Showing posts with label Synth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Synth. Show all posts

Monday, May 13, 2013

Buying Your First Analog Synthesizer: The 2013 Guide


2014 Edit: Thank you for the tremendous support of this guide!  This has easily become the most popular post of the site.  If you're looking for the latest synths, check out the 2014 analog synth guide.  This current page is still mostly relevant and I don't plan on removing it, so you can still enjoy the 2013 guide!

We're only in April of 2013 and we've already seen a huge influx of awesome gear come out.  I still see a fair amount of traffic on my "What to Buy" article, so I figured it was time to revamp the whole thing for a better look at the cool synths you can buy this year.  So without further ado, I give you Synth Guide 2013.

This guide will be focused on new synthesizers, so don't expect anything that's not currently in production.  Also, I may tend to focus on newer gear more so than older synths.

Special note:  I've included Amazon links on the names of all the synths, so if you're interested in buying from Amazon, use that link!  It'll help support the blog. #ad

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

How To Make Skrillex's Summit Lead


I've been following YouTube user PhortySiks for some time now, checking out his videos where he breaks down how to make certain synth sounds (mainly rave and dubstep type stuff).  He's actually pretty talented at getting it close, and he uses all soft synths from what I can see.  Here he is making the new Skrillex track's lead in Massive.  This is a pretty great track and features Ellie Goulding.  Compare the PhortySiks' to the original below.  I tried this sound out on a standard analog synth, and you can get pretty close as well.