As a guitarist, I've got gas for years but at a certain point I was really satisfied with my guitars, amps and effects collection. Gas had finally been replaced with peace of mind. Then a few years ago, I bought a synth...
Gosh, I consider myself lucky to have reached that “peace of mind” point with synths, guitars, and even sax 😅 after only a couple of each! At this point I’m just tired of research and comparison. And nothing stands out to me anymore as sounds I want to make but can’t.
@@kaitlyn__L I nearly bought a tenor but managed to avoid it again. Every July saxophones come up cheap because of all the highschoolers' parents selling them on. I really can't justify it because my altos already don't get enough love!
Looks, feel, build quality and UI is for me such massive thing for me, the sound is just one part of the cocktail that makes me want something I almost never buy something based solely on the sound.
If it’s just the sound, I’d often rather have a plugin. If it’s compelling hardware with crap sound, I’m also not interested. To me, for hardware to justify its own space, it must have both!
No discussion needed. Have what you want if that makes you happy (my kit list now would have blown my 15 year old mind when I picked up my just released EDP Wasp)
This is a great topic for conversation. I’ve been collecting guitars, basses, real synths, and virtual instruments for years. I am happy after I have “one of each” thing that makes “that sound”. After that, it is a question of upgrading, not adding, to the collection. I think ….
I felt the pain I had an OB-8 and sold it for £700 many years ago. I missed that rich sound for so long then the OB-X8 came along. I had to have it. I felt complete when I got it. Every synth has its place in sound and in the mix. So much exciting new stuff is out there. I can’t resist. My name is Lee and I have GAS
I haven't bought a new synth for ages. These days when I listen to/watch a potential synth purchase review or whatever, I ask myself what sound can it give me that a synth I already have cant. Great vid BTW. How about a studio tour? I don't recall you doing one before?
I enjoy the signal processing aspect, tactile feedback, and being able to mix CV signals from different synths. Heck I bought a $40 waveform generator from amazon and hooked it up to my Crave yesterday for an additional LFO/VCO. I never heard of Moog until this year, so my reasons are going to be different from others'. The sound also brings back memories of the 80s. It's fun!
I do prefer the tactile stimulation of hardware synths. I could happily buy many more but during the global chip shortage I decided that I really needed to know the synths I've got before buying more. That's really put a hold on buying because I'm digging deep into Roland ZEN-Core and that's kept me busy for well over a year and I can see it occupying me for many months more.
I completely agree. I have 35 synths and a hanful of effects units. I"ve often thought about selling off my gear, but they all have their place. They have a personality which is unique to their place in time. Hardware inspires me to experiment and to play real instruments.
Inspiration, exploration and the excitement of something new. The magic of music and sound and the journey. thank you Starsky I totally agree with everything you are saying, kind regards Mick.
I think everyone should decide for him/herself whether one need hardware synths. For me as a hobbyist, I would not want to do without hardware. Of course there are synths that I cannot afford (JP 8 etc.) that I use as an emulation and it is great to have this opportunity.
“Too busy looking for gear…” 😂 But yes, I do think that knowing one thing deep is usually better than being lightweight on a bunch of things. I think it’s more about food groups vs actually quantity of things. Like that one guy with a bunch of analog polys vs. a diet of analog, fm, wavetable, samplers, etc.
Really interesting. I, almost always, enjoy a bands first couple albums the most. Now, Heavy Metal is my first love, mostly Sludge and Doom and I always feel like the first couple/few albums are the most brutal and raw and creative. I absolutely agree with you about having your favorite pieces of gear that you know really well and you can use to get sounds you want, but I do feel like you do get really creative and experimental on new gear. Great video, thanks.
Yep, so many first and second albums are great then several albums further along inspiration strikes and they have another great album if they're lucky.
I’ve had lots over the years! But I’ve reduced it to just 3. An analogue poly, mono and my 88 note workstation. Never missed any of the others. Good video and discussion.
I can't afford hardware synths, so I use virtual instruments and I've found that same kind of thing like you describe with the hardware synths. I need the Juno-106, the OB-Xa, the Jupiter-6, the Yamaha CS-80, all for their unique sounds and features... Then there's the drum machines!! I have 1,000's of sounds to work with on my DAW but these vintage digital recreations are what fuel my creativity! Each synth is like a different member in my virtual band. It's truly a great time to be a musician. So many options!
i think if your buying vintage gear ,especially on ebay, as i do , i recon we goto move forward, somehow but i do get stuck with buying the stuff instead of writing time, and getting into the gear ive allready got, lol but yes agreed, its there for your enjoyment as long as you get that warm feeling off of a bit of gear then your made
You said it right, when a synth does what none other can do, it’s never too much to add that to your collection. I think it becomes too much when you don’t use certain synths anymore. I got to the point where I said , “ I hardly use this anymore, someone somewhere would die for this synth and it’s sitting here collecting dust.” I sold a bunch of rare stuff, for a huge profit in some cases, and the joy I’ve seen on other peoples faces when they buy a synth from you is priceless.
Yeah that’s a good point. As with all holidays they come to an end! I should’ve mentioned that most of it just passes through whether that’s over. Couple of months or a couple of years. We’re temporary custodians of the gear. Have a play, get what you can from it then move on. There will always be the permanent fixtures but spread the love if it’s collecting dust.
Great hilarious video. In fact I cure my GAS using your videos (combined with some some of your peers) by listening and observing how new gear uses synthesis and shapes sound. Then I run through my gear and look for gaps or inspiration. Usually, I find one or a combination of my synths, which cover the terrain of the "to be acquired" synth. Ok, I do have 20+ hardware synths ... but I must admit that the MS-5, which triggered the controversy seems to have a sound quality of its own. ...
One of the best videos in support of my hobby. So many truths. It’s a journey. It’s for fun. So much music out there my music it’s not for them it’s for me. Yes I will share on TH-cam for my family to see when I am gone. Off to play my new pro 3 se. I wrote a completely new track today exploring its newness. My first week with the camera as if were. 👍🏼🖖
I've got to say you are good at this - you do 'it' in an informative and funny way with real authenticity Starsky. I always look forward to watching and learning. Hope you have a great summer - when it arrives ;)
Some of the best Synthpop albums ever were recorded with just three or four synths. The first two Human League albums... No drum machine either! first three OMD albums and the first couple of Depeche albums. It's not what you have it is how you use it 😂
The most tricky thing I think is to choose neatly why am I going modular, and what this can do what the others synth can't. Else, no need to buy expensive eurorack system. So the why is most important. I know my system does things I won't be able to do with any other synth or computer as easily.
