But even then, the process may involve tracking rare components that are hard to find. There's a good bit of folks who actually love repairing gear, so maintenance can be enjoyable. Those things degrade over time and require maintenance. ![]() You also won't have to deal with the inherent problems that come with hardware. Note, fair bit of modern synths communicate well with DAW's - but still. But ever tried getting something like a bass glide _just right_? That needs some extremely accurate tuning. I know, something like vibrato is rather easy to play out. No need to look for awkward solutions or any requirement to play out those changes live. You'll also get to automate parameters with complete ease. The software sounds more than enough like the respective hardware units, except usually you get more features packed alongside, such as having more voices, more expansive controls over unison detune and such. If we inspect software synthesizers and limit our inspection to companies that know what they're doing, software just has the upper hand. ![]() This might not be a very popular opinion and I'll be surprised if I don't get downvote-bombed, but hear me out. The interface requires further research and potentially other more bespoke bits of kit. ![]() There’s a few more things I want to research but I feel safe in currently picking up two desktop synths and then a Keystep pro before grabbing either a keylab 61 or 88 for playing about with. Music isn’t my job, it’s just a hobby so having a total music battle station wouldn’t be ideal for me as the ideal space is currently a home office for when I’m wfh.Īre there any killer differences between most synths that have a desktop version and one with keys?Ĭan I just say thanks to everyone here, this has been a massive help and everyone’s different opinions and information have been tremendous. It seems to me that getting one larger good quality controller and then at least one desktop synth would be a good starting point rather than getting one with a built in keyboard, then another and then another etc. It’s been enjoyable, my hardware so far is a minilab mk2, a Beatstep pro and a Korg nanokey studio. So my synth experience is limited to V collection 8 on my laptop and a plethora apps on my iPad.
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