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[Stripey]

Originally Posted by emergency72

Just really started getting into the pro53...the sound isn't amazing (although I always beef these things up through a valve compressor out of the box) but it's the first synth I've been able to really understand whats going on when I'm tweaking things and it's helped me get the concept of it all...I come from a strictly guitar based background so adopting this technology (no matter how old it is!) is all a bit new. I've no idea where to start with the Jupiter, i've just been going through all the presets and tweaking from there (same with Massive) but I would be really lost if I hadn't learnt some stuff on the pro53. Native instruments is all good stuff to my ears... (B4, Battery, Elektrik Piano etc. as well as Guitar Rig) The Arturia stuff is great also. That's about all I play with. Another cool one is Rob Papen's Albino, they have a new one out called Predator that looks good aswell.

Yeah I actually use Albino3 as the main instrument in 90% of my tracks, it's been my favourite synth for a long time now, version 3 has layers now so you can have up to 4 different patches running as one, effectively giving you 16 seperate oscillators to play with. The new effects bank is really useful aswell.
I think it's a good idea to find 1 or 2 synths that you really like and spend the time to learn them inside out, so you know you can sit down and create the sound which you want from scratch in very short time - it's a much more deliberate way of writing than aimlessly going thru the factory patches of 4 or 5 synths until you find a sound that seems to fit...

[RockAustin]

I've just discovered I get some amazing effects by connecting my JP 8000 through Boss DR-880 drum machine. At first it sounded pretty grainy but after sorting out arpeggiators, rhythms, and upper and lower parts, there were some amazing sounds. I also attached an expression pedal and assigned to cut off frequency to get that dance feel to it – the pedal is great as it keeps hands free for other little tweeks and playing.

I’ve also found it is good when you add a distortion pedal into the mix. Next experiment will be with Whammy pedal.