bart_van_zon's Studio Setup

This is the eighth synthesizer I bought. Not my number one recommendation as a first synthesizer because of 2 reasons. One it's very expensive. Two it's a re-issue of a very old synthesizer and therefore extremely limited. On the other hand it has a very simple and intuitive layout that many later synths are based on. Because it can't store sounds you are forced to create every sound from scratch. Meaning that you will learn synthesis very quickly. On top of that, it has a great sound. It sounds fatter than basically any other synth that I know of, but it still remains musical and pleasant to the ear. Unlike for example the MS-20 which sounds much cheaper and can get totally gnarly (which has it's own use). I bought this synthesizer because even though I owned 5 analogue synths (and 2 digital) I often reached for a Model D vst and I was a bit embarrassed by that. I tried to recreate the sound of the Model D vst's on my Subsequent 37, and I can get great sounds out of that one as well, but it just can't do every sound the Model D can. It misses the third oscillator and it sounds too flat. The Model D is also nice to look at and a joy to work with. Very inspiring.