Triton Syndrome and Other Synths...

[NOSTRIL KING]

Well, I think Korg's presets are pretty much used to death. Any producer who doesn't get into modelling or actual sound creation can basically forget about the Triton/Trinity/Karma series of sounds.

You turn on the radio and you hear Triton preset after Triton preset (Strings, Harpsichord, Funk guitar, and the drums primarily)....

Which synth is next in line to suffer from this syndrome? Roland's XV/Fantom series of sounds, or the Motif7? What is the next keyboard to be abused to the point where you want to sell yours? My vote's on Roland's series, since I'm already hearing the Clavicord and Mandolin in every other fucking beat that reaches my ears...

 

[BANETHEMERCILES]

well i dont really consider the triton a synth, i mean it has synth capabilities but its more of a workstation, and when you have a workstation like that then of course its gonna get overused cuz there isnt anything out there that is really that much better, the motif is trash and roland is good but those has been played out for some time, its all about what you do with it, plenty of effects and all that, and a piano is a piano whether its korg roland or emu, people need to trick those out for themselves. and i dont think any synth will ever get played out, if you know what you are doing with a real synth then you are pretty close to limitless, i think people need to start using the vintage synths as apossed to the virt synths, but that is definetly an expensive habit. but like a said, workstations are always gonna be killed cuz there is few good ones, but that is where your creativity comes in to play.

 

[3VID3NC3]

the motif is trash

please explain

 

[BANETHEMERCILES]

well keep in mind that this is a personal opinion, ones mans trash is another mans treasure.

i just dont like the sounds on it, the percusion is sub par to my ears and the synth sounds arent all that good, i have plenty of synths so its pointless to buy a motif just for synth sounds, piano and strings are cool, but once again i have plenty of those so i dont need to spend 999 on some strings and pianos. to me overall its not a good module, triton has way better stock sounds. and the user interface on the rack is way too complicated.

 

[3VID3NC3]

^ I respect your opinion but I stongly disagree with the sub par percussion.. The drums shit all over anything Korg or Roland has out...much better slection, more professional/real sounding and more versatle..you must have not heard what this keyboard is capable of doing with the right people behind it

 

[bumpus]

Why would someone even consider buying an expensive synthesizer like the JV/XV series, Triton, or Motif and not create their own patches? Certainly the quality of the ROM samples ought to influence your decision some, but also look at the modulation options and the filters.

If a preset patch is perfect for your uses in a track as is, then by all means use it. However, I rarely find just what I want when I look through the presets.

Don't forget that the Triton and the Motif both have decent samplers to load your own waveforms into. Buy sample cds and load them into there to use with the ROM waveforms. Buy patches from places like Kid Nepro and patchking.

Most importantly: LEARN TO PROGRAM A SYNTH!


-=bumpus=-

 

[BANETHEMERCILES]

like i said its all personal preference, i dont really tweak out my drums any farther then adding some effects, but i definetly know how to model using a synth, i dont use the triton for modeling like that, i use one of my other synths, i use the triton for my stock sounds. and i do have it almost fully expanded, and i am adding the scsi hard drive to load my samples too, all percuzzion samples though. im just not blown away by the motif and i cant really justify spending the extra money when i can get all the sounds off it sampled if i needed them that bad, the sounds might make a good addition but the module dosnt.