Minimax vs Prodyssey

fidox · Post by **fidox** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 4:36 am

hi all !

i want to hear your opinions about which synth should i buy, for 50% better price !
i know both are awsome, but which one is better for basses, leads, fx, other strange sounds ? i'm into psy-trance music....

thanks

matej

Quifster · Post by **Quifster** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 5:48 am

i've got them both. they are both very! good. but i think the minimax is better for psy trance sounds.

if i should make a choice my choice would be the minimax.

Flyerfred · Post by **Flyerfred** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 6:03 am

Hello,

to have a balanced feedback, let's say i prefer the Prodissey! I think it's the best for basses & FX. I use it for very punchy basses. And the S/H + modulation features are really cool, so...

Fred

fidox · Post by **fidox** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 6:07 am

thanks for your comments,
i think i'll try first Prodyssey, i know that Minimax is very good, but anyway, i hope some day i'll have also Minimax...

matej

Basic Pitch · Post by **Basic Pitch** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 9:39 am

I too own both,

Minimax has a great sound, but for what I have been doing lately, alot of 4/4 club kind of stuff I find myself reaching for prodessey 1st, for some reason that thing just comes up with the sounds I need, sequence synths, basses, and grungy analog sounding stabs, aswell as wierd noises

The onlything I have founbd myself using minimax for so far is for leads and bass layers, wierd berlin type sounds, though I think the prodessey can probably handle the berlin stuff better

If you can buy both!

Cheers!

fidox · Post by **fidox** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 10:06 am

ok, i already payed for Prodyssey now, i'm just waiting for generating to my download page, but it writes me error at the moment,
hope soon i can try it,
i'll wait buying minimax, since i'm waiting now for Flexor2 update,

matej

Basic Pitch · Post by **Basic Pitch** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 10:17 am

Every one likes different stuff,

Seriously though Minimax is realy good and definetely a must have. Whats funny is I bought Pro One also and I still reach for prodessey all the time hehe.

Just a small tip, the presets are an ok point of reference but when you fall in love with Prodessey is when you start to creat your own things. When I demod it, I was like ehh not bad, then one day I was bored and bought it, and was like ehh im sure ill find a use for this.

Then I decided to use it in a track was trying all the CW synths I had to create a grungy stab sound and nothing I found gave me the right sound, I could get close but just not THE sound. Then I loaded Prodessey and in like 2 minutes of minor tweaks had like a few variations of exactly the sound I needed, from there out I just find it so easy to get that special sound I want.

I thumb through the presets till I find something similar or as close as I need to a sound I want and then I tweak from there untill it shapes into exactly what I want.

Also there is something nice about mixing oddesy type sounds together with smoother sounding synths like a Pro one, layer in some pads and its wonderfull mix of textures.

Cheers!