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PistolP
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Dear fellow sluts, first of all happy holidays!
I could get a DSI Rev2 for a fair price and I am contemplating to buy it but since I never really have had any analog or even hardware synths (only played them a bit in stores and other studios) my question is if it would give me a new palette, more organic sounds and something extra that I do not get from virtual instruments. I am producing pop, some hip hop and some edm.
I started venturing into hardware synths a few years ago, after 10+ years in-the-box. Here's what I learned:
- You won't necessarily make any sounds you can't make with software, other than the nuances of that specific synthesizer (just like when you pick up a new VST synth) and...
- That special 'analogue warmth' that everyone bangs on about. It's addictive, but it's super subtle - it's like audio cigarettes
- Touching knobs really does count for a lot, whether you think it will or not. It changes the decisions you make while creating music, and therefore changes the outcome of the music. I find it to be more inspired when I am physically interacting with something
- Make sure that you have an actual use in mind for the thing you're buying, rather than just a "want" for it. Don't buy something because it is analogue, for example. Buy it because you can envisage what you'll use it for.
- As per my last point, do your research. Read a lot about a lot of different synths. Pick the one that you can see working with your creative flow the best, and the one that you can see being the most useful
I was torn between the Rev2 and the Peak earlier this year. For me, the Peak won, because the filter sounds fatter, it can do wavetables and linear FM, and has 3 analogue distortion stages which cover everything from warmth to the apocalypse. I've not regretted it for a second. The Rev2 is a fantastic synth, but they are very different. Get the one that speaks to you the most.