SURVEY re: SYNTHS (Page 1) - General Discussion - Forums

1 Apr 21, 2014 6:01 am

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rochester, ny

hey all,

my friend hannah is conducting some market research for a class project. if anyone hear could take a minute to fill out her survey, that would be rad!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/177EViG … E/viewform

it's about a website idea where people could export midi clips from ableton / pro tools, upload them to a website, and receive high quality wav's in return of those midi sequences played back through a library of real hardware synthesizers on a cost-per-use basis. it would give the bedroom producer access to a large library of classic synths that they could otherwise never afford. a pretty great concept!

anyways, yeah, thanks for checking it out!

2 Apr 21, 2014 6:30 am

Victory Road

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Gosford, Australia

cool, filled it out.

3 Apr 21, 2014 3:10 pm

kineticturtle

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Matthew Joseph Payne

If you had access to a synthesizer from your home/studio for recording purposes, would that be a desired alternative to owning it?
Yes
Maybe
I don't know

Why isn't there a "No" option?

Anyway, filled out. Neat idea!

4 Apr 21, 2014 5:19 pm

GenSek

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Sestri Levante, Genova, Italy

kineticturtle wrote:

If you had access to a synthesizer from your home/studio for recording purposes, would that be a desired alternative to owning it?
Yes
Maybe
I don't know
Why isn't there a "No" option?

+1
anyway, filled out too

5 Apr 21, 2014 5:45 pm

Mrwimmer

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Los Angeles, CA

I filled it out as well. Super interesting concept!

6 Apr 21, 2014 5:56 pm

boomlinde

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Sweden

Submitted. The real-time aspect of it doesn't seem technically feasible without really long buffers, though.

7 Apr 21, 2014 6:03 pm

arlen

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boomlinde wrote:

Submitted. The real-time aspect of it doesn't seem technically feasible without really long buffers, though.

i was thinking along the same lines. i also submitted.

8 Apr 22, 2014 1:46 am

nickmaynard

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rochester, ny

boomlinde wrote:

Submitted. The real-time aspect of it doesn't seem technically feasible without really long buffers, though.

yeah, some of the descriptions may be misleading. it isn't meant to be real time control. it's more like, you upload your midi file, it gets placed into a queue behind other people who have uploaded stuff, and then it plays your midi through the synth while recording it, then sends you a link to the wav file.

9 Apr 22, 2014 2:32 am

herr_prof

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IIRC there is a startup doing this with outboard gear like compressors preamps and hardware reverb devices atm. I cant figure out the google for it though.

10 Apr 22, 2014 2:45 am

nickmaynard

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rochester, ny

herr_prof wrote:

IIRC there is a startup doing this with outboard gear like compressors preamps and hardware reverb devices atm. I cant figure out the google for it though.

someone i know was insisting this idea already exists, maybe they were referring instead to what you're referring to? sounds like an awesome idea and a side i would definitely use a ton.

11 Apr 22, 2014 5:00 am

Boner

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nickmaynard wrote:

herr_prof wrote:
IIRC there is a startup doing this with outboard gear like compressors preamps and hardware reverb devices atm. I cant figure out the google for it though.
someone i know was insisting this idea already exists, maybe they were referring instead to what you're referring to? sounds like an awesome idea and a side i would definitely use a ton.

yeah there's definitely been mentions of this in tape op, but i think everyone who's tried to start services like this have failed.

probably the best way to launch a business doing online synth/gear sessions would be to integrate it into an existing online session musician platform, where you can rent a synthesist/engineer for an alloted amount of time. people like that probably already exist on session musician sites.

Last edited by Boner (Apr 22, 2014 5:00 am)

12 Apr 22, 2014 6:03 am

8BIT KIDD

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New Zealand

i would not personally use a service like this but i think others would wouldnt they? (i cant think of anyone off the top of my head that i know)
thats what vsti's are for aint they?
anyway filled out form