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Newly Released Synths Compared to Softsynths

Hell I can make any synth sound like a MiniMoog.
I do it on Zebra2 HZ Omnisphere 2.1 Solaris and the Original DSP version from Creamware that Tangerine Dream uses still.
Softies are fine until you get down low. Thats all Im saying.
Trust me I A/B every softie next to the real thing and see no need for an ancient Analog Polysynth.
The parts are hard to come by. Its just another board taking up stage space.etc.
But you gotta have a 3 Oscillator Analog for a powerful low end or you're coming to a gunfight with a knife.
Lots of guys never need a ballsy low end. Midrange chordal work and solos.
But if you are required to drone with a live group where just a bassist landing on the root needs more balls like 70s progressive rock and poppy rock had no DSP hardware or native softie can do it.
All you get is a big ass full of boom. No precision what so ever.
I tried using all DSP and Native synths hoping somebody could nail it.
Those Dogs wont hunt.
In a studio where theres really no real bass or 3 osc to compare it to of course it sounds big.
On a stage full of powerful electronics that low end stereo mush is as weak as a stereo Native Kick drum.
Tried converting to mono and was even worse.
I compare this to Meldas excellent Rotary emulations.
They sound great but nobody even the developer can explain why on STOP it sounds like ass.
Only when theres a little motion in the doppler effect does the emulation approach realism.

Lets face it the imperfections of analog always has a pleasing sound.
The imperfections of perfection (native) sound like crap.

Only way around is the real thing.
Not an emulation of 3 osc low end filter sweeps.

Reverb still sounds like crap too so I lug around real hardware.
Tried using plugs but a Lexicon is an emulation of space with dedicated RAM.
Lexicon plug ins then are really an emulation of the emulation.
What do you think its going to sound like...?:rolleyes:
 
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