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Hi, I've been increasingly in need of some new equipment for my 'studio' and am interested in purchasing a hardware synth but have no idea where to start.
Can anyone point me in the right direction, thanks.

my 'studio' consists of a mac book pro with logic 8 with no external plug-ins. hence my desire to expand!

How much are you looking at spending?

around 500 max

is there any websites that anyone could reccomend aswell.

i'd invest in monitors, headphones, some sort of input controler (pads/keys/both) and a decent a/d converter before i'd suggest a hardware synth. the ES2's a great synth plug; if that ain't gettin yr panties in a bundle, then try predator or massive as plugins.

If you can afford it, the Roland SH-201 is fantastic. Will keep you busy for months!

I really like my R3. There's nothing I want that it can't do.

I'm going with what sharmaji said.

Sharmaji wrote:i'd invest in monitors, headphones, some sort of input controler (pads/keys/both) and a decent a/d converter before i'd suggest a hardware synth. the ES2's a great synth plug; if that ain't gettin yr panties in a bundle, then try predator or massive as plugins.

lol woops. I forgot to add that I have a pair of decent monitors + a sub

check out the novation synths

Xstation and Xiosynth

synth / midi controller combo

i <3 my micron

used virus b if you wanna make the bro, hahahaha

Alesis Micron
Novation XioSynth

nowaysj wrote:used virus b if you wanna make the bro, hahahaha

LOL

you can do anything with an access virus...

not just "the bro"

and good luck finding a used acces virus for under $500

Sharmaji wrote:i'd invest in monitors, headphones, some sort of input controler (pads/keys/both) and a decent a/d converter before i'd suggest a hardware synth. the ES2's a great synth plug; if that ain't gettin yr panties in a bundle, then try predator or massive as plugins.

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FSTZ wrote:

nowaysj wrote:used virus b if you wanna make the bro, hahahaha

LOL

you can do anything with an access virus...

not just "the bro"

and good luck finding a used acces virus for under $500

Think you can find a b for around that. I just found one in an old box.

I was a different person when I used to own the b, but going through it now, I can easily tell that nasty is what this thing excels at.

nowaysj wrote:

FSTZ wrote:

nowaysj wrote:used virus b if you wanna make the bro, hahahaha

LOL

you can do anything with an access virus...

not just "the bro"

and good luck finding a used acces virus for under $500

Think you can find a b for around that. I just found one in an old box.

I was a different person when I used to own the b, but going through it now, I can easily tell that nasty is what this thing excels at.

yeah, I hear that

but nasty doesn't always = bro

$500 is a steal

partition wrote:Hi, I've been increasingly in need of some new equipment for my 'studio' and am interested in purchasing a hardware synth but have no idea where to start.
Can anyone point me in the right direction, thanks.

my 'studio' consists of a mac book pro with logic 8 with no external plug-ins. hence my desire to expand!

Go for a Waldorf Blofeld - 379,- Eur

http://www.thomann.de/gb/waldorf_blofeld.htm

Its a Wavetable synth, makes for HUGE basses, nice pads, great FX and shit
Or try a used Virus B from ebay

See one Buy it Now on the bay for $560, a little scratch and an electrical taped power supply. Thinking of selling mine for some dj stuffs. My shit is pristine! Was hoping to get more than $550 for it though.

FSTZ wrote:but nasty doesn't always = bro

But bro always ='s nasty.

And, even worse, dubstep ~ bro.