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headonist:
Hi there musicians,
I'm looking for a synthesizer to play around with. I'm not even an amature musician, but I kind of know what sound I'm after. I'm very fond of the Ozric Tentacles sound. I know they've been using Novation synths, but when I look at the video below I also see a Roland synth... I think. And if it can do string-like sounds, for ambient music, that would be VERY good too.

You can see a video here with a synth intro:
Ozric Tentacles, Synth-Jam, HD, Live @ Birmingham Hare & Hounds, 13th May, 2012.

Cheers!

phobos:
It really depends on what you want to do, just learn to play, learn about synthesis or both.
The synths in the video are I think,  (Left keyboard stand)Roland D50 digital synth discontinued, Novation Supernova or Supernova 2, again discontinued, (Right Keyboard stand) Supernova again I think and Roland X6 Workstation again discontinued.
The differences are the D50 is monotimbral, meaning one sound at a time and a maximum of 16 note polyphonic
The Supernovas are 8 part multitimbral which means up to 8 different sounds at once and depending which version from 20 to 48 note polyphonic. These are great for tweaking sounds in real time.
The Roland X6 is a workstation meaning it can be used to compose complete songs, so it has a built in sequencer, max 128 note poly, 16 part multitimbral, ths model is also capable of sampling.
Feel free to pm me if you need any more info/help

headonist:
Thanks for the reply, Phobos!

I got a good deal on a Novation UltraNova from a Swedish seller. Looks like I'll be going with that then :-)

I want to learn how to play synth, but also a little programming!

phobos:
Thats a good choice, 300 sounds midi and usb and built in usb audio interface. You're on your way 8)

headonist:
I was thinking about another thing. If I want to do droney synth music, like Alio Die or Steve Roach, do I need a bunch of effectprocessors in the chain?

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