Think I've got a bit addicted to the easy endorphin hit from TH-cam research with occaisional purchases. Probably need to ban even the reserch until i've writen a tune or learned a tune on the stuff I've got. I know its a harder road for greater long term rewards but its like convicing a kid to swap toffee for broccoli 😂
I remember seeing an interview with Thom Yorke where he said he was at his most creative when using new gear that he didn’t fully understand how to use.
Starsky baby, I couldn’t have said it better, and your blending the legend synth sounds and the entire vid is a masterpiece. Slam dunk on this one. And I have to add, that the Ample ( I have one because of you) has the thickest yet cleanest low end on the earth. How are you going to top this vid haha.
Maybe a year ago I noticed that I was mainly thinking about new gear when I was somehow stuck in my creative process. Since then, when I start to think about new gear, my focus goes to the process, not the online shop ;-)
Very interesting topic. In my music on my channel, I find my most inspired work was the first stuff I wrote on new synths. Just flowed out I’m at a point now where I’m trying to downsize though, as some synths simply aren’t inspiring me anymore… but I also find having TOO MANY synths actually shuts me down due to option paralysis Great video and amazing topic Starsky 💜
Having been trapped in my music studio/bedroom for most of the last two weeks with covid, I came to the realization that I didn't touch half my synths after being forced to spend time with them. So I intend to sell half my collection and consolidate to fit them all on one keyboard stand. This will have the side benefit of simplifying my audio/midi routing. I'd rather have more space and do something else with the money. That might turn out to be putting more money into top-shelf software or something like an RME interface to get the absolute most out of my remaining synths, or it might be me pursuing other hobbies for a while. But watching these synths not get turned on for sometimes months at a time while I just clean and maintain them, I realized that doesn't make me happy.
Heck yeah! I have a one key-stand policy myself. Ideally it’s all plugged-in and ready to play or record. Not quite there yet but getting close. Hope you’re feeling better by the way, I had long covid most of last year and it was awful.
I collect plugin synths because I don't have the money or the space to collect hardware synths, and each synth does have its own things that it does best, and those can inspire us to write new music. I bought Arturia V Collection 9 when it came out and I'll be exploring that collection for years. But I'm also still exploring the Cherry Audio Quadra, which is really fun to use. GAS isn't just about hardware synths.
But I do own a Yamaha MX 88 and I like it a whole lot. For doing gigs, I needed something with piano, rhodes, and all the usual popular synth stuff I need.
When using hardware, there is one thing absent: The computer. When using your computer, your attention is on a screen, you access functions using your mouse, you might be in a state of mind like working on a spreadsheet, doing your taxes, writing emails... You have none of that when using hardware. Intuitively, you'd ask 'what do I gain with hardware'? But perhaps it is equally or even more important what you lose: One benefit of using hardware instruments might be that you get rid of factors that come with using a computer, things that potentially negatively impact your creativity.
I simply cannot afford to collect lots of gear so build my own Semi modular synth gear from scrapped electronics. The most fun thing with building my own custom hardware is that after a few weeks of creating sounds with them I make a bunch of modifications and start all over again, always something new to discover every time I change the systems internal normalled interlinks and features the fun factor kicks off all over again.. When Your sutup starts getting stale change it !
"Will it take a lot of time to become proficient with this bit of kit?" That's something I always think about because that's a factor for me. New gear can be very inspirational. But if you get frustrated or you're not built to sit down and read a manual, etc, KNOW THYSELF. Nothing's worse than buying an expensive piece of gear and not using it much because it kills your mojo than going on a side quest to get the thing to do something.
understand you when you say you sold things with regret. We've all done it. I sold a Jupiter 8 with MIDI in the year 2000 for €2,500, a Juno 106 for €600, an SH-101 for €500, and a TB-303 for €700. I still have my AKAI S-1000 and S-3200. I won’t sell them... Why would I? I don’t miss the TB-303 much, but the other three, I will get them back, no matter what it takes. Because tinkering with those little gadgets, with their mods and knobs, was really cool and entertaining. Almost always, a new song would come out of a new sound from those explorations. In the past, I did make money with electronic music. Today... it doesn't bring in more than €30 a month. So, why do I keep making music? For the journey. For the joy of creating. And now... I am trying to make a living from something else.
# of synths depends on how much space you have, # of record channels, and how long your phone can record. For me this ends up being around 20 synths. Any more and they don't fit into a 10 minute jam.
If something makes you feel good and you can afford it and it doesn’t hurt anyone, then all is well. I love music and I love synths, drum machines and bass guitars. I am under zero illusions about my ability to earn a single penny from any of it. I try to buy gear that I know will last and that I know will serve multiple purposes, so no one-trick ponies and I try to avoid gear that has a reputation for being unreliable. Over time I’ve gravitated towards gear from specific companies (like Elektron) with a strong community, great customer support and stellar build quality and that is designed for experimentation and happy accident sound design.
Yup, you don't even need any 3rd party plugins. I am embarking on a new project where I only plan to use Ableton Live Standard and its built-in instruments. Obviously, samples played in Simpler or Impulse or the new Drum Sampler can make a big difference to make your music sound less "preset" and more "individual". :) But to the video's topic: I don't think there is a number to be put on "how many are too many". It's all about whatever works for you, whoever you are and whatever inspires you. :)
I have maybe 5 synths sitting in the back room that need selling, culling gear I don't need or use, will bring a pretty penny, then I will buy some more gear!!!
Just before COVID I discovered the D-05 and grabbed one off eBay. Then slowly, as I found interesting bargains I picked them up. 5 figures later (heck 800 on decent cables) and some maintenance on kit I already had from the 90s, the interesting thing is that I still have very little that doesn't fit into its own unique slot amongst the other synths. And there's still room for more, I have nothing that sounds like the MS20 or Odyssey. If anything the holdup I have other than cash (obviously) is space now.
