sounds like a blast - I was just watching some videos on it. I’ve been doing a little messing around with SurgeXT and bitwig - having something you can work with on the desktop like that would be the way to go though.
SurgeXT is definitely a lot stronger and combined with the grid of bitwig (which I haven’t used much) is a killer system. While I am pretty sure that you won’t get any more synthesis capabilities with the SH-4d, it feels fantastic using it and I have only scratched the surface. It feels great that Roland gives you good old SH-101 and Juno-106 with plenty of presets to get you going with tweaking.
Overall, while I cannot justify having it, considering everything we can do with the software synths, I really love it. To me, it has this “real-thing” feel that I cannot put down in words.
It’s just a lot easier to work with a physical analog control interface than it is with a mouse and software. Bitwig is very strong for sequencing and arranging relative to Ardour but I find Bitwig a lot more complicated to set up and use - and given the really limited time I have to play right now due to other stuff, being able to sit down and make noise at a moment’s notice would be ideal. One of these days I’m going to get something really nice like that SH 4d just for the fun of it - I was watching the demo video and the way the controls switch function depending on the selection is very cool - it looks like a great piece of gear.
sounds like a blast - I was just watching some videos on it. I’ve been doing a little messing around with SurgeXT and bitwig - having something you can work with on the desktop like that would be the way to go though.
SurgeXT is definitely a lot stronger and combined with the grid of bitwig (which I haven’t used much) is a killer system. While I am pretty sure that you won’t get any more synthesis capabilities with the SH-4d, it feels fantastic using it and I have only scratched the surface. It feels great that Roland gives you good old SH-101 and Juno-106 with plenty of presets to get you going with tweaking. Overall, while I cannot justify having it, considering everything we can do with the software synths, I really love it. To me, it has this “real-thing” feel that I cannot put down in words.
It’s just a lot easier to work with a physical analog control interface than it is with a mouse and software. Bitwig is very strong for sequencing and arranging relative to Ardour but I find Bitwig a lot more complicated to set up and use - and given the really limited time I have to play right now due to other stuff, being able to sit down and make noise at a moment’s notice would be ideal. One of these days I’m going to get something really nice like that SH 4d just for the fun of it - I was watching the demo video and the way the controls switch function depending on the selection is very cool - it looks like a great piece of gear.