#ni synth

Creating new sounds is not hard to do.  You can easily run your fingernails across a chalkboard and you’ll end up with a nice unpleasant sound that hurts your ears.  Sound is all around us and there are many things that vibrate that result in sound.  Of course, there is a fine line between noise and sound, and finding or creating a good sound takes effort rather than luck.  Could the chalkboard scratching sound ever be tuned into something our ears will like?  Maybe not, but we have the tools to work towards that.  Synthesizers usually come with their own select instruments – but as it turns out these sounds were something that had to be found and manufactured.  These sounds were developed from noise at its most basic root. [embed width="656"]http://youtu.be/JZeSCPJDPtI[/embed] It can be a hard sell if you are looking for a hardware synthesizer.  For the high price that you purchased it for, you have only bought yourself the chance to fish for a new instrument.  I suppose this is one tick against buying the hardware straight up – and it might be better to experiment with a software synth first.  Native Instruments has their share of software synths to pick and choose from. http://blog.dubspot.com/funky-lead-sound-native-instruments-monark/

NI's Razor, synth!  Nice sound, as with all things NI.  Bit clumsy interface, but easy enough to get over once you understand what the hell each segment means.. If you think of it as reading left to right it helps.  Presets are cool, most need quite a bit of adjusting to sound nice, otherwise they are a bit fizzy or tinny on the ears if you know what I mean.  Great for the big pads and the dirty oscillating basses.  Starting from the "init" setting and building on it is the best way to go!! As with most soft synths.