local auction website. I love 80s music, love the beautiful brass sounds they had back then, still gota save up, prob waiting for round christmas time. Really unsure about shipping something that big round here, would be bloody expensive so gota wait for a good deal.