[Musikmesse] Doepfer - Dark Energy

Doepfer talks about the new Dark Energy, their analog monophonic stand-alone synthesizer that also features a USB and Midi interface.

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[dinotread]

presets are for pussies

[LongtimeSunshine]

@mwtillotson lmao, how is it possible for anyone to be this stupid?

[alancurrall]

Dieter, you're a hero.

[Nellynoodlebums]

@brandondavenport562 Looks like a Korg poly 800 with the reverse keyboard

[LKJDFDG]

cant wait to get one of this great synth. so great smooth sound

[brandondavenport562]

what is that keyboard

[fimpson]

That is the coolest keybed EVER!!!

I WANT THAT KEYBOARD!!!!!

Oh yeah - cool synth too....

[TheSmallBombs]

@mwtillotson I didn't say VST synths couldn't fill the role. However a lot of electronic music is about varying the tonality as much as the pitch, you'll get parts in tracks that are technically the same note but varying timbre of the synths instead, opening and closing filters, applying effects etc.. And then of course there are artists that are all about sound design, like Merzbow etc.

[mwtillotson]

@TheSmallBombs

There's little use in debating what the "greatest music ever" actually is, but I have my doubts that the music you speak is entirely hinged on the tonality of synths (certainly, at least, not so much so that VST plugins could not fulfill the role).

I know very little about synthesizing--I don't claim to be an expert. However, when my honest question received a barrage of elitist, angry comments, I cannot help but think there's more to this than music.

[TheSmallBombs]

@mwtillotson I don't think that's true, some what I consider the greatest music ever made had some pretty interesting synth tones. However the idea that music is somehow worse because people use DAWs and VSTs instead of analogue synths is ridiculous. If anything VSTs open up more possibilities.

[sharethehouse]

such quality in such size! I want one please. i dont even have it in my country T___T

[mwtillotson]

@04tm34l3

That's why the music industry fails? The tonality of synths? Please find rope long enough to kill yourself with.

I don't give a fuck about synths. I'm a piano player, not a keyboardist. The problem with modern music--all music which has ever existed--is poor songwriting, poor lyrics, and a lack of originality. Whatever "skills" you believe lies in creating your bullshit tones you can have -- the greatest music ever made was written without them. This will continue to be the case.