What's Your Favourite Synthesis Type?

[DZA]

Well i know fuck all about synthesis types so ill wait for someone else to lay it down for you

Ain't going to happen, they are the same thing

Just you wait

[3za]

Well i know fuck all about synthesis types so ill wait for someone else to lay it down for you

Ain't going to happen, they are the same thing

Just you wait

I'm waiting...

[paravrais]

Subtractive VSTs are winning? BORING FORUM PEOPLE.

[upstateface]

Samplers

[3za]

Samplers

@ DZA, I am still waiting

[shaneynclan]

right now i'm really into Formant synthesis with FM also.

[nowaysj]

Because I'm not reproducing the sounds of voltron's digestive track after eating yellow curry, I'm with subtractive analog. Not that I have one, I'm totally va, but if that's as close as I can get, that's what I do.

Subtractive analog just sounds good pretty much across the board at the osc level, and then add to that filters that are alive, that don't step when swept, and then add to that envelopes that are really really fast... I will grant that other forms of synthesis can produce more interesting sounds, nothing produces sounds that just natively sound as good as actual subtractive analog.

I really like a good sounding fm bass from a pure pleasure perspective, but the pleasure zone there seems smaller, though the "interesting" zone is larger.

But beyond all that, subtractive is just so easy to do. It's like if I'm working on a track, and I think, I need x, I can pretty much whip out any competent va and make x pretty quickly, and get on with writing the track. The same cannot be said of fm, for example. I mean you can do simple bass patches, but hell, you can also do simple fm on a good subtractive.

Ah anyway, this argument is fallacious, because I love every synthesis technique. I love all of the different sounds and workflows, and just everything about everything. I just love synths.

[CBK81]

Because I'm not reproducing the sounds of voltron's digestive track after eating yellow curry, I'm with subtractive analog. Not that I have one, I'm totally va, but if that's as close as I can get, that's what I do.

Subtractive analog just sounds good pretty much across the board at the osc level, and then add to that filters that are alive, that don't step when swept, and then add to that envelopes that are really really fast... I will grant that other forms of synthesis can produce more interesting sounds, nothing produces sounds that just natively sound as good as actual subtractive analog.

I really like a good sounding fm bass from a pure pleasure perspective, but the pleasure zone there seems smaller, though the "interesting" zone is larger.

But beyond all that, subtractive is just so easy to do. It's like if I'm working on a track, and I think, I need x, I can pretty much whip out any competent va and make x pretty quickly, and get on with writing the track. The same cannot be said of fm, for example. I mean you can do simple bass patches, but hell, you can also do simple fm on a good subtractive.

Ah anyway, this argument is fallacious, because I love every synthesis technique. I love all of the different sounds and workflows, and just everything about everything. I just love synths.

Good post! I like to use a variety of synthesis types. I lean toward fm and additive when I'm not using massive. I'm soooo ready for alchemy to add fm synthesis!

[makemerich]

damn. to me there are 2 types of synths. some go bing. some go boom.

[futures_untold]

Voted granular. Really wavetable too, they are so similar and I can't possibly choose between them...but I guess I did XD

Not necessarily as the sound source could be derived from a different synthesis type no?

Wavetable ftw!

[paravrais]

Aah nowaysj you've just pointed out that this question can be read in different ways. I read it as 'which is your favourite to use' rather than 'which do you like the sound of most'. Gotta love old analogue synths and samplers for sheer warmth of sound.

[paravrais]

Voted granular. Really wavetable too, they are so similar and I can't possibly choose between them...but I guess I did XD

Not necessarily as the sound source could be derived from a different synthesis type no?

Wavetable ftw!

I wish I'd voted wavetable now.

Also there's no option for whatever type of synthesis it is in alchemy where you import an image file and it turns the image into all kinds of sonic fuckery!?!?!

EDIT: Just realised there is, didn't see it before.

[Demian]

Yeah the Spectral synthesis engine in Alchemy is pretty sweet, and pretty easy to grasp.