For me having something real to play on is key, since I was first trained to play wind in my school band along with others! I can’t really write music on a screen, or even on a staff on paper. I just, simply, have to play it. As to hardware, yeah, they’re all luxuries. Well, after getting comfortable keys in a controller that I got along with. Which I bundled into a synth purchase I’d wanted to make anyway, because buying the same keys in a MIDI controller separately was more expensive. But even then, I technically could’ve just gotten the controller and used my laptop if I didn’t happen to have the money. For me, I have one analogue and one FM in hardware hooked up all the time. I really like analogue filter chips, and mine has an external audio input so I can kind of get one bitimbral result out of the big analogue’s audio output from both playing together. I keep my microKORG around for its vocoder for guitar (though I also want to try it on sax), but I may review that once I’ve tried some other vocoder plugins on my computer. Especially as they can be applied after the fact with arbitrary modulation, etc etc. I’m keeping my childhood Yamaha PortaSound, but that’s mainly out of nostalgia - I haven’t used it directly in anything (yet). Though I am recreating its simple FM preset sounds on my proper FM synth for fun. I do feel like my “big two” do help me with my music, mainly by being quick to turn on and just play without getting distracted by project files or presets or other plugins. I’m not compelled to try the same MIDI applied to 20 different softsynths. It’s easier for me to focus on exploring the depths of possibilities - which is a mindset I picked up with wind as a child and later with string instruments as a teen. I came to synths as an adult. (Probably for the best, price wise.) But all that said, I both respect and am mildly jealous of my friends who can produce entirely in the box. Compose with piano roll or with trackers, and use plugins in ways I’d never have imagined. If I’d tried FruityLoops as a teen like some of my pals, and hadn’t already learned on acoustic hardware for a decade, it’s possible I would’ve learned that side of it instead.
This will sound morbid but I wanted to raise a point around having a lot of instruments/studio equipment and plans for it when we leave this earthly plane. The reason I want to bring this up is I recently helped someone I worked with who's brother passed away (suicide unfortunately). His brother was right into making dance music and this was evident with all the stuff I discovered when seeing the studio for the 1st time. Korg M1's/Roland D-50 + 10's. Quasimidi and Emu equipment. Studio gear such as kitted out PC/Interface. Large PA System. All of this left for his brother to sort out who knew nothing about synths (and also had a visual impairment). Eventually started taking stuff away, cleaning it and testing it to sell rather than it go to Cash Convertor. So has anyone thought about this and what plans you would like or have in place if, for whatever reason you are here today and gone tommorow?
I think the pro 800 would be a good investment as there’s nothing like it at that price point Good desktop synths in general seem more worth well as they don’t take up so much space like the korg xd and blowfield that’s said the blowfield is the only synth I think would be hard to recreate in a daw
Interesting idea: the best photos you take are in the first few days. That as an analogy for the creative injection provided by novelty. Maybe we should be buying used, playing with it for a month, making a few songs, selling and buying another used. Or maybe I should explore reactors included instruments and some of its blocks presets (They are like entire instruments on their own - the PRESETS- not the blocks environment ) not to mention the reactor user library…
That’s something I intended on mentioning but forgot.. I’ve just answered a comment saying essentially just that. You ll always have your keepers, but things pass through, we use them and enjoy them then move them on for someone else to enjoy.
Interesting. If money was no object and I had a big house, I'm sure I'd be buying some new gear every couple of days, with an ever growing modular set up in the basement to boot! 😉
Maybe it's GAS for some but the pursuit of new creative realms for others. I know each new album I've made over the past decade+ has started with a new load of instruments. Like it was a prerequisite for a new album. There must be new gear involved.
Yep. It's OK to just play with music gear for your own enjoyment. You don't have to justify owning any gear that inspires you. Workflow is the most important factor when choosing gear. Yet, I also want to always make sure that I'm not just acquiring gear for the sake of acquiring it. But, hey, who am I to tell someone else they shouldn't do that if they can afford it and want to. (Because by growing the market they enable economies of scale that help me pay less for the gear I buy!)
Hardware is just more inspiring to me. Computers all too often suck the joy out of playing music. I dont want a mouse. I want to turn knobs. While i DO use plugins for some things like effects, mixing and occasionally instruments, i prefer to use hardware as much as possible. If i was just using VSTs/plugins, i probably wouldn't make as much music as i do.
Want and need are not really a black and white dichotomy but a sliding scale, if you want to have all options open in your musical future. I didn’t 100% “need” the catalog of re-released classic synths that were released over the past decade, but I knew at some point I would start noodling on them, learn them as a unique instrument then implement them in my musical tracks. It also pained me to think I would be sitting there in the future lamenting the fact I could have had a new with warranty MiniMoog, Prophet 5 (10) or Oberheim OB-__ but waffled about pulling the trigger on that buy button. I would far more regret the not having than the having of the thing. It’s easy enough to put a thing on the used market if it ends up unused than trying to get it after production and the prices start going kukakanuka.
That is a interesting excuse. ‘I need it for the channel.’ 😂I only wonder when will i stop buying… i think this every month. Every month. And then looking back , i got 3 more things this month. And the month before. And if i sell something it just gets me into buying something else… this is going on now for years… i also enjoy repairing the old stuff a lot. Sometimes i prefer it over turning the working stuff on 😅
One mono analogue synth, one poly synth, one drum synth, one sampler, one microphone, independent effects and an 8 input audio interface. One portable recorder (gameboyesc). one day, in the distant future; GAS will mean "good at sex"...
How many synths you need relates to what kind of musician you are. If you're a studio musician you'll need quite a few to fill all the needs of the person who's hiring you. If you're a live performer you'll need your full rack of gadgets, but if you're just messing about (like I am these days) you'll be fine with 2-3 synths: One analogue mono for basses and effects, one FM for that kind of digital vibe and one polyphonic (vst) for pads and such. And you'll get a long way with that. I'm playing Behringer now, since I'm on a budget, so I have the 2600 and the neutron linked as my analogue, I have the deepmind 12 as my poly, and I have a few vst synths for digital spices, drums etc. I do have more synths, but I hardly ever even power them up.
What I'm actually going to experiment with more is a master keyboard. I'd like to try out some more unconventional keybeds, like the seaboard, the Haken Continuum or something like that in order to expand my playing style instead of only the sound.
@@larseikind666a main keyboard you really get along with can make a huge difference to expressiveness, even without being a funky form factor! Plus, then all your velocity and aftertouch curves are calibrated for the same keys.
GAS starts when we can afford to buy the synths we always wanted - that simple. Nobody who buys these synths is actually releasing music, lets be real. It's just about getting that sound you love and always wanted.
I find it is also important to ditch gear that no longer sparks joy. I always get a little hit of happy when I walk by my studio and see my beloved gear poised for creativity.
Sometimes I fantasize about how great it would be to have one guitar and one midi controller keyboard and do everything in the box (especially when something is broken). Then I see / touch / smell my stuff and know that I can't get rid of it. Unfortunately the physical hardware beings me joy so I'm stuck with it (and all the maintenance it brings).
I have 8 new and classic hardware synths, but I almost always use software because it sounds great, is so easy to work with and way more flexible. Lot's of amazing hardware out there today but I just cannot see wrapping more money up into gear that mostly just sits and looks cool.
I have 17 instruments =- synths/groove box/sampler/digital pianos. It is just enough, and every one sounds great. Gave away all my weaker synths I didn't like. and now the studio is "finished". I say finished because it is unlikely I will buy more than one more synth in the next 10 years. I research and experiment on each instrument until full understanding. Full means I can sound design 80% of the intended patch in my head, then finish in front of the instrument. All the instruments are very different, not a bunch of similar analog subtractive's. Took on the Kurzweil VAST/FM/KVA architecture. Roland Fantom06 complex design. Roland E-A7 extremely complex pattern sequencer. Electribe. FM design with a Yamaha DX. Various analog and digital subtractive's with full surface control. A Roland JunoDS/Korg Triton layer for very complex Vocoder patches. And the Korg Krome mulit-timbral architecture. I am in Heaven, it has taken me 17 years to get here since my divorce and the total loss of a 1980s/90s vintage studio.
I love hardware. Kind of a late 90s and rest of 2000s thing for me. Even though I was barely a teen. Computers, as much as they've helped have fucked some things up as well. Hardware are instruments though. Computers are, well computers. Saying that I work in Ableton using modern production methods. But hardware to me is musicianship. Computers are more like a utility thing. You can integrated the two of course. As for how many you need well I think if yo'ure doing modern edm (hardgroove, trance, garage, techno whatever) you just need one mono. Can probably do all that with a Minimoog or similar. Add a poly for pads and stuff like that although strictly speaking you can do poly ITB if you want to save some money. If you want to make lots of music though it's about technique and skills not stuff. It's always been like that. Still, I love my hardware and it's not going anywhere. There are also some things you still can't get in software. Like Kurzweil digital synths and something like a v synth and whole swath of analogues etc. Long live hardware I say.
It is quite easy to get free from GAS! BE POOR. If you can not buy them, you don't... I don't . . . 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😔 I have my fave sounds then I have some fave synths. In my case 09 synths, including a vocoder and a Theremin, A GOOD sampler and a SIMMONS SDS-5 would be enough for me. About Spotfuck... I got 1.97 BRL for 3000 plays . . .
Ah, ah! I removed my music from Spotify. Their recent policy of not paying you if your streams are less than a certain threshold was too much. Most of money made by my music came from other sources anyway, even before that.
@@wonderwheel80sand it’s crazy since that’s illegal in so many countries. A real sign of both their monopoly position but also their flagrant disregard as they squeeze every penny.
@@kaitlyn__L Didn't know it was even illegal somewhere, although I can understand why. What I cannot understand is why artists leave their music there, especially the ones which can't get past the threshold. I just can't see why should I accept my share going to "bigs".
Haaaa I feel you my good man. The Jupiter 4 is so badass looking and sounding, I can understand both why you sold it when all the other tech was coming in and why you eventually missed it. I bought my Rhodes in 1990 for 75 dollars, shipped it to Europe on a pallet with my books and records and a yamaha acoustic guitar about a year later, and eventually sold it for 1000 euros circa 2000. Now it's about twice that price or more, I'm thinking it's so damn expensive I want to try a Honer pianet with some guitar pedals since real cowboys don't really need sustain pedals anyway. And if a youtuber would be so kind to try a Pianet, Rhodes, or Wurli with the EHX 9 series organ, mellotron and e-piano pedals. Very curious about that! Could you for example make a pianet sound super-close to a Rhodes with the Key 9? Sounds reasonable. But I digress, this isn't about electric pianos. I need my Take 5, Behringer Cat, GrandMother, and Behringer VC340. My various grooveboxes and low-cost samplers are pretty cool too. Not sure yet about the basic Keystep-pro powered modular I just set up to next to the piano, time will tell. Wait. I'm only playing the piano and the acoustic guitar occasionally. Why are these instruments there?
When you decide to sell the Ample synth for 100, let me know ;-p I do wonder how much money you've generated for sellers/manufacturers. I've bought a few things after seeing your reviews, although I have no music talent, till after a few glasses of red that is. The TD3 was the first, cheapest & still my favourite
@@tangoandcash999 ya, that cost is insane, I wonder if it was a smart move, but.... every time I think of selling it, I hear how pro it sounds, and then I hold off. It really sounds like an almost 3000 dollar synth. shocking how much better than a cheaper synth.
As a guitarist, I've got gas for years but at a certain point I was really satisfied with my guitars, amps and effects collection. Gas had finally been replaced with peace of mind. Then a few years ago, I bought a synth...
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Gosh, I consider myself lucky to have reached that “peace of mind” point with synths, guitars, and even sax 😅 after only a couple of each! At this point I’m just tired of research and comparison. And nothing stands out to me anymore as sounds I want to make but can’t.
@@kaitlyn__L I nearly bought a tenor but managed to avoid it again. Every July saxophones come up cheap because of all the highschoolers' parents selling them on. I really can't justify it because my altos already don't get enough love!
No more discussion needed. Time to buy a new synth
Shit that OB-6 sounds so good.
Haha! 😂
Looks, feel, build quality and UI is for me such massive thing for me, the sound is just one part of the cocktail that makes me want something I almost never buy something based solely on the sound.
If it’s just the sound, I’d often rather have a plugin. If it’s compelling hardware with crap sound, I’m also not interested. To me, for hardware to justify its own space, it must have both!
The more stuff you buy, the less music you make. That's a fact! It's just a creativity killer!
“Buy more biscuits,” says the biscuit company. Just kidding - great video!
Two minutes in, I swear I could hear the rumble of shopping carts the world over getting filled.
No discussion needed. Have what you want if that makes you happy (my kit list now would have blown my 15 year old mind when I picked up my just released EDP Wasp)
This is a great topic for conversation. I’ve been collecting guitars, basses, real synths, and virtual instruments for years. I am happy after I have “one of each” thing that makes “that sound”. After that, it is a question of upgrading, not adding, to the collection. I think ….
I have multiple setups to focus on and rotate between, which helps keep things fresh without buying a new synth.
I felt the pain I had an OB-8 and sold it for £700 many years ago. I missed that rich sound for so long then the OB-X8 came along. I had to have it. I felt complete when I got it. Every synth has its place in sound and in the mix. So much exciting new stuff is out there. I can’t resist.
