hippietim
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I've had the SY-300 a little over a week now. Right out of the box, a lot of the presets are really annoying. But keep turning the dial - there's some good stuff to check out. Then I started just started editing and experimenting on my own. It's a pretty simple box to use but there is a lot of capability there. It's going to take a while to get it down. I found it simplest to just work on one oscillator at a time - you can either turn the others off or use the blender to change the levels. I like starting off with them in isolation and then start bringing the other oscillators up gradually throughout the process.
The first preset I wanted to create was the synth bass tone Loverboy used on Take Me To The Top - it was originally done with a Yamaha CS50.
I got kind of close but haven't quite nailed it yet. I'm pretty sure that I will get their eventually - I think everything I need is in there.
The tracking is ridiculously good - after years of frustrating experiences with divided pickups and 13-pin cables this thing is just a f**king miracle LOL
Polyphony works great. However, you have to exercise some common sense here unless you want to sound bad. Typical chord voicings on the guitar don't always sound all that great. Like strumming an open G. Sure, it works. But you will get a better sounding result by playing the low G and an inner triad vs. all of those notes at once. Or use different oscillators for the different note ranges (something like you'd get on a split keyboard). And as always, if you're emulating some other instrument then play things that are possible on that instrument - so no chords on a flute, no low E on a harmonica, don't bend notes on an organ, etc.
The first preset I wanted to create was the synth bass tone Loverboy used on Take Me To The Top - it was originally done with a Yamaha CS50.
I got kind of close but haven't quite nailed it yet. I'm pretty sure that I will get their eventually - I think everything I need is in there.
The tracking is ridiculously good - after years of frustrating experiences with divided pickups and 13-pin cables this thing is just a f**king miracle LOL
Polyphony works great. However, you have to exercise some common sense here unless you want to sound bad. Typical chord voicings on the guitar don't always sound all that great. Like strumming an open G. Sure, it works. But you will get a better sounding result by playing the low G and an inner triad vs. all of those notes at once. Or use different oscillators for the different note ranges (something like you'd get on a split keyboard). And as always, if you're emulating some other instrument then play things that are possible on that instrument - so no chords on a flute, no low E on a harmonica, don't bend notes on an organ, etc.