![]() ![]() Said presets are still there, and I must add, all are extremely potent sounding, but as mentioned previously, you are compelled to explore. Software synths of today want to showcase what they can do by cramming a juggernaut of sound into a demo video or a presets folder, which, more often than not, is the main folder used by the purchaser. …and secondly, that with modular, due to the nature of the rack mounting and cable routing, the addictive itch of “what if I just move this pot/slider/cable/dial/etc from here to here” is omnipresent.Firstly, I do not know as much as I thought I knew about modular hardware synths.As the hours fly by due to incessant dial turning and blind random cable routing I realize two things: This patch has more meat in it than the state of Texas. The first patch I opened was “ Bass Synth Classic M Mon”, and I felt that tingling feeling just above my collar that we all pursue. My cabling addiction was being sated by Propellerhead’s Reason, but to be able to have a pure one to one emulation of hardware that exists in the real world awoke some primal urge in the music-making part of my brain. Softube‘s reputation for emulating hardware (such as the tube tech “Pultec” emulation and their sublime FET compressor) precedes them so my expectations for their MODULAR synth plug-in were quite high. So, seeing and hearing the Eurorack modules from Doepher and Intellijel, it felt like seeing an ex that you are still in love with, until now. Fast forward to today, my guilty hardware pleasure has less black and white keys and more multicolored patch cables. But, I always kept a space for that spark, that fatal attraction to those metallic curves of hardware synths. Today, due to some bad life choices, I couldn’t justify or possibly afford a Triton, nor would I have the space to put it anywhere. A few months later, after summer jobs, extra hours and absolutely no social life, I saved enough to buy it. The sleek silver/chrome body, the mod wheel/pitch bend as one joystick and the pots right in front of me, just waiting for the gentle embrace of my thumb and index finger. It was set up with a pair of headphones you wouldn’t mind being rough handled by the general public in my local music shop. ![]() How many of you had your music making curiosity sparked by a piece of hardware? For me it was a Korg Triton LE. ![]()
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