Synth recommendation for an Amiga sys... Newbie

[marcfrick2112]

Hello all, first nice to see an audio forum

OK, I have OctaMED SS and several MIDI interfaces,
I really would like to get into making
music with my Amiga, but am pretty clueless.
I am wondering which synthesizer would work best/easiest
for an Amiga/OSS setup. There's a store here in Milwaukee that
sells older synths supposedly cheap....
There seem to be only a handful of patch editors/librarian
prgs. for Amiga, mostly for really old synths. Do I really
need one?


What do you guys use?

[marcfrick2112]

Hi Oliver, thanks for your very complete and helpful response  :-D
OK, type of music....difficult question. First, I just want to  'play around' with a synth, good variety of sounds, etc...mainly I am into electronica/industrial/techno, with a side order of classical, jazz on the side.  :-P

Not sure about 'acid tech', but I know of the 303, I like it, and I want one

Shops in my city are very poor for musical equipment...many won't even let you audition a synth before buying !??!?!??

I have used maybe 3 synths in my life...(Not counting my two old, pre-MIDI, not-really-polyphonic 'synths', Roland Compuphonic, and Korg 'Maxi-Korg', both capable of two whole sounds at once!. Can't find any model #'s)
 :roll:
As for PC's,...I can barely use them as PC's, let alone to make music...maybe they know I am an Amiga nut..they don't like me  :-D

Anyway, any further advice would be welcome.

[marcfrick2112]

Hey thanks everyone for your advice. I think I'll check
around on the internet a bit, before going to a store.

@larsef: Would you say Bars n Pipes is easier to use than
OctaMED SS? You have a good idea, I may just start with a cheap
synth, and add on as I learn, and as my budget permits....

[marcfrick2112]

larsef: soory to be away from the post for a while, pesky job
,etc. Thanks much for the links! Have only older version of
bars n Pipes as .ADF files, very old...do you know if the
add-on to use amiga built-in sound is available freely? (called
Internal Sound Kit, IIRC) would like to try B&P before I get
a synth, money is tight now...

Anyway, thanks all for your help...