Old school synth emulators

Rochey · Post by **Rochey** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 2:05 am

Sorry if posted before did a quick search showed nothing.

Really into making old skool sounding stuff. I'm not very good but enjoy working with the sounds

I cant afford the hardware (like most I imagine...) & hopefully without opening the hardware/software can of worms. (I know that a 303 emulator soft synth wont sound as good as the original.)

I have the d16 303 & 808 softsynths & they are good & accurate enough I think for tracks to sound like I want them to...

Is there any other emulators for old skool synths (e.g junos & moogs the 2 I know... or even anything they made sega megadrive/genesis game theme tunes with) please feel free to add them as I have a limited knowledge on this stuff as producing I am resonably new to been doing it on & off (mostly off) for about a year.

If anyone can post good links to buy soft synths or demos & the original hardware they are copying that would be great!

(Basically along winded request for synth recommendations...)

Thanks in advance!

Rochey · Post by **Rochey** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 2:10 am

Should add aswell this isn't a, how does dan bell kake baby judy? request, I wanna explore the sounds myself see what I come up with but I want the tools to create my own spin on sounds I like... (Without sound pretentious...)

Martian Telecom · Post by **Martian Telecom** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 5:12 am

silence.

Martian Telecom · Post by **Martian Telecom** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 5:15 am

silence.

hydrogen · Post by **hydrogen** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 6:11 am

http://www.plogue.com/?page_id=43 - i heard this are pretty good at emulating video game synths.

Arturia(moog, jupiter-6, cs80), Gmedia(Minimonsta, mellosoftron), korg Legacy Edition (MonoPoly, polysix, ms-20, legacy cell), Tal Bassline, Tal Uno60.

if your on pc... synth1 is amazing.

I'm sure none of these sound exactly like the original but that's not the point imo.

hydrogen · Post by **hydrogen** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 6:55 am

as much as i complain about these "noob" style posts... i find them enjoyable and always cause me to do some research of my own.

here is a cool site with some emulations...
http://www.studio-compyfox.de/studio/te ... search.php

if you are on pc get the ES80 emulation. thing is a monster! http://www.buchty.net/ensoniq/

oblioblioblio · Post by **oblioblioblio** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 7:00 am

there's nothing wrong with emulations but I think even the best ones only capture around 35-65% of the vibe of the original units.

You can definitely get good musical results from emulations but before you invest serious cash I'd advise trying to spend a few days with an original box.

hydrogen · Post by **hydrogen** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 7:44 am

oblioblioblio wrote:there's nothing wrong with emulations but I think even the best ones only capture around 35-65% of the vibe of the original units.

Do you think that that other 65-35% of the vibe is mainly because of the hands on interface? or are you talking about from a pure sound standpoint?

my favorite things about these emulations like the uno-60... is the inherent limitations imposed. There isn't 800 modulation routing available... the synth is streamlined and yet there is still plenty of sound possibilities.