Original Message 1/3                 Date: 12-Nov-00  @  04:11 PM   -   about the dynamic sound produce by analog syn

peteman

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i've heard thousand times that analogue synths got
more "balls" in the sound than soft synths... i mean
it's more dynamical and fat. so i asked from an expert,
what the hell is that dynamic anyway? he told me that
"the low frequencies are heard better in real synths
compared to soft. u can almost "feel" the sound. after
all, its real electronix that produces the sound in analog
synths, but in soft synths there's bunch of numbers doing that..."

now, i wan't to add that dynamic touch in to my sounds!
is it possible to do that in anyway eg. using plugin effects?
should i put all my sounds through some bass maximizer or
boost the low frequencies with equalizer or filter?
or is there any other way...

t_herion

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Message 2/3                 Date: 12-Nov-00  @  06:22 PM   -   RE: about the dynamic sound produce by analog syn

teemu

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You can't make digital sound analogue. Period.

You can make digital sound good though. Digital and analogue are not equivalent to bad and good though. They are just different. You can't make a DX7 sound like a Minimoog and neither can you make a Minimoog sound like a DX7.

My advice is: If you really want to sound like analogue buy an analogue synth. The va's can sound similar to analogues but they can never sound exactly like them. So if analogue sound is something you really need you should get the real deal. The same goes with everything else: if you want the drums in your track to sound like real drums use them instead of a drum machine, or play a guitar instead of samples.

To answer the real question: Learn to program the digital synths. They can make just as bad-ass bass as the analogues, it just sounds digital instead of analogue. If bass-programming is your problem try these: oscillator detuning, high resonance low cut-off with a low pass filter, the same with a high-pass filter, compressing (essential!), valve eq, sub oscillators that some synths have, boom boxes (or software equivalents) that create additional bass harmonics, sine waves etc etc

(note: I'm not an analogue-head, the only analogue synth in my arsenal is the Super Bass Station and even that only has an analogue filter and chorus, the rest are digital ;)

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Message 3/3                 Date: 12-Nov-00  @  08:45 PM   -   RE: about the dynamic sound produce by analog syn

peteman

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thanks, buddy. i got the idea. hmmm, i think i haven't be so sure
what kind of sound i exactly want. i've been listening all kind of
commercial shit and 'm very pleased to the FATtness they have
in their tracks.... but hey, digital can sound FAT too!
why the hell my tracks should sound like they've been made
using analog stuff? why i wan't to simulate the anlg sound if
i just wan't to sound good? using analog doesn't mean that the sound
is better, bigger and phatter than digital. it just sound different.
for now on i wan't to sound phatt, but i do it using my own unique
sounds i've programmed...

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