My name is Lee and I have GAS
I haven't bought a new synth for ages. These days when I listen to/watch a potential synth purchase review or whatever, I ask myself what sound can it give me that a synth I already have cant. Great vid BTW. How about a studio tour? I don't recall you doing one before?
A studio or a museum is what I ask myself.
It’s got an awful lot more new kit than vintage stuff. … that is the vintage rack behind me though!!
A museum is a dead place... a mausoleum of the past.
Collectors create museums, composers create workspaces.
I enjoy the signal processing aspect, tactile feedback, and being able to mix CV signals from different synths. Heck I bought a $40 waveform generator from amazon and hooked it up to my Crave yesterday for an additional LFO/VCO. I never heard of Moog until this year, so my reasons are going to be different from others'. The sound also brings back memories of the 80s. It's fun!
I do prefer the tactile stimulation of hardware synths. I could happily buy many more but during the global chip shortage I decided that I really needed to know the synths I've got before buying more. That's really put a hold on buying because I'm digging deep into Roland ZEN-Core and that's kept me busy for well over a year and I can see it occupying me for many months more.
I completely agree. I have 35 synths and a hanful of effects units. I"ve often thought about selling off my gear, but they all have their place. They have a personality which is unique to their place in time. Hardware inspires me to experiment and to play real instruments.
really appreciate what you are doing starsky, thank you!
Inspiration, exploration and the excitement of something new. The magic of music and sound and the journey. thank you Starsky I totally agree with everything you are saying, kind regards Mick.
I think everyone should decide for him/herself whether one need hardware synths. For me as a hobbyist, I would not want to do without hardware. Of course there are synths that I cannot afford (JP 8 etc.) that I use as an emulation and it is great to have this opportunity.
“Too busy looking for gear…” 😂 But yes, I do think that knowing one thing deep is usually better than being lightweight on a bunch of things. I think it’s more about food groups vs actually quantity of things. Like that one guy with a bunch of analog polys vs. a diet of analog, fm, wavetable, samplers, etc.
Really interesting. I, almost always, enjoy a bands first couple albums the most. Now, Heavy Metal is my first love, mostly Sludge and Doom and I always feel like the first couple/few albums are the most brutal and raw and creative. I absolutely agree with you about having your favorite pieces of gear that you know really well and you can use to get sounds you want, but I do feel like you do get really creative and experimental on new gear. Great video, thanks.
Yep, so many first and second albums are great then several albums further along inspiration strikes and they have another great album if they're lucky.
Great video. I have a few small synths and I love them
I’ve had lots over the years! But I’ve reduced it to just 3. An analogue poly, mono and my 88 note workstation. Never missed any of the others. Good video and discussion.
I can't afford hardware synths, so I use virtual instruments and I've found that same kind of thing like you describe with the hardware synths. I need the Juno-106, the OB-Xa, the Jupiter-6, the Yamaha CS-80, all for their unique sounds and features... Then there's the drum machines!! I have 1,000's of sounds to work with on my DAW but these vintage digital recreations are what fuel my creativity! Each synth is like a different member in my virtual band. It's truly a great time to be a musician. So many options!
i think if your buying vintage gear ,especially on ebay, as i do , i recon we goto move forward, somehow but i do get stuck with buying the stuff instead of writing time, and getting into the gear ive allready got, lol but yes agreed, its there for your enjoyment as long as you get that warm feeling off of a bit of gear then your made
Where the musician ends, the collector starts.
100% agree with you. Love your channel mate.
Thank you for reminding me Starsky, I need to buy more synths!
Haha… as if you need reminding 😂
The real answer to how many synths you need: Just one .............. more.
And it’s up to the individual as some of us like starting up an instrument and just playing in a tactile way wo a computer, internet, blah.
You said it right, when a synth does what none other can do, it’s never too much to add that to your collection. I think it becomes too much when you don’t use certain synths anymore.
I got to the point where I said , “ I hardly use this anymore, someone somewhere would die for this synth and it’s sitting here collecting dust.” I sold a bunch of rare stuff, for a huge profit in some cases, and the joy I’ve seen on other peoples faces when they buy a synth from you is priceless.
Yeah that’s a good point. As with all holidays they come to an end! I should’ve mentioned that most of it just passes through whether that’s over. Couple of months or a couple of years. We’re temporary custodians of the gear. Have a play, get what you can from it then move on. There will always be the permanent fixtures but spread the love if it’s collecting dust.
Great hilarious video. In fact I cure my GAS using your videos (combined with some some of your peers) by listening and observing how new gear uses synthesis and shapes sound. Then I run through my gear and look for gaps or inspiration. Usually, I find one or a combination of my synths, which cover the terrain of the "to be acquired" synth. Ok, I do have 20+ hardware synths ... but I must admit that the MS-5, which triggered the controversy seems to have a sound quality of its own. ...
One of the best videos in support of my hobby. So many truths. It’s a journey. It’s for fun. So much music out there my music it’s not for them it’s for me. Yes I will share on TH-cam for my family to see when I am gone. Off to play my new pro 3 se. I wrote a completely new track today exploring its newness. My first week with the camera as if were. 👍🏼🖖
I've got to say you are good at this - you do 'it' in an informative and funny way with real authenticity Starsky. I always look forward to watching and learning. Hope you have a great summer - when it arrives ;)
Some of the best Synthpop albums ever were recorded with just three or four synths. The first two Human League albums... No drum machine either! first three OMD albums and the first couple of Depeche albums. It's not what you have it is how you use it 😂
Definitely.. I make all those demos on single synths. Making whole tracks with the maximus was great fun.
The smpl track jam was nice 👍
So what would be your desert island synth(s) (let’s assume it’s got electricity)?
How many do you need? It’s the same as with guitars: X+1 😂
The most tricky thing I think is to choose neatly why am I going modular, and what this can do what the others synth can't. Else, no need to buy expensive eurorack system. So the why is most important. I know my system does things I won't be able to do with any other synth or computer as easily.
That’s why I got into eurorack. It’s a deep hole!
Think I've got a bit addicted to the easy endorphin hit from TH-cam research with occaisional purchases.
Probably need to ban even the reserch until i've writen a tune or learned a tune on the stuff I've got.
I know its a harder road for greater long term rewards but its like convicing a kid to swap toffee for broccoli 😂
I remember seeing an interview with Thom Yorke where he said he was at his most creative when using new gear that he didn’t fully understand how to use.
