*BEST SYNTHS OF 2021* // One Song One Synth // Sounds Only // Top Synth Moments 2021

[@s.fleming2441]

I see the virus get so little coverage, so I'm glad to see it here. I bought my TI over 10 years ago and it still feels like a brand new synth every time I play it. hands down my single desert island synth. I actually can't believe how into I still am.

[@Pulse2AM]

I had the Virus C desktop, amazing synth for VA. Unfortunately I needed money and sold it.

[@blackmirror5559]

. A welcome and refreshing change from hearing endless & identical oscillators. .

[@StarskyCarr]

Thanks… that why I put it together tbh. I think some viewers think of my channel as simply detailed examinations of stuff. But I actually create tracks with everything. I’ve come to the realisation that these bits are either skipped over, or the point of them is overlooked. The idea is … here’s the synth.. here’s what it can do in a track.. now let’s dig deeper and give you the info you can’t get anywhere else… but maybe I should do these as separate videos or make more of them? They’re the main reason I make the videos… gives me a chance to shut the world out and write some nice little tracks :)

[@blackmirror5559]

@@StarskyCarr 100% successful and definitely make more of them, these videos (music) are why we do it. Excellent work. .

[@PitchAccurate]

Best demo yet, thank you!

[@thoraht]

2600 with deadmau5

[@KacyDennis]

This shows why we all love synths!!! Thank you for putting this together for us.

[@TheMachinesWon]

Make a million 2600 vidoes, I'll continue to watch and enjoy. Would love some more patch tutorial videos too on how to make classic 80s sounds. Such a great synth and love your videos!

[@embersandash]

The M and Super 6. Incredible.

[@MrMarcLaflamme]

The Sherman Filterbank tune! Holy throwback! I need more of this one :-) Damnit need to edit this comment now. It's illegal for putting so many incredible tracks in one video!

[@StarskyCarr]

Haha cheers. The filterbank track is one of my favourites. Restricting yourself to a crazy sound source is a wonderful thing 😀

[@FakeGlasses]

Great vid. Would love to see you make a video about which of your many many many synths you actually use the most. Which did you think are amazing but just don't find their way into your workflow/tracks, etc. Could be interesting to see as a follow up to your 'Vintage Synths - are they worth it?" I've personally found that as cool and strange as some of the newer synths and vst's are, I come back to the bread and butter juno, piano (nord), and super 6 more often than not in my own music.

[@frankenfrank9553]

Thanks for the awesome montage. My personal winner is the Uno Synth Pro for three reasons: It's not a clone/replica but something unique, it's very well-priced and it sounds really awesome. Build quality of the desktop version is cheap though.

[@jaybird3636]

the sound of the behringer 2600 is absolutely convincing - krass

[@symbiat0]

I wish everyone did a beautiful montage like this at the end of the year 🙂

[@Dvoch001]

Nice new format! Definitely looking forward for Vol.2 😉

[@embersandash]

And that Jupiter 6! Ooph.

[@RustyTonesJr]

Waldorf M is my winner. I just got one and it's truly incredible.

[@fjfrancois]

I vote for the Take 5 track ❤

[@paultorbert6929]

DAMN KILLER SHOWCASE !!!!!!!! yes, i shouted that from Jackson Mississippi....... keep up the good work and music !

[@StarskyCarr]

High praise indeed...Cheers from Liverpool :)

[@paultorbert6929]

@@StarskyCarr 🍺🍺

[@delatronics3257]

The Jupiter 6 is not from 2021! It is my favorite analogue synth and I was senior engineer at Roland for 8 years. Like Waldorf but very impressed with the versitility of the Uno

[@garrettscott4748]

The 2600(again) is so nasty I love it. That filter sweep OMG!

[@MexxPowers]

Behringer Wasp is my Synth of the Year!

[@samprock]

Putting aside the (great!) value of you work as Synthesist and GASfluencer, you compose great music with distinct style, SC! Regardless of a synth in hands! after the Best Of, awaiting for Greatest Hits and Gold :)

[@StarskyCarr]

Wow, thank you!

[@user-jg9by6uk2e]

They all sound great. Its not the synth - its the player!

