But does speak to the silliness of actually linking Massive X so intimately with the OG by naming it so. Given the impact and reverence people have for Massive, I think people expected something as good/better. Imo it is better but its also just a completely different synth. When you set the bar high like that, it's almost inevitable that it's not
going to get there. Long way of saying Massive X is a shitty name for a synth.
Anyway, I do find it frustrating to use at times. Nothing deal breaking but enough annoyances that I don't always feel anticipatory joy when I think about whipping it out. But I almost always end up creating something really unique and leave my sound design session having learned something. MX just does the best sounding simple FM that I've heard, perfect for the styles of psytrance and progressive stuff I make. So clean and consistent. Also using the exciter envelope with the comb filter for physical modelling- outside of a distinctly PM synth, this is probably the best out there.
One major gripe though (besides the pan issue I mentioned earlier) is how f**king annoying the performers are to program. Super fiddly. But once dialed in, sounds great. Also wish there was some simple mod sources like unipolar/bipolar note on random as found it many other synths. Setting it up with the random LFO is easy enough but I still don't know how to emulate Serums for example note on random. I can get close.
Also just having velocity as a mod source to drop wherever one requires it. The way I have to do it is applying an envelope to whatever parameter because velocity doesn't seem available in any other way. This is a silly way to do things. I'd also like more unison options- it's always global, but often I want a simple monophonic base sound with another unsioned layer swarming around it. This just isn't possible.
That said, all the downsides are just the way it is and if one synth can't do something, I've got another 15 that do it. But because of the arbitrary limitations, I usually use MX to generate wavetables for use in Serum or Current, or bounce out atmospheric samples to drop into a granular engine.
going to get there. Long way of saying Massive X is a shitty name for a synth.
Anyway, I do find it frustrating to use at times. Nothing deal breaking but enough annoyances that I don't always feel anticipatory joy when I think about whipping it out. But I almost always end up creating something really unique and leave my sound design session having learned something. MX just does the best sounding simple FM that I've heard, perfect for the styles of psytrance and progressive stuff I make. So clean and consistent. Also using the exciter envelope with the comb filter for physical modelling- outside of a distinctly PM synth, this is probably the best out there.
One major gripe though (besides the pan issue I mentioned earlier) is how f**king annoying the performers are to program. Super fiddly. But once dialed in, sounds great. Also wish there was some simple mod sources like unipolar/bipolar note on random as found it many other synths. Setting it up with the random LFO is easy enough but I still don't know how to emulate Serums for example note on random. I can get close.
Also just having velocity as a mod source to drop wherever one requires it. The way I have to do it is applying an envelope to whatever parameter because velocity doesn't seem available in any other way. This is a silly way to do things. I'd also like more unison options- it's always global, but often I want a simple monophonic base sound with another unsioned layer swarming around it. This just isn't possible.
That said, all the downsides are just the way it is and if one synth can't do something, I've got another 15 that do it. But because of the arbitrary limitations, I usually use MX to generate wavetables for use in Serum or Current, or bounce out atmospheric samples to drop into a granular engine.
Statistics: Posted by swilow11 — Mon Oct 07, 2024 3:08 am