I saw my friends spending money on drugs, girls and booze, and I chose to pass on all of those to attain my goals and gear in those days was way more expensive when adjusted for inflation than things are now.

I stared with things that were junk and next to free and slowly saved and traded up. My parents were in no way going to help me with my passion, so it was up to me to scrounge and save to get what I was after. It’s funny, when I was a youngling, I fell in love with guitars and quickly guitar pedals and amps. So, if you’re after that sound, then buy that instrument. I’m not a dub-step dude, but word on the street is that Massive sort of became the de facto standard for that genre. Putting something very plastic-digital up against something pure analog or even an acoustic instrument is a thing I love to do. Not that I think that’s a pejorative term. To me, it always has a sort of plastic vibe to it. Of course, each synth has different features, and characteristic sounds, and to me, nothing really sounds exactly like Massive. From the free Surge to the very cheap Synthmaster (I think on sale now?) to the multi-engine-monsters like Falcon and Omnisphere 2, you shouldn’t have a problem finding great sounding wavetable style sounds regardless of your budget. We’re really awash in a sea of great software (and hardware) wavetable synths. Anyway, if Massive and Absynth are the ones you want, and you've demoed them to death, save your pennies and don't settle! Settling is like throwing away your money out a speeding car window, only less fun.ĭitto, yet again.

There's yet another new wave table synth out there, cheap intro price, but again, I'm not impressed with the overall sound.

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