What’s everyone’s favorite non diy/factory built gear?

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Sweet, another Tetra owner. Do you use the patch editor from Soundtower? I have the Mopho x4 which I thought was the same architecture but it doesn’t split into four monos so apparently the editor isn’t compatible…

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Its been a long time since I have used the patch editor, it’s a bit crap and compatibility is awful, but does get the job done of properly syncing up the ‘patches’ from my Mopho to the Tetra.

As I only ever really use the thing as a polyphonic expander it doesn’t get much use once I have loaded up the patch library I like, and I haven’t changed that basic library in years. I know I can seperate the voices and do multi timbral stuff if I really wanted to, but I have lots of mono synths kicking about so its generally best not to touch the ‘Poor mans Prophet 5’ config and just use a different synth entirely. To be honest the DSI stuff was an aniversary gift from my significant other, so its really more a personal/emotional attachment with the hardware rather than its dysfunctional ways and actual utility that draws to me it :wink: Mind you, it still has proper analog polyphony so… :man_shrugging:

Thats why its a toss up between it and the Moog. The Moog just works, and has those awesome contiuous waveshaping ocillators and that genuine ladder filter. The Mopho and I have a history and it can (thanks to Tetra) do chords when I need them and sounds like a more stable Prophet 5, but its a pig to work with. I also don’t use (traditional) computers when I am making music, other than as a recording device. I have never liked sending MIDI out of a DAW, so the Tetra doesn’t really have much use for me on its own. I did plug it into my old Atari ST when I first got it though, just to see if I could.

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It took me a minute to figure out why it was a toss up, but it is kind of like…

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Does anybody of u guys own any instrument made from Soma LABS? I checked out the Lyra 8 (https://somasynths.com/lyra-organismic-synthesizer/) and the Pulsar - 23 (https://somasynths.com/pulsar-23/) and they both seem very original and interesting machines. It’s crazy that u can patch the Pulsar with alligator clips, so u’re also allowed to connect it to external circuits. Check them out :slight_smile:

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