Bang on… 💥
Starsky baby, I couldn’t have said it better, and your blending the legend synth sounds and the entire vid is a masterpiece. Slam dunk on this one. And I have to add, that the Ample ( I have one because of you) has the thickest yet cleanest low end on the earth. How are you going to top this vid haha.
There's me thinking this was an anti-gas video😂
Maybe a year ago I noticed that I was mainly thinking about new gear when I was somehow stuck in my creative process. Since then, when I start to think about new gear, my focus goes to the process, not the online shop ;-)
Very interesting topic. In my music on my channel, I find my most inspired work was the first stuff I wrote on new synths. Just flowed out
I’m at a point now where I’m trying to downsize though, as some synths simply aren’t inspiring me anymore… but I also find having TOO MANY synths actually shuts me down due to option paralysis
Great video and amazing topic Starsky 💜
Having been trapped in my music studio/bedroom for most of the last two weeks with covid, I came to the realization that I didn't touch half my synths after being forced to spend time with them. So I intend to sell half my collection and consolidate to fit them all on one keyboard stand. This will have the side benefit of simplifying my audio/midi routing. I'd rather have more space and do something else with the money. That might turn out to be putting more money into top-shelf software or something like an RME interface to get the absolute most out of my remaining synths, or it might be me pursuing other hobbies for a while. But watching these synths not get turned on for sometimes months at a time while I just clean and maintain them, I realized that doesn't make me happy.
Heck yeah! I have a one key-stand policy myself. Ideally it’s all plugged-in and ready to play or record. Not quite there yet but getting close.
Hope you’re feeling better by the way, I had long covid most of last year and it was awful.
I collect plugin synths because I don't have the money or the space to collect hardware synths, and each synth does have its own things that it does best, and those can inspire us to write new music. I bought Arturia V Collection 9 when it came out and I'll be exploring that collection for years. But I'm also still exploring the Cherry Audio Quadra, which is really fun to use. GAS isn't just about hardware synths.
But I do own a Yamaha MX 88 and I like it a whole lot. For doing gigs, I needed something with piano, rhodes, and all the usual popular synth stuff I need.
When using hardware, there is one thing absent: The computer. When using your computer, your attention is on a screen, you access functions using your mouse, you might be in a state of mind like working on a spreadsheet, doing your taxes, writing emails... You have none of that when using hardware. Intuitively, you'd ask 'what do I gain with hardware'? But perhaps it is equally or even more important what you lose: One benefit of using hardware instruments might be that you get rid of factors that come with using a computer, things that potentially negatively impact your creativity.
I simply cannot afford to collect lots of gear so build my own Semi modular synth gear from scrapped electronics. The most fun thing with building my own custom hardware is that after a few weeks of creating sounds with them I make a bunch of modifications and start all over again, always something new to discover every time I change the systems internal normalled interlinks and features the fun factor kicks off all over again.. When Your sutup starts getting stale change it !
aaye! i sparked the fire lol great vid.
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"Will it take a lot of time to become proficient with this bit of kit?" That's something I always think about because that's a factor for me. New gear can be very inspirational. But if you get frustrated or you're not built to sit down and read a manual, etc, KNOW THYSELF. Nothing's worse than buying an expensive piece of gear and not using it much because it kills your mojo than going on a side quest to get the thing to do something.
understand you when you say you sold things with regret. We've all done it. I sold a Jupiter 8 with MIDI in the year 2000 for €2,500, a Juno 106 for €600, an SH-101 for €500, and a TB-303 for €700. I still have my AKAI S-1000 and S-3200. I won’t sell them... Why would I?
I don’t miss the TB-303 much, but the other three, I will get them back, no matter what it takes. Because tinkering with those little gadgets, with their mods and knobs, was really cool and entertaining. Almost always, a new song would come out of a new sound from those explorations.
In the past, I did make money with electronic music. Today... it doesn't bring in more than €30 a month. So, why do I keep making music? For the journey. For the joy of creating. And now... I am trying to make a living from something else.
Amen. Well said. ❤
Over near 30 years I have found what I buy it is usually something I see that will repurpose what I have already.
At one point I had 38, I cut it down to 20. I still feel that’s a few too many but I definitely feel more productive with fewer.
# of synths depends on how much space you have, # of record channels, and how long your phone can record. For me this ends up being around 20 synths. Any more and they don't fit into a 10 minute jam.
If something makes you feel good and you can afford it and it doesn’t hurt anyone, then all is well. I love music and I love synths, drum machines and bass guitars. I am under zero illusions about my ability to earn a single penny from any of it. I try to buy gear that I know will last and that I know will serve multiple purposes, so no one-trick ponies and I try to avoid gear that has a reputation for being unreliable. Over time I’ve gravitated towards gear from specific companies (like Elektron) with a strong community, great customer support and stellar build quality and that is designed for experimentation and happy accident sound design.
Yup, you don't even need any 3rd party plugins. I am embarking on a new project where I only plan to use Ableton Live Standard and its built-in instruments. Obviously, samples played in Simpler or Impulse or the new Drum Sampler can make a big difference to make your music sound less "preset" and more "individual". :) But to the video's topic: I don't think there is a number to be put on "how many are too many". It's all about whatever works for you, whoever you are and whatever inspires you. :)
Did you know your voice has changed since your very early videos. Its more deeper:)
The quickest route from A to B is a straight line, pick a your tools/timbra
I have maybe 5 synths sitting in the back room that need selling, culling gear I don't need or use, will bring a pretty penny, then I will buy some more gear!!!
Just before COVID I discovered the D-05 and grabbed one off eBay. Then slowly, as I found interesting bargains I picked them up. 5 figures later (heck 800 on decent cables) and some maintenance on kit I already had from the 90s, the interesting thing is that I still have very little that doesn't fit into its own unique slot amongst the other synths. And there's still room for more, I have nothing that sounds like the MS20 or Odyssey. If anything the holdup I have other than cash (obviously) is space now.
Whatever makes you happy
For me having something real to play on is key, since I was first trained to play wind in my school band along with others! I can’t really write music on a screen, or even on a staff on paper. I just, simply, have to play it.
As to hardware, yeah, they’re all luxuries. Well, after getting comfortable keys in a controller that I got along with. Which I bundled into a synth purchase I’d wanted to make anyway, because buying the same keys in a MIDI controller separately was more expensive. But even then, I technically could’ve just gotten the controller and used my laptop if I didn’t happen to have the money.
For me, I have one analogue and one FM in hardware hooked up all the time. I really like analogue filter chips, and mine has an external audio input so I can kind of get one bitimbral result out of the big analogue’s audio output from both playing together.
