Originally Posted by
Antinoise
Go analog if your going external, for sure. Depends on your budget though. You can spend $300-3000. Something old Roland can be had somewhat cheap on Ebay. Analog will give you more of a presence..(however they are a little more limited (in general) than digital synths.)
Recomended synths with aprox prices:
$300-400 -- Old rolands (Sh101, Juno 106, SH-9 (bass) for leads and basslines)
$500-600 -- Dave Smith's Evolver (for weird noises to leads), Korg Monopoly (leads), Studio Electronics ATC1 (grindy leads)
$700-$1000 --Jupiter 8 (or mks-80 with programmer, rack version of jupiter with Midi!)
$1500 -- Oscar (Grindy synth for leads)
$2500 -- ARP 2600 for everything
The only digital syth I endorse is the electro monomachine. $2000 new or $1400 on ebay... The other things to conceder are analog efx/compressors to run your digital vst's thru.
Personally I have an Oscar, a Roland MkS-80, a Jomox Sunsyn, a Retro 777, and a Monomachine.
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