[@electrosonicnebula]

My clueless attempt at separating into genres: UNO mini: trance Sequential Take 5: trance Sherman Filterbank: some break in a Beck song/alternative house Leipzig: techno Microwave: house + techno with climaxes UDO super 6: 80's inspired trance UNO Pro: melancholic trance Wasp: retrowave Alpha Juno: drum & bass Leipzig: some crazy detuned madness to drive the cat crazy (with very nice drums) Waldorf: drum & bass Behringer 2600: ambient Access Virus: house Polysix: ambient Minilogue: drumless house break Jupiter 6: can't place it on the chronological scale Skulpt: trance Behringer 2600 again: dreamy arps, reminds me of Mika Forsling 2 Blue Marvins: IDM? Amazing textures like the other 2600 examples

[@StarskyCarr]

haha.. I've no idea.. Jupiter 6 is a take on 808 State's 'Pacific State' - without the bird calls :) I think they used one on that track.

[@electrosonicnebula]

Super interesting machines, great recording of the sound and video editing, but the music is some seriously groovy stuff the whole way through, really special especially the dark house/drum & bass sounds. Also interesting to hear how the Jupiter 6 does the more modern electronica vibe so well.

[@StarskyCarr]

Thanks.. these are the bits I enjoy making most (obvs I suppose - it’s actually making music) 😀

[@ManCalledMif]

2xBlueMarvin tune is killer 🙌🏼

[@BRNTmodularmusic]

I forgot to change the settings.. so I listened all your songs in 1.25x 😅😅😅. Everything was between a 2step and breaks 🤣 and love it the same!

[@StarskyCarr]

Yeah… c’mon Avin’ it at 150bpm

[@rrocktoo]

You’ve had one hell of a year. Thanks for keeping us entertained and reminding us how good classics can sound. Can I be bold and ask for a Kawai K5000S video next year please? The wheel of fashion must be due to land at its door fairly soon.

[@StarskyCarr]

Haha.. if anyone want to send me one - definitely :) Is that same as hoping my dads flares will come back into fashion 😂

[@joco9958]

@@StarskyCarr 🤣

[@fangan4770]

For me the winner is the Uno Synth Pro.

[@christianthompson1473]

Stand out for sound is the behringer 2600. Its on another planet 👍

[@JayKaufman]

You really need to do a tour of what your studio looks like. With the amount of synths you always have out, I imagine it's a lot of different synths all in various states of plugged in. Haha.

[@StarskyCarr]

And you’d be right! Some are permanently plugged in and others shift around for the demos. But they’re never ALL plumbed in for instant action!

[@krsTBedfordStudios]

Great video mate, its nice to have a large comparison like this...! Sometimes I feel saturated by the synth tones available now, but there were a few here I was glad to see some more of!!

[@alessandrolunardelli2352]

It's the man, not the machine... 😌

[@herbertdruschke503]

how beautiful these machines are. excellent idea this video.

[@Boodaman]

Very hight quality and super useful content. Thank you 👏

[@StarskyCarr]

Thanks… appreciated.

[@christdolphin69]

such an amazing time to be a musician. great work here. good to see the Take-5. such an underrated synth. making me want that arp 2600 though

[@Pettemusic]

The best synth was this one... controlled and programmed by Starsky Carr

[@StarskyCarr]

Haha thanks :)

[@mmhcreates]

Nicely done. Quite a few of these I either hadn't heard of or didn't know you had covered them. Will check out your overviews.

[@StarskyCarr]

Cool, thanks.

[@KatzVonKlc]

You should do more "Best synths of x-year"

[@Pulse2AM]

Great video, I appreciate all the work you put into it!

[@Daphoid]

Absolutely awesome. Love the vibes, and I've seen things I didn't know existed that are now on my wishlist (that Leipzig!)

[@StarskyCarr]

Leipzig is wonderful and inspiring.

[@aseomg]

Watching a Starsky Carr video at bedtime is a bad idea! Now I want to go to a club and dance 😩

[@StarskyCarr]

Haha. Watch my prophet 8 modular style thing… it knocks me out every time.. and oldie but a goodie 😂

[@tadams1227]

Hey, what multitrack software did you use? I'm still using a digital multitrack machine and just bought aMacBook. Great video and just subscribed!

