cheaper, smaller loot yummers deaktop synth?

[behndy]

like, i LOVE the Audiothingies MicroMonsta. but he's out of stock, should be ready sometime in November?

but.... anything similar i'm sleeping on?

want a synth to complement beats from the Electribe, good polyphony, decent amount of voices, need it to be a smaller box (i am SO limited on space right now), don't care about a builtin keyboard.... dunno.

good stuff? wassat?

(kinda want a MicroKorg or MicroXL?)

[fcknoise]

Depends entirely what you make I guess, but i can think of a few options:
Pocket piano
An SK-1/5 or VSS-30 given that you find one at a decent price and like lofi sounds
Any synth+effects will sound like a trillion dolla$. Don't know what pedals you have, but I could fart in a microphone and run it through my eventide space and people would think it was a Nord synth
Waldorf Blofeld if you can handle menu diving, the other waldorfs can be okay too, if you like the sound of them

[Disarm D'arcy]

Volcas.

[chrisdermo]

Volcas.

FM or Keys + midi control

[oscillateur]

Wasn't there a Volca Wave leak (or photoshop troll) a few days ago ?

If it turns out to be true, that could be a very nice choice too (a small wavetable synth with the Volca's nice sequencer/tricks could be super fun and useful)...

Edit : looked at the images again, it does look a bit shopped to me (one of the knobs seems shifty as fuck) but I'm not really an expert at pixels.

[DRodriguez]

Wasn't there a Volca Wave leak (or photoshop troll) a few days ago ?

If it turns out to be true, that could be a very nice choice too (a small wavetable synth with the Volca's nice sequencer/tricks could be super fun and useful)...

Edit : looked at the images again, it does look a bit shopped to me (one of the knobs seems shifty as fuck) but I'm not really an expert at pixels.

One of the korg reps said that it was a shop.

Those were cool mockups! A volca wave- wow! All i can say at this point is that we are listening to users and we are definitely hoping to expand the Volca line

Tatsuya, who leads that team, has a lot of say in which volcas come next. We take a lot of factors into consideration, including which volcas we think people would most like to create cool music with.

[behndy]

urf. i tried to like the Volcas. i need me some save spots.

and mebbe this is stupid, but the cheap plastic bothers the hell out of me.

hurrrrrrm. the SK-1/5 and VSS-30 are interesting, but think a more modern, smaller footprint fits what i'm going for?

lol, i seriously have SO little space to work with..

thanks for suggestions! RARRRRRRRR.

[chrisdermo]

Waldorf Streichfett any good? Don't get much smaller than that.

[Bartimaeus]

DSI Tetra?

[oscillateur]

I'll just use this thread to mention that you guys with anime avatars confuse the fuck out of me. I always think it's the same dude and then I look at the username and my brains complains a bit.

[Strange Tales]

Hibike! Euphonium brothers unite. Don't worry the new season of anime will start soon enough which means another avatar change.

Thinking of small, desktop polyphonic synths for a cheap price is hard here. What is cheap for you? Like, Minilogue price/size? (Why not a Minilogue? Fucked around with one and had a lot of fun with it.)

[spacelordmother]

Why not VSTs until the Monsta is ready to ship in a month?

[echorec]

Are you already using a tablet? Animoog is one of the most unique, most customizable, and most portable synth engines available. There are sounds inside it that you couldn't get out of a $3,000 synth. It's also one of the most fun instruments you'll ever interact with.

[Disarm D'arcy]

Yeah, true the iPad platform is a great music platform.

Maybe if you're looking at a Microkorg look at the Yamaha reface stuff as well?

[behndy]

Waldorf Streichfett any good? Don't get much smaller than that.

it IS intriguing. but it ssems a bit gimmicky?

DSI Tetra?

i had an Evolver forever. always kinda hated it. is the Tetra similar?

Thinking of small, desktop polyphonic synths for a cheap price is hard here. What is cheap for you? Like, Minilogue price/size? (Why not a Minilogue? Fucked around with one and had a lot of fun with it.)

was trying to stay around 3 hundy? Minilogue seems neat, i'm pretty up on Korg's loot, was trawwwwling to see if there's any little gems i am sleeping on.

Why not VSTs until the Monsta is ready to ship in a month?

jia. i use Komplete. love it. and i think i'll still want to mix hard synths and soft synths. but i wanted a little hardware synth box so i could isolate drum bits or synth bits going into a little pedal effects loop i have set up.

Are you already using a tablet? Animoog is one of the most unique, most customizable, and most portable synth engines available. There are sounds inside it that you couldn't get out of a $3,000 synth. It's also one of the most fun instruments you'll ever interact with.

AniMoog and Samplr i MISS. but fuck iOs. hate dealing with Apple stuff. blegh.

Yeah, true the iPad platform is a great music platform.

Maybe if you're looking at a Microkorg look at the Yamaha reface stuff as well?

hurrrrrm. i do not know the Refaces. off to look!

..... i'm in talks on a trade for a Soulsby AntiMegatron, that could be the neat little Tide Me Over i neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed.