Does boss sy-200 do good envelope sound

[lidl e]

All the demos i habe seem to be more ambient sounds.

 

Does the boss do good 80s synth sounds.

 

Trying to decide between it and the C4 for a smaller ffeqbxand go board. 

 

I belive the C4 does good envelope 

Edited August 12, 2023 by lidl e

[Al Krow]

I don't think the SY 200 is going to give you a particularly good 80s synth sound, and it's definitely not an envelope filter. The YT demos are a pretty good demo of what it can do. 

[LukeFRC]

On 12/08/2023 at 03:25, lidl e said:

I belive the C4 does good envelope

whatever the SA envelope one does... the C4 can do too

@Quatschmacher will possibly pop up and recommend the Future Impact too (or if not why the C4 more thna the FI) 

[Quatschmacher]

Do you have any particular tracks/parts in mind? Are you specifically talking about bass sounds or about synth sounds in a wider context?

 

Lots of 80s synth stuff was done on Roland Juno 6/60/106 (analogue subtractive) and Yamaha DX7 (FM).

 

The Juno sounds are pretty simple as it has one oscillator that can do saw and/or square, and a square sub oscillator. Single envelope and 4-pole resonant lowpass filter. Also has a 1-pole static highpass filter. Juno magic comes from the stereo chorus. I might actually have a blast at doing some Juno-inspired patches.

 

DX7 patches are harder to replicate. C4 can do some ballpark stuff. Most 80s tracks used one of the stock 32 presets. I’ve done a few C4 patches that are some way towards one of the bass patches (the one on Take On Me).

 

C4 does classic envelope filter stuff easily. 
 

And yes, FI will do a lot of the analogue stuff brilliantly (better than C4 in many cases).

[lidl e]

I do have the FI, just looking for something smaller that is digital with presets. 

 

Basically looking for sounds like the original deep impact.

 

A future compact enclosure would be ideal, but your man doesnt seem tocbe around amymore.

 

I know the sy-200 is bigger than I'd like, but i really like the demos.