Beginners never listen advices from the old or the experienced one… so they, learn from their own mistake even if they advised throughfully. Generation after generation we repeat the same process…it is a beautiful loop. Anyway then if people have money… i’m glad for them.
Perception : studio pro / reality : homestudio
Perhaps he only intends to use the A4 strictly as a poly and needs a mono to accompany it?
Either way, GAS attacks are a hard thing to control, can’t blame him 
The Moog and 0Coast have a very different sound than the A4 and can free it up for poly duties. They also take up little real estate. If its not going to bankrupt you there’s no harm in experimenting.
Hi all,
A quick post from the guy who started this thread. I’ve read every comment and agree with a lot and disagree with some. Although I’m a beginner I’ve taken the last 6 months to learn synthesis and understand what my ears are tuned to before venturing into buying any hardware. I’m not blind to makin* mistakes in purchasing kit but I want to be able to use it in the way I want to once I’ve bought it. Having spent the last 15 years enjoying various electro acoustic guitars I now want to play musical synthesis.
A monosynth I see as just an extension of that. Please continue to give me good or bad advice. I love reading it and I’m sure others do too.
Happy new year.
I would argue that when learning the A4 completely, it sure would be nice to have a monosynth to compliment it. Definitely one with cv inputs, and the output back into the ext inputs.
Hell, throw in a couple guitar pedals.
Sick set up
Aside the aspect being a nice and powerful synth, the Blofeld has one flaw and I’m not talking about the encoders or some LFO-bugs, a single complex voice can take up much energy at the whole frequency-spectrum. Take a spectrum-analyzer and see for yourself…
This synth has to be tamed… anyway, i love it
and regarding the mono-synth you are looking for, take a look at the MFB Dominion Key,
this synth has a sound, far more better than the Moog in my opinion
I have the Grandmother now which is awesome long with the Octatrack. But I am also pondering a final analogue synth to complete my setup either the dominion one or the analogue solutions fusebox. Any thoughts?
I think that Erebus mk3 is coming pretty soon with a 3rd oscillator and the same price tag…
This is gonna make a pretty decent companion !
Famous last words.