u/ExtraDistressrial

First, I want to emphasize that I do NOT judge people for using Behringer or InMusic synths. The Crave was my first synth, before I knew anything about the Behringer.

The main point I want to make is this - we shape the world that we want to live in, in part, through the purchases that we make. Specifically, in any industry where you see a couple of big fish swallow up or destroy all of the smaller ones, we see the customer trapped with really bad options. This has yet to happen in synth world and we have the chance to keep it this way, if we work together.

Ask yourself, are you better off with only target/walmart in your town, or is it good to have local stores? Are you better off with McDonalds and Taco Bell or a local burger or Mexican restaurant? Are you better off with one or two hospital systems in your city owning all of the clinics in town?

As competition diminishes, the remaining companies can do as they please. Fix prices, offer poor customer service, reduce quality of products, and make your life more miserable.

There are SO many great small companies and they need our support. Dreadbox, Erica, Make Noise, Noise Engineering, Tembra, and many others (fee free to list your favorites below).

If you want to buy Behringer or InMusic gear, really consider buying it off Reverb. Give other little fish the money instead of the big fish.

Again, and I know this will be ignored, I am NOT NOT NOT saying we should be judging each other for buying, using, posting this gear. I am saying that we all benefit from not buying it from these companies, that we are better off in a more diverse ecosystem, and that when you buy from smaller companies, or buy used, you keep the ecosystem healthier and more sustainable.

Please keep it civil and kind with each other. We are all caught in a predatory system and we need to support each other to thrive.

I know there is some debate about whether you can actually hear the difference between analog synth or an emulation, like with the Mini Moog, and some pretty convincing videos online demonstrating that most people cannot distinguish.

I’ve been wondering though - is is possible that the difference we feel like we hear has more to do with the recording process itself and specifically the little bit of noise floor or hum you can get in analog recordings?

maybe I have a shitty interface or maybe I’m bad at recording, but the primary way I can tell with my own work is that I can actually hear when something is connected electrically. I can hear the little bit of noise, the slight fluctuations happening, and I am wondering if that sound, not the actual sound of synths, is what makes the analog sound more “real” and alive, because of the associations our brains have with people physically plugging something in?

is this anyone else’s experience or is everyone else getting perfect zero-noise pure recordings of their analog synths?

I am trying to better understand the nature of triggers in Eurorack.

I was monitoring Korg sq64 DRUM outputs (simple triggers) with an oscilloscope and noticed it was inverted from what I expected. like a high signal at rest that had a brief square dip to 0 when it triggered.

so when I try to plug it into a Tembra Modular Exhale, where the vactrol contolled attack and release respond to triggers, it gives me a weaker signal than I would expect.

DFAM seems to have a different kind of output.

what I’m confused by is how it seems like triggers are just called triggers, and no one says “negative trigger” or something to that effect to distinguish. so I can’t even tell what is the typical kind of trigger and which ones I should get for what purpose.

I thought understanding the difference between gates and triggers and clock was enough, but now triggers aren’t even straightforward!

anyone have an easy framework for navigating triggers and picking the right ones for the job?