[@temporoboto]

cool AF🙃💙thanks for sharing

[@embersandash]

And the Sherman and 2600

[@SpikesStudio3]

Thanks bro. Really enjoyed it. Just good fun. Cheers.

[@StarskyCarr]

Nice one, thanks.

[@i.syntaxerror]

one more episode like this one - so many good synth missing!

[@edmx]

Please stick 'em on Bandcamp, i like the more quirky ones you do like the Wasp one, microtonal Leipzig one etc.

[@angelos808]

fantastic video! awesome channel in general, keep it up bro!

[@lindsaywebb1904]

GAS pusher!

[@metabrisa5789]

everyone's a critic 💕 great machines

[@evildiesel7850]

Just added the Behinger to the wish list. Still waiting to the JD8000 to arrive. Wife not going to be pleased but hey ho...

[@embersandash]

How does the behringer monopoly compare to the original.

[@squishmusic]

For that true raw analogue, for me the Leipzig V3 clinched it...and Im going to guess this is probably the most expensive (ok maybe 2nd after Udo) synth here - typical. Me and my ta$t€s :D

[@StarskyCarr]

Haha… it does sound absolutely alive though.

[@novachord1]

Excellent!

[@falangistavaleroso9689]

Microwave xt is from the late 90´s mate. I got it in test back in those years and returned it due to slow envelopes and got a FS1R that yet own, one of my favs ever. I vote Leizpig from your video, is of my crazy FM random fat taste. Love Alpha Juno2, got one but would love your controller instead of mine. best

[@StarskyCarr]

Got my XT in 98 … couldn’t fathom it for years! Wanted it for evolving pads which it does brilliantly once you’ve got your head round the mod options.

[@falangistavaleroso9689]

@@StarskyCarr yes, with what I know nowadays, is a nice machine. I would like to get it or the yellow other I got them on German Keyboard magazines I bought back then. btw just bought a Roland s330 and Akai S3200 today! I am back to 1996! Edit: I live here forever: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZ7IlIulrb-BhrM&ab_channel=OscarMuleroPoleGroupFansClub

[@atomaalatonal]

almost all instruments got it. infront are waldorfs, hte leipzig and reigning supreme the sherman filterbank. the j6 is oldschool 80/90s as hell. the 2600 is nice. the wasp is nasty, wish you combined it with the sherman^^

[@embersandash]

But you make everything sound good.

[@turfoid7899]

Wow V3 sounds decent

[@iamyourfuture808]

great vid...ill take the access virus please

[@rodmorrison47]

Please break out the Polysix and Alpha Juno and make some bombastic, pompous synthwave! I'll buy it - just do it!

[@LesVegasMusic]

Great video! Subscribed! Just one question. Which of these synths is your favorite? If your house was on fire and you could only take one...

[@StarskyCarr]

The Jupiter 6 as it’s the most expensive and hard to get hold of. :)

[@LesVegasMusic]

@@StarskyCarr Totally! Good call. Saw a guy selling one on Facebook yesterday for $6!. It was his Dad's, he just passed away. I really like your Leipzig V3! That was the first time I heard it and I think it would be good for my tech house productions.

[@superdisco101]

Jupiter6 inspector norse?

[@directgraphic]

Essence FM !!!

[@Sonikbytes]

Virus ti, Jup 6

[@StarskyCarr]

Yeah... some are live jams.. like the 2600 and the Leipzig... demoing their strengths... much more a hands on experience than others. Some I make for my Clubbing TV show... so take a bit longer to produce a more finished track.

[@robertreid8241]

I hope electro jazz is a thing, it's all I can muster!

[@StarskyCarr]

I liked it 🎼🎶🎵🎹 🎷 nothing wrong with a bit of free form. But if conventional’s your bag there’s another one later.

[@ogasi1798]

top idea :-)

[@phonopollution]

Surprised that the microwave xt sounded best, … to my ears!

[@StarskyCarr]

I was surprised myself... and decided to keep it.

[@squishmusic]

Very 90s digital sound to me :)

[@andrew3606]

You like the 2600 I guess lol

[@StarskyCarr]

Erm… oh yes 😂

[@digo8167]

I need a Virus (not covid) LOL

[@StarskyCarr]

There’s plenty of it going round :)