I keep my microKORG around for its vocoder for guitar (though I also want to try it on sax), but I may review that once I’ve tried some other vocoder plugins on my computer. Especially as they can be applied after the fact with arbitrary modulation, etc etc.
I’m keeping my childhood Yamaha PortaSound, but that’s mainly out of nostalgia - I haven’t used it directly in anything (yet). Though I am recreating its simple FM preset sounds on my proper FM synth for fun.
I do feel like my “big two” do help me with my music, mainly by being quick to turn on and just play without getting distracted by project files or presets or other plugins. I’m not compelled to try the same MIDI applied to 20 different softsynths. It’s easier for me to focus on exploring the depths of possibilities - which is a mindset I picked up with wind as a child and later with string instruments as a teen. I came to synths as an adult. (Probably for the best, price wise.)
But all that said, I both respect and am mildly jealous of my friends who can produce entirely in the box. Compose with piano roll or with trackers, and use plugins in ways I’d never have imagined. If I’d tried FruityLoops as a teen like some of my pals, and hadn’t already learned on acoustic hardware for a decade, it’s possible I would’ve learned that side of it instead.
This will sound morbid but I wanted to raise a point around having a lot of instruments/studio equipment and plans for it when we leave this earthly plane.
The reason I want to bring this up is I recently helped someone I worked with who's brother passed away (suicide unfortunately).
His brother was right into making dance music and this was evident with all the stuff I discovered when seeing the studio for the 1st time. Korg M1's/Roland D-50 + 10's. Quasimidi and Emu equipment. Studio gear such as kitted out PC/Interface. Large PA System. All of this left for his brother to sort out who knew nothing about synths (and also had a visual impairment). Eventually started taking stuff away, cleaning it and testing it to sell rather than it go to Cash Convertor.
So has anyone thought about this and what plans you would like or have in place if, for whatever reason you are here today and gone tommorow?
I think the pro 800 would be a good investment as there’s nothing like it at that price point Good desktop synths in general seem more worth well as they don’t take up so much space like the korg xd and blowfield that’s said the blowfield is the only synth I think would be hard to recreate in a daw
Look, I just need one more ok….
Just one… that’ll do the trick
Interesting idea: the best photos you take are in the first few days.
That as an analogy for the creative injection provided by novelty.
Maybe we should be buying used, playing with it for a month, making a few songs, selling and buying another used.
Or maybe I should explore reactors included instruments and some of its blocks presets (They are like entire instruments on their own - the PRESETS- not the blocks environment ) not to mention the reactor user library…
That’s something I intended on mentioning but forgot.. I’ve just answered a comment saying essentially just that. You ll always have your keepers, but things pass through, we use them and enjoy them then move them on for someone else to enjoy.
Interesting. If money was no object and I had a big house, I'm sure I'd be buying some new gear every couple of days, with an ever growing modular set up in the basement to boot! 😉
Maybe it's GAS for some but the pursuit of new creative realms for others. I know each new album I've made over the past decade+ has started with a new load of instruments. Like it was a prerequisite for a new album. There must be new gear involved.
Yep. It's OK to just play with music gear for your own enjoyment. You don't have to justify owning any gear that inspires you. Workflow is the most important factor when choosing gear. Yet, I also want to always make sure that I'm not just acquiring gear for the sake of acquiring it. But, hey, who am I to tell someone else they shouldn't do that if they can afford it and want to. (Because by growing the market they enable economies of scale that help me pay less for the gear I buy!)
Hardware is just more inspiring to me. Computers all too often suck the joy out of playing music. I dont want a mouse. I want to turn knobs. While i DO use plugins for some things like effects, mixing and occasionally instruments, i prefer to use hardware as much as possible. If i was just using VSTs/plugins, i probably wouldn't make as much music as i do.
And computer synths just sound the same. Ultimately, it’s going out of the same AD converter.
Want and need are not really a black and white dichotomy but a sliding scale, if you want to have all options open in your musical future. I didn’t 100% “need” the catalog of re-released classic synths that were released over the past decade, but I knew at some point I would start noodling on them, learn them as a unique instrument then implement them in my musical tracks. It also pained me to think I would be sitting there in the future lamenting the fact I could have had a new with warranty MiniMoog, Prophet 5 (10) or Oberheim OB-__ but waffled about pulling the trigger on that buy button. I would far more regret the not having than the having of the thing. It’s easy enough to put a thing on the used market if it ends up unused than trying to get it after production and the prices start going kukakanuka.
I WANT ALL SYNTHS. MOAR!!!!
yeah you keep saying you're buying everything yet you get nothing.
Oh look, the TEO 5, yeah we know.
That is a interesting excuse. ‘I need it for the channel.’ 😂I only wonder when will i stop buying… i think this every month. Every month. And then looking back , i got 3 more things this month. And the month before. And if i sell something it just gets me into buying something else… this is going on now for years… i also enjoy repairing the old stuff a lot. Sometimes i prefer it over turning the working stuff on 😅
One mono analogue synth, one poly synth, one drum synth, one sampler, one microphone, independent effects and an 8 input audio interface. One portable recorder (gameboyesc). one day, in the distant future; GAS will mean "good at sex"...
How many synths you need relates to what kind of musician you are. If you're a studio musician you'll need quite a few to fill all the needs of the person who's hiring you. If you're a live performer you'll need your full rack of gadgets, but if you're just messing about (like I am these days) you'll be fine with 2-3 synths: One analogue mono for basses and effects, one FM for that kind of digital vibe and one polyphonic (vst) for pads and such. And you'll get a long way with that. I'm playing Behringer now, since I'm on a budget, so I have the 2600 and the neutron linked as my analogue, I have the deepmind 12 as my poly, and I have a few vst synths for digital spices, drums etc. I do have more synths, but I hardly ever even power them up.
What I'm actually going to experiment with more is a master keyboard. I'd like to try out some more unconventional keybeds, like the seaboard, the Haken Continuum or something like that in order to expand my playing style instead of only the sound.
@@larseikind666a main keyboard you really get along with can make a huge difference to expressiveness, even without being a funky form factor! Plus, then all your velocity and aftertouch curves are calibrated for the same keys.
If you could only keep 3, which should be used for proper music production, which ones would you then keep?
How many oscillators?
How many waveforms?
What are the modulation capabilities?
How many or what kind of filter does it have?
Buyers guilt here. UBXA,SH4D,K2,Roland S1,Pro VS,JT4000,Pro 800.In 7 months! A record? terrific fun though 😄
A nice mono, a nice poly, a small modular, the rest software.
