EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

I asked:
> > Specifically I would like to create very 'alien' sounding sounds. Not 
> > harsh metal-scraping-ear-blistering 'alien' sounds.. nice cute little 
> > friendly alien sounds.

M Stevens wrote:
> Nord Modular. I use Reaktor a lot, but the Nord is less work to set up 
> ( albeit less flexible, ) and does sounds I can't get w/ Reaktor. It's 
> the only hardware synth I've hung on to other than my old Korg Prophecy.

Thanks for your suggestion :-) I remember reading about the Nord and Nord
Modular when they were still in their first incarnation, I'll definitely
have to check up on them and see what the latest and greatest version has to
offer.


Jer wrote: 
> You might consider Spectrasonics "Atmospheres." Soft again, but probably
> very appropriate for your needs. 

Oh yes, I am definitely going to get "Atmosphere" ASAP as well :-)

> I use my outboard Supernova for a lot of sounds like that. 
> I am a Mac user and use SounDiver to generate random
> patches. The Supernova responds very well to this, and many "alien" sounds
> are easily, randomly generated. I think the ES2 has a random patch
generator
> as well built into the interface (I hope I'm not getting my soft synths
> confused, but that's what I remember). -Jer

That's cool, I didn't know SoundDiver (or the ES2) could randomly generate
patches, sounds like an awesome feature. I will definitely need a physical
keyboard that has aftertouch in addition to awesome sounds at some point
though, so the SupernovaII and Access VirusKC/Indigo2 all look mightly
tastey. Is it safe to assume that SoundDiver can create random patches for
most synths?