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Alright, I have marked John Bowen Synth Design on my list...

I am also toying with the idea of video reviews while I'm there. Mind you it would be with my shitty point-and-click Nikon, and my not-as-shitty M-Audio Microtrack...But if they'll let me plug into their kit, that will help.

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Originally posted by ReclusNdangrmnt Alright, I have marked John Bowen Synth Design on my list...

Try not to drool on it. I probably would...

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Originally posted by cryophonik Try not to drool on it. I probably would...

It'd be the most expensive drooling I've ever done

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Originally posted by cryophonik Yeah, check out the Access Virus booth as soon as you get there and speed dial me if there are any new products. Grab me a t-shirt while you're at it (XL/tall). Also, I just noticed that John Bowen is going to be there - stop by and check out the Solaris (or whatever synths he's got). http://www.johnbowen.com/solaris-overview.html

For some reason I envision this as a new and even more kick ass version of the Andromeda.

Which probably explains why I want to have sex with it

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Originally posted by Fledz For some reason I envision this as a new and even more kick ass version of the Andromeda. Which probably explains why I want to have sex with it

You would have sex with all this synthesizers, wouldn't ya?

I prefer the black version for some interracial fun.

Yeah, but I doubt whether it'll actually make it to production. and even if it did, the price would be obscene, and TBH it just doesn't look that much better than your average virus or other synth with a mod matrix. Modular synths are overrated IMO.

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Originally posted by kitphillips Yeah, but I doubt whether it'll actually make it to production. and even if it did, the price would be obscene,

It did make it to production - it was announced over a year ago IIRC and the list price was around $3500. I thought I read somewhere that he only produced like 25 units in the first release, not sure how many since.

i shall be there

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Originally posted by cryophonik It did make it to production - it was announced over a year ago IIRC and the list price was around $3500. I thought I read somewhere that he only produced like 25 units in the first release, not sure how many since.

But who has 3500 to spend on one synth? Honestly, nothing could sound that good IMO.

Also, as far as I can see, it appears to be just more VA, I thought it was analogue for some reason. In which case, isn't it similar to arturia's origin? I'd rather go the origin since it seems a bit more full featured.

The Andromeda sells for that much and hell, I'd pay that. In fact I probably will soon. Virus TI retails for more than that too.

http://www.sonicstate.com/news/2010...ow-at-heathrow/
I can't be at Namm, but i got sonicstate!

So it begins:




http://matrixsynth.blogspot.com/201...uces-apc20.html
I might pick this baby up!

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The APC