Bucktunes Posted December 22, 2001 Share Posted December 22, 2001 I mean, besides for playing live, of course. I'm talking about recording purposes. Think of all the great music that was made with synths that "only" had 8, 5, 4, or 2 voices available. Who wouldn't want a Minimoog, and it's monophonic! The reason I brought it up is because I still see people complaining that certain virtual analogs "only" have 8 or 12 voices. Now that we have affordable digital recording with practically unlimited tracks, it seems to me that it wouldn't be necessary to have more polyphony than you have fingers. At least for synth parts. Piano or piano type parts are another issue! Whaddaya say? Peace all, Steve ><> Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenthplanet Posted December 22, 2001 Share Posted December 22, 2001 I think it goes along with people not knowing how to overdub. It wasn't all that long ago that we would have killed to have 10 voices (one for each finger) and affordable; forget it. That is not a problem anymore. Now the problem lies with the humans. Michael -------------------------------------------------------------- "" The best sequencer has ten fingers and hums" Q:What do you call a truck with nothing in the bed,nothing on the hitch, and room for more than three people in the cab? A:"A car".... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod S Posted December 22, 2001 Share Posted December 22, 2001 I agree. I can't remember the last time I put my synths on multi-timbral mode for recording. I rather dump the midi track to audio and then switch patches, or use another synth. If it's not a percussion type sound (piano, clavinet), or a pad, I don't care for polyphony that much. It's just gotta sound good, dammit Korg Kronos X73 / ARP Odyssey / Motif ES Rack / Roland D-05 / JP-08 / SE-05 / Jupiter Xm / Novation Mininova / NL2X / Waldorf Pulse II MBP-LOGIC American Deluxe P-Bass, Yamaha RBX760 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bryce Posted December 22, 2001 Share Posted December 22, 2001 Originally posted by Rod CA: I agree. I can't remember the last time I put my synths on multi-timbral mode for recording. I rather dump the midi track to audio and then switch patches, or use another synth. Fully agreed. Big time. Word for word. dB ==> David Bryce Music • Funky Young Monks <== Professional Affiliations: Royer Labs • Music Player Network Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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