I have Yamaha Montage M8x and Oberheim TEO-5.

I can afford to buy and have space for one more synth (and then forget about hardware synths for a while, at least because I won't have the money to buy any more synths).

I have shortlisted the ones in the title. Hope those make sense!

Main requirements: Brand new (mainly as finding second hand is either not possible or reliable where I am), 61 keys, aftertouch, at least 8 voices.

• I know Fantom 6 EX is a workstation synth, but I have been wanting the Roland sounds in hardware despite having Roland Cloud software instruments. For the latter reason, I am thinking twice if it is worth to get Fantom 6 EX and rather spend money on one of the other options.
• When it comes to Prophet Rev2, 8-voice is readily available, but I am checking for 16-voice version, which then also makes selection even with Novation Summit in this aspect. However, Prophet Rev2 8-voice and Novation Summit prices I am getting here are comparable, and I expect Rev2 16-voice to be about $800 more than Summit. So, I am wondering how to go about it.

From sound point of view, either should be OK based on the demos I have heard at various places, but I would be interested in knowing more on this from people who have these synths to help in decision making.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I'll buy a YAMAHA PSR synthesizer SX-720 in perfect condition. English panel.

Hello,
I tried to sync the Keystep Pro with the Reaper Midi-clock and I thought I could just start and stop sequences on the keystep either on itself of via Midi Cc messages. But everytime I press start in Reaper it send start signals immediately and the Keystep starts as well. I tried to turn off enable midi messages and turn on midi clock in reaper, but then the keystep doesnt receive clock anymore and if I leave enable midi messages on in reaper and turn off only the receive of transport messages on the keystep it also doesnt work. I‘m sending the keystep back, because I couldnt find a solution online and AI is hallucinating and therefore no help.
Does anybody know a different sequencer where it works with reaper, like for example the korg sq64, or any other solution to this. I want to just sync the clock and the sequence and either send dedicated cc messages start/stop or just start stop on the sequencer to master external hardware that is slaved to the sequencer.
I‘m grateful for any help, because midi routing is driving me crazy.
Cheers

Help from the hive mind please! I'm looking for a first synth with a keyboard that I can use as part of a live indie set. Along with playing the odd riff, the primary requirement is an aux input so that I can bring in mp3s/wav clips etc for performing interesting noise between songs and for layering over quiet bits etc.

I don't want to spend loads (£200 ish if possible?). My first thought was a microkorg but before I complete the time-travel back to 2005 I thought I'd see if there was anything else that was potentially better/cheaper for the task?

Thanks very much!

ive been trying to recreate death grips synths for ages now,and the cage is one that i cant figure out. im just wondering if first how can i learn to make synths,and how to make this one in particular

What kind of VST do you think this is?

Hi everyone,

I’m looking for a reasonably priced MPE desktop synth to use with my LinnStrument. Ideally something fairly compact that I can take out for live performances.

The main ones I’m considering are the Dreadbox Nymphes, Erica Synths Steampipe, and Modal Argon8M/Cobalt8M. My problem is that I haven’t had a chance to play any of them, especially with an MPE controller, so I’d love to hear from people who have.
A bit of background: I come from playing guitar and mostly use the stock synths in Bitwig and Ableton. I really enjoyed the GR-300 model in the BOSS SY-1000, and I love the expressive synth leads in Blade Runner. I also listen to a lot of Barker and Deepchord, so I’d like to explore dubby chords and evolving pads alongside lead playing.

I already have a Digitakt II, Digitone II and Novation Peak. This would mainly be a dedicated instrument for the LinnStrument, including playing chords with one hand and a lead with the other.

If you’ve used any of these with a LinnStrument, how do they feel to play? How responsive are the pressure and slide controls, and how easy is it to build expressive patches on the synth itself? Any quirks worth knowing about?

Other recommendations in a similar size and price range are welcome too. Thanks!

Just found that video. How do you feel, is it anywhere similar to original Virus sound ?

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What are your thoughts and experiences?

It has a touch sensitive touch capacitive poly aftertouch keyboard .🎹 I’ve never played a touch capacitive keyboard before only regular synth keybeds.The Stellar Edition has different features . Three new granular engines and samples. Do you consider the Stellar Edition a better choice considering its features? It was released in 2023 where the MicroFreak was released in 2019. Was wondering 🤔 what the poly after touch was like and your opinions pros and cons. I’ve never played a poly aftertouch keybed with a touch capacitive keyboard before. My synths OBX8,P10Rev4 and PRO3SE only have single channel mono aftertouch .

There's a whole world being opened up in synth engineering, Seven (Kai) is hard at work on it