I like hardware: synthesizers, drum machines, controllers ... simply all kinds of electronic toys for making musical noise. Here I regularly present new devices, ideas and insights - stay tuned!
@@PeteMidi as somebody who has made a next step from beginner level -- I am having hard time picking pro-800 vs Minifreak. I guess there is no simple answer but if you had a video on that, I would gladly watch :D
Thanks for the nice video! : ) I want to get started with the Crave and the Edge synths and I was wondering if they can send audio output via the USB out on the back? So instead of connecting them to a mixer I can connect them to a USB hub and the PC and mix the sound in a software?
@@PeteMidi Thanks! By the way I have a Fender "Mustang I" guitar amplifier with a lot of effects. If I get an audio mixer for the synths output, Do you know if I will be able to run the whole sound from the mixer through the guitar amplifier and use its effects?
The behringer sounds a bit more lo-if to my ears. Almost thinner as well. I own the behringer and love it, but it can sound a bit too scratchy at times.
As soon as you recall some sound from synth memory the knobs do not indicate anything meaningful. Therefore the combination of hardware and software can make sense in a studio environment 😉
Hey PETE. HERE'S a question: Have you considered trying out a comparison between Tasty Chips GR MEGA GRANULAR WORKSTATION MONSTER and the TORSO S-4? It occurred to me that YOU are just the man to do hits. IT may appear that I have bias towards the Tasty Chip (and I might) but something tells me that the S-4 might be THE COOL KID bit of kit. Dunno....hence, PETE. Be well and flourish!
Was that music at the end all from the VS mini? Crazy how powerful they are. I just picked on up and just diving into it. There's so much to learn. I love it. Thanks fren great vid.
I see you have the Artuia linked via midi to the drum machine, but could I ask how you have the Artuia connected to the Pro 800 ? is it via a computer? I want to avoid linking to a computer. and just play live (as I'm not interested in recording, only interested in playing for fun and experimenting). If you were doing this I guess you take an extra midi from the RD-6 to the Pro-800?
@@PeteMidi thank you so much for the reply, very much appreciated. that's great, I have a Behringer Swing keyboard and a Pro-800 arriving this week and your video is the only similar clear setup I could find. Now I've just got to work out the best way of linking the MS-1, and a couple of TD-3s into the mix, as currently I have the RD-8 at the start of the midi chain. I'm not a musician, nor do I know any, so this gear is all Alien to me, but I'm keen to learn.
I'd really like to thank you for taking the time to make this video. I'm a beginner trying to work out how to use synth equipment and I'm finding it daunting trying to find youtube videos for beginners. most of the videos just jump right in with all the terminologies and bamboozle me. I end up learning most from watching POV videos and fill in the gaps, as most of the videos with talking are like listening to someone talking a foreign language at 100mph. Your guide is very slow and cohesive and has been a great help.
Thank you Pete for this test compare, i see that filter switch is on 1/2 (Rev 1/2 with SSM Filter) probably it should be better to set on Rev3 with Cem 3320 Filter (clone 3320 there is inside Pro 800). I think for this way some preset has different tune.
Thanks for the feedback! Yes, in principle you are right, but in this case I choose the filter just by ear, according to closer fit.... as far as I remember 😉
@@PeteMidi Pete I want do a question about Poly-Mode. On Prophet 5 is possibile to destination FM to PW A (PWM of OSC A), on Pro 800 miss it PW A. Its a big limit for Pro 800 to programm sound, presets Prophet style or not ?
I also added a comment to an official video asking what happens if there is no VST but you want to work in the DAW itself, as in my case The Grid within Bitwig Studio. Hast du eine Ahnung?
In principle, it should work, there is an app that turns the device into a more general midi controller. The display is always used as a second desktop, that is not restricted to plugin windows.
@@PeteMidi How stable is it? I have become a bit apprehensive about boutique manufacturers ever since I bought a Tasty Chips GR1 years ago. It didn’t work properly and the manufacturer simply refused to fix the problem. I suspect it was totally bug ridden. I had to become quit firm to make them take it back.
Up to now my experience is very good (macbook air m1 sonoma & ableton). Hardware and Software seem to be in a stable state, no crashes so far. I had a few times contact with the support, always with a prompt and competent response.
Am I to understand that one sees the full computer screen which is then surrounded by configurable labels for the controllers? Or is that “screen” an individual, resizable portion of the VST’s surface on which one can zoom in?
Reminds me of the PPG Realiser. Which is not a bad thing. Looks like it could be a perfect match for my Bitwig Studio The Grid built dream synthesizer (which combines a lot of CS80 influences with granular sampling and resonator modeling). Great jam, by the way!
I guess...you're playing the DRUM part with your toes. Impressive! Been looking at the touch II. The pricing on 'some' MPE controllers is SO stupid these days.
I absolutely love the syntakt. I was never interested in the elektron workflow, but I had never used it. But when I needed a drum synth, I grabbed a syntakt. I immediately fell in love with it, and now I understand why everyone loves elektron sequencers. The only reason I sold it is the lack of polyphony. I need chords, and their chord device doesn’t really work for me. If they make a syntakt 2 that has actual polyphony, I’m getting it immediately
I JUST LOVE Comming back to your video,s Pete You always come up with another Brilliant way to push the bounderies of what a synth can do And THIS Is another CLASSIC
Great video! Couldn't really find in the description how you did the setup/connections. How did you connect the nymphes to the ipad? via the iPad camera connector(for midi)? And if so, did you also power it from there? Dankeschoen!
Many thanks! Yes, I use a usb mini hub which also powers the ipad. For the Nymphes I use one of these usb split adapters which has a separate usb power port.
I would argument, that a mono synth isn't the best first synth. For me it's the Arturia Minifreak. It provides different oscillator engines, all controllable with 3 knobs. You don't have to understand how those engines work and instead play with these knobs and learn by sound. It provides a super simple to use sequencer and effects so you don't have to buy those (which you usually don't own if its your first synth) and it has a VST that can be used stand alone or to control the synth (also perfect for your first plugin). Not only that: Arturia provides extensive video tutorials and free preset banks.
@@PeteMidi I think you don't really have to understand as a beginner what the engines are doing. just select some random and listen to your ears whats happening. - I owned the OP-1 as first synth (I got it used for 400 back after a few years it was released). I never understood the engines, but it was so fast to select some and play around. it really got me interested.
Sorry the behringer lacks something. And that something is everything i want. Its really evident in a hollowness in the behringer. Harmonics complexity feels so flat. I wish it weren't so.....I wanted to love it.
I got the victor to start my eurorack collection as a good basis for a voice. Still waiting on a sequencer. But with some effects like reverb and delay the eurorack version is very versatile. Altough it only has the joystick and not any oth the other vca, filter and effects stuff the vs pro mini has. Cool jam!
For me the differences can mainly be heard in the frequency spectrum. The Pro 800 sounds slightly forward in the lower mids. Also the Pro 800 sounds overdriven in the higher frequencies in comparison. On sound alone I think the Prophet 5 sounds a little more scooped and sparkly, which I prefer. But when you consider the price, the difference in tone becomes somewhat irrelevant.
