Any synth users out there?

I've been playing with the Behringer Wasp for a week or so. It's cool! Some unsorted thoughts:
  • I'm still getting familiar with it, but it's been a lot more stumble-upon-a-sound-and-jam-with-it than find-that-sound-in-my-head.
  • The filter can get wild, and pretty much all of its range is usable enough.
  • No PWM on the VCOs. You can detune VCO2 but they're mixed before the LFO gets at them.
  • It's bright. You can get a lot of deep, heavy, wet, slippery sounds, but I keep winding up with gnarly sounds that would compete in the same tonal range as a 5150 or some shit.
  • Its MIDI is easily confused and/or confusing. E.g., priority doesn't track what I thought I knew about that, which is admittedly little. A basic sequencer can make it (partially) shut down, fixed by all notes off or reset commands.
Overall, I really dig it. It feels like it wants to play synth punk. If I could only have one, I might save up for a K-2/MS-20. which has more options. But the Wasp definitely works like a live instrument that you can go off on, vs nerd out on, in my most humble opinion.
 
derevaun said:
I've been playing with the Behringer Wasp for a week or so. It's cool! Some unsorted thoughts:
  • I'm still getting familiar with it, but it's been a lot more stumble-upon-a-sound-and-jam-with-it than find-that-sound-in-my-head.
  • The filter can get wild, and pretty much all of its range is usable enough.
  • No PWM on the VCOs. You can detune VCO2 but they're mixed before the LFO gets at them.
  • It's bright. You can get a lot of deep, heavy, wet, slippery sounds, but I keep winding up with gnarly sounds that would compete in the same tonal range as a 5150 or some shit.
  • Its MIDI is easily confused and/or confusing. E.g., priority doesn't track what I thought I knew about that, which is admittedly little. A basic sequencer can make it (partially) shut down, fixed by all notes off or reset commands.
Overall, I really dig it. It feels like it wants to play synth punk. If I could only have one, I might save up for a K-2/MS-20. which has more options. But the Wasp definitely works like a live instrument that you can go off on, vs nerd out on, in my most humble opinion.
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That MK2 version the k-2 is terrific! Has all the additions of the limited edition module by Korg, and it really is quite a different machine compared to the MS20s of the past. Plus, all the patch points... You can do fun things with pedals that way inside its signal chain!
 
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derevaun said:
Its MIDI is easily confused and/or confusing.
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Using the MS-5's pitch bender will cause a connected model D to lock up on a random frequency and require a power cycle. (The pitch stick is disappointing, by the way.)

Sometimes I feel the midi implementation is both wide and weird. It can do a great deal, but then it feels like a basic thing is missing.

Using S/H to trigger the ADSR basically sends a single midi key trigger + key held down signal instead of retriggering the note like one would think. Means the D signal eventually just fades out of that rhythmic drone.

Oh well. It's looking a gift horse in the mouth, I suppose.
 
Don’t forget Gang of Four! Most menacing melodica…

I’ve got an old Hohner one that I mess around with at home, but I recently picked up this app as well:
apps.apple.com

Melodica App - App Store

Download Melodica by Mellowmuse Ltd on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like Melodica.
apps.apple.com apps.apple.com
Not quite as fun as the real thing, but cool for jammin’ on the iPad during lunch break 👍
 
pricklyrobot said:
Don’t forget Gang of Four! Most menacing melodica…

I’ve got an old Hohner one that I mess around with at home, but I recently picked up this app as well:
apps.apple.com

Melodica App - App Store

Download Melodica by Mellowmuse Ltd on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like Melodica.
apps.apple.com apps.apple.com
Not quite as fun as the real thing, but cool for jammin’ on the iPad during lunch break 👍
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I haven't heard that in ages. I'm going to have to hear the whole album now.
 
Probably a bigger synth user than guitar player these days. They just keep showing up here for some reason.

Mostly spend time with my Deluge, but love my big Studiologic Sledge and have recently gotten into a bunch of drone synths, like the Audrey II and a bit of modular by way of the Workshop System (which has a pedal send/return built in, so even more fun)
 
I'm new to synth, long time piano player. Got a Yamaha Reface CS to get used to the controls and to see if it sticks, which has been super fun. But I slightly prefer the sounds I get on the (somehow free) PG-8X VST. The Yamaha has a 3-pole filter, so I wonder if that's part of the reason I don't find it as warm as the PG-8X.
 
phi1 said:
I'm new to synth, long time piano player. Got a Yamaha Reface CS to get used to the controls and to see if it sticks, which has been super fun. But I slightly prefer the sounds I get on the (somehow free) PG-8X VST. The Yamaha has a 3-pole filter, so I wonder if that's part of the reason I don't find it as warm as the PG-8X.
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I've heard good things about the CS. I have the Reface CP in my live setup for electric piano sounds (and as a MIDI controller for my Deluge). Those little keys are much more playable than I first expected
 
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