Sometimes - the presets are good, but sometimes I want somethiing else
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Hi all, I’ve been thinking about this for a little while, and wanted some feedback.
Do those of you using the LP design patches from scratch, or do you work off of the presets? When working with either my Micro or Rogue, I seem to remember that the manual had a kind of “blank” starting place where everything was at “zero,” and you could build sounds from there. Is there such a thing for the LP?
I haven’t had much time to really dig into it - when I’ve played with my LP I usually turn to the “Thank You Bob” preset, but I was thinking it might be nice to make something from scratch.
Well, I’m not at home and can’t flip through my manual at the moment to check if there are any blank presets. However, there really aren’t that many controls on the LP, so my suggestion is to reserve the last patch as your zero template. Turn down all the controls on it, save it, and copy it to whatever patch number you wanted to created your own new sound on. I practically never use presets on analog/analog modeling instruments.
I keep the preset list handy and find something that I might think is close and tweak from there. It is also a good idea to make notes on the preset list. I do this for all of my preset synths, and then get the page laminated.
I guess that presets are a problem with me. I usually fiddle between presets on most of my synths, then maybe tweak them a bit to suit. Kind of like adding spices to a can of Campbells Soup. I am not like some who absolutely must build their own sound from scratch every time.
I find that on my LP, I do build a lot of the sounds from scratch, however, since I am so familiar with Moog synths. Many of these I have saved into a preset, so I don’t have to dial them up fresh every time.
I can’t imagine having a Voyager with 700-800 presets to fiddle through. I would spend all of my time fiddling, instead of playing. One of the things that I do like about presets, however, is that you can listen to them and they can give you an inspiration for a sound or a musical line.
If you need a blank preset, as mentioned above, it is easily done and then stored as a preset. I have done the same with Reason, where I have my favorite modules and effects saved and patched, with the reverb already dialed up, etc. Then I can pull up the blank preset and start working immediately.