Synths

[Pthump]

I know I ask lots of questions, but here's another, I am just a curious person.

Listening to bands like motion city soundtrack ([Invalid or Expired Link Removed]) or bensin (Invalid Link Removed) the synths they use sound really cool. I know these are not just normal keyboards, I'm wondering how much I need to spend to get a good sounding synth in a rock setting. Can anyone recomend any brands or specific synths?

 

[SuperDuck]

One word you need to know: Moog.

PS: I love Motion City Soundtrack.

 

[Pthump]

moogs are hella expensive, i was looking at this http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=key/search/detail/base_pid/705522/
would this have some good motion cityish sounds? Trying to talk the band into buying a synth with the money we've been saving from shows (around $500 US) Any other suggestions for synths in that price range?

 

[Muzique Fann]

I'm not familiar w/ the bands you mentioned there but I'd suggest saving a little more money and getting a Nord. You can download tons of samples from their site. You can't go wrong here...

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This one also rocks...

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[geoffkhan]

I'm not familiar w/ the bands you mentioned there but I'd suggest saving a little more money and getting a Nord. You can download tons of samples from their site. You can't go wrong here...

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This one also rocks...

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+1

EDIT: Or get a laptop with VSTi synths of those old analogue synths and a nice 88 key fully-weighted MIDI keyboard...

 

[brianrost]

I did see in a photo in this month's Bass Player of MCST in the studio with a low-end Radio Shack branded Moog MG-1 Concertmate...not a very sophisticated synth but it has "vintage" cred so they are cost more today then when they were being made.

What I heard on those clips were some generic analog synthesizer sounds (certainly in line with what an MG-1 could make). Almost ANY modern digital synth you can buy will have sounds like that preprogrammed or could be easily programmed to make them (that includes the $399 Alesis). Then there's used analogs from the 80s you can buy for $200 or less (Roland Alpha Juno-1 or Korg Poly 800 for example) that will do those sounds on the super-cheap.