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Old 13.07.2013, 03:39 AM
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Know what you mean on over abundance of synths and sounds. Now all I need is time to learn in depth all the stuff I have. I will say Padshop is a very different kind of beast from Absynth. But like you said it would mostly be of interest to folks that were planning on using that type of sound often.

Although sometimes I think I'm already well into over-kill, there are a couple of positives to having an insanely rich palette of soft-synths to choose from: (1) acquiring a new software synth is cheap and the newness of it is inspiring. It scratches that "new audio toy" itch without spending lots more on an expensive hardware board that tends to be less flexible, takes up space / creates eronomic/logistics issues, and ends up getting ebay'ed in a few years to make room for something else. Not overspending on hard gear saves me a ton of money. (2) Having lots of tools in the toolbox in theory guarantees a certain level of uniqueness to your tracks. If I owned nother but a Virus, a Prophet, and a Moog, at some point, *without a lot of programming effort* (operative concept), all my music would likely start to sound like it came from those three keyboards. With a crap load of softsynths at my fingertips, that sort of profiling or creature of habit syndrome is never a problem.

Downside is of course the tendancy to not get deep enough into each synth to do it justice. I'd say that's where I am currently, and working to remedy that.
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