Absolution finally !
May you be granted pardon and peace and absolve you from your synths.
GAS starts when we can afford to buy the synths we always wanted - that simple. Nobody who buys these synths is actually releasing music, lets be real. It's just about getting that sound you love and always wanted.
I find it is also important to ditch gear that no longer sparks joy. I always get a little hit of happy when I walk by my studio and see my beloved gear poised for creativity.
Sometimes I fantasize about how great it would be to have one guitar and one midi controller keyboard and do everything in the box (especially when something is broken). Then I see / touch / smell my stuff and know that I can't get rid of it. Unfortunately the physical hardware beings me joy so I'm stuck with it (and all the maintenance it brings).
I have 8 new and classic hardware synths, but I almost always use software because it sounds great, is so easy to work with and way more flexible. Lot's of amazing hardware out there today but I just cannot see wrapping more money up into gear that mostly just sits and looks cool.
I mostly sit looking cool 😎 I hope the family don’t decide to trade me in for an AI version.
I have 17 instruments =- synths/groove box/sampler/digital pianos. It is just enough, and every one sounds great. Gave away all my weaker synths I didn't like. and now the studio is "finished". I say finished because it is unlikely I will buy more than one more synth in the next 10 years. I research and experiment on each instrument until full understanding. Full means I can sound design 80% of the intended patch in my head, then finish in front of the instrument. All the instruments are very different, not a bunch of similar analog subtractive's.
Took on the Kurzweil VAST/FM/KVA architecture. Roland Fantom06 complex design. Roland E-A7 extremely complex pattern sequencer. Electribe. FM design with a Yamaha DX. Various analog and digital subtractive's with full surface control. A Roland JunoDS/Korg Triton layer for very complex Vocoder patches. And the Korg Krome mulit-timbral architecture. I am in Heaven, it has taken me 17 years to get here since my divorce and the total loss of a 1980s/90s vintage studio.
Nostalgia is your enemy
How many is too many? When you can’t move in your synth room/studio.
I love hardware. Kind of a late 90s and rest of 2000s thing for me. Even though I was barely a teen. Computers, as much as they've helped have fucked some things up as well. Hardware are instruments though. Computers are, well computers. Saying that I work in Ableton using modern production methods. But hardware to me is musicianship. Computers are more like a utility thing. You can integrated the two of course. As for how many you need well I think if yo'ure doing modern edm (hardgroove, trance, garage, techno whatever) you just need one mono. Can probably do all that with a Minimoog or similar. Add a poly for pads and stuff like that although strictly speaking you can do poly ITB if you want to save some money. If you want to make lots of music though it's about technique and skills not stuff. It's always been like that. Still, I love my hardware and it's not going anywhere. There are also some things you still can't get in software. Like Kurzweil digital synths and something like a v synth and whole swath of analogues etc. Long live hardware I say.
It is quite easy to get free from GAS! BE POOR. If you can not buy them, you don't... I don't . . . 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😔 I have my fave sounds then I have some fave synths. In my case 09 synths, including a vocoder and a Theremin, A GOOD sampler and a SIMMONS SDS-5 would be enough for me. About Spotfuck... I got 1.97 BRL for 3000 plays . . .
Ah, ah! I removed my music from Spotify. Their recent policy of not paying you if your streams are less than a certain threshold was too much. Most of money made by my music came from other sources anyway, even before that.
I'll be your agent, for 70% of that . . .
@@wonderwheel80sand it’s crazy since that’s illegal in so many countries. A real sign of both their monopoly position but also their flagrant disregard as they squeeze every penny.
@@kaitlyn__L Didn't know it was even illegal somewhere, although I can understand why. What I cannot understand is why artists leave their music there, especially the ones which can't get past the threshold. I just can't see why should I accept my share going to "bigs".
Gears modulate us....
Bisous du sud de la France.
5:40 I play my juno 6 and my ms20 naked...
😂😂
Do people stop buying so many synths when they find the right one(s) or when reaching certain age?
Yes, when people reach 64 I’ve heard they just stop buying them. Weird but true! 😂
@@StarskyCarr maybe something related to the Beatles song?
Haaaa I feel you my good man. The Jupiter 4 is so badass looking and sounding, I can understand both why you sold it when all the other tech was coming in and why you eventually missed it. I bought my Rhodes in 1990 for 75 dollars, shipped it to Europe on a pallet with my books and records and a yamaha acoustic guitar about a year later, and eventually sold it for 1000 euros circa 2000. Now it's about twice that price or more, I'm thinking it's so damn expensive I want to try a Honer pianet with some guitar pedals since real cowboys don't really need sustain pedals anyway. And if a youtuber would be so kind to try a Pianet, Rhodes, or Wurli with the EHX 9 series organ, mellotron and e-piano pedals. Very curious about that! Could you for example make a pianet sound super-close to a Rhodes with the Key 9? Sounds reasonable. But I digress, this isn't about electric pianos. I need my Take 5, Behringer Cat, GrandMother, and Behringer VC340. My various grooveboxes and low-cost samplers are pretty cool too. Not sure yet about the basic Keystep-pro powered modular I just set up to next to the piano, time will tell. Wait. I'm only playing the piano and the acoustic guitar occasionally. Why are these instruments there?
Like kids. You’ll miss them when they’ve gone.
@@StarskyCarr Haha true
I need the Behringer Synthi clone
When you decide to sell the Ample synth for 100, let me know ;-p
I do wonder how much money you've generated for sellers/manufacturers. I've bought a few things after seeing your reviews, although I have no music talent, till after a few glasses of red that is. The TD3 was the first, cheapest & still my favourite
Haha so true. I’ve a few because of Starsky, including the Ample. That this sounds HUGE
@@InFamousProductions Very nice & sounds great. Hope you're doing great things with it for how much it costs
@@tangoandcash999 ya, that cost is insane, I wonder if it was a smart move, but.... every time I think of selling it, I hear how pro it sounds, and then I hold off. It really sounds like an almost 3000 dollar synth. shocking how much better than a cheaper synth.
I need....
All the moogs.
A bunch of Rolands.
Obviously everything from behringer...
Nothing from korg.
Maybe a couple prophets?
Maybe do an Eventide H90 with vocoder set ups as well.
Trying to get my hands on one. My mates just got one.
@@StarskyCarrcool can't wait.
It’s not hoarding if it’s keyboards…
✌🏻😎🎹🌴🌞 😊
It’s boarding
Digital or analog