What makes an analog synth sound analog? Part 1 

Love your videos. Polyphony is nuanced. Paraphony is nuanced. Analog is nuanced :) - Looking forward to part II!

I come for the premium content but I stay to hear you trash on that Juno106 unison sound.

Hilarious. All released together. Lets go then....

I want to add to this vid. I have 2 DSI machines. The Pro 2 and Tempest. Both for over 10 +years. What I have found is that Dave never put anything on a platter ready to go. You MUST work for it. The point of extreme flexibility, is starting with a blank slate. Ya, the presets are good, but I use randomizer software for both that takes these machines to different galaxies of complexity that a mortal would never imagine when creating patches . There are a 100 million plus possibilities in these machines. I have a large patch library of both and I will put them out as free soon to be enjoyed by all DSI lovers. It’s really a metaphysical journey to do this. When you study the patches that were created by the hand of god, you hear and see possibilities that have never been considered. I think Dave Smith didn’t know the possibilities he created. Lately all my spare time is with the Tempest. It’s become my second fav of all time next to the Pro 2. It’s probably the deepest synth ever made with 6 separate synths going at once. Because that’s what it is. Mark, if you interested in getting some of my patches, let me know.

Hey bro. I see where you are going with this. How's the old outro clip? 😉10yrs ago? Ive always enjoyed your honed perspective on these matters. Looking forward to the next instalment. 👍

I absolutely love that fat slow phase sound of two analog oscillators beating slowly together. Especially on a Prophet 10

Great to see you back at it. You’re the GOAT. And I love when you break out the Pro 2. I’ll NEVER sell mine.

To me the biggest factor is whether the controls are digital or analog. With digital controls, such as the Korg Monologue, if you're doing really subtle tweaking you can hear the stepping from one digital value to the next. It's high enough resolution that you don't normally notice it, but I really like to do those delicate high-resonance filter sweeps and Monologue's digital controls make the whole thing sound digital even though the sound engine is analog. On a polysynth there's not much you can do about that since the controls kind of have to be digital, but on a monosynth I think it's well worth giving up patch memory to have analog controls.

Nice choice to start the series out. Dave’s best mono synth.

Long time no see! ❤

Well done Marc.

The best sounding analog synth of the last 20 years is the GS E7.👍🏿

It's similar to how so much music is pitch corrected these days. It has to be "perfect" and loses so much as a result.

What makes Virtual Analog sound analog? Like a Korg Radias?

Are your ears analog or digital 😎👽🤖😸

Do not believe this guy. Marc is like 50% on. not 100% on.