Your favorite WYSIWYG Analog Monosynth and Why?

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Current favorite is the Stylophone DS-2. Amazing sound and functionality in a small footprint!

But historically I’d say Roland SH-09, Analogue Solutions Telemark, Korg MS-20 (v1 filter) and Erica Syntrx 1 and 2 (not really “WYSIWYG” however.) I wouldn’t put modern Moogs on the list as so many functions are only accessible via software editors.

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What You See Is What You Get, which in this instance (I assume) means no hidden menus, software-only tweaks or shift-functionality.

Front 242 even has a song that’s a riff on the acronym:

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Amen to that.

My stage goto synth (think: rock bands) is the Little Phatty.
Its WYSIWYGness is debatable as it does have some menus, presets, and does not display all settings at once. However those LED collar knobs almost give me the feeling of having a full panel.

Other than that -call me fanboy- the good ol’ MiniMoog is one of those simple yet charming instruments.

Had the chance to play a Voyager Old School and a Vermona '14: two pure WYSIWYG boards but they both are just about to be too complex for that simplicity feeling.

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Norand Mono MKI => v.1.99 firmware stable. Just an amazing sounding synth. Shame about the flakiness of the company.

SH-101 => don’t own one but I’ve had the SH01A twice. Just love the sound. Simple and straightforward. I also love the sequencer and triggering it externally with gate patterns.

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Volca Bass

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I’d vote one quarter of a perfourmer

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Same here. I came here to say this and leave without learning what it means. Too old to learn new abbreviations in my life.

I like my Kobol Expander and Softpop 2.

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What you see is what you get.

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the grandmother is the best-sounding musical instrument i’ve ever used

the hype is merited and the magic is real

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Erica Synths DB-01.

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Another vote for the Moog Grandmother (and Matriarch).

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The Roland SH-7, because:

  • It has an incredibly well designed, ergonomic and easily readable panel and interface
  • It’s imho one of the best looking synths of all time
  • It sounds fantastic and has some really unique features that I love
  • It’s been with me for thirty years and I know all its intricacies, strengths and shortcomings
  • I sold it, regretted it deeply and bought it back!

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Have you posted it here yet :heart_eyes:?

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I have :wink:

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Twice. It’s that beautiful!

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My knee jerk response is that the Syntrx is that synth. But then I recall that back when I did a lot more writing than I do now, I strongly preferred LaTeX - a language that embeds markup commands in text, vaguely similar to HTML (but superior in every possible way) - to WYSIWYG word processors like Word.

That leads me to question whether any synth is truly WYSIWYG. The Hydrasynth has a 'scope mode, but that shows what you get after you’ve turned knobs and pressed keys,

Is there anything other than a sample board that shows waveforms on its buttons that is truly WYSIWYG?

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A Yamaha CS30L for me (the one without the sequencer).
Picked it up in the early 80’s and had it for many years. Got to know it inside out, a great learning tool.
I have often thought about picking one up again.

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yamaha cs15d(no cs15/cs5) the most unique of all that I had.
true vintage, alive and electric!

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I had a CS15D too at the same time as the 30.

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I had 15/15D at the same time and I was surprised that with a similar design and even more advanced functions with CS15 they had a completely different sound…the sound of the CS15 was completely ordinary and I immediately exchanged it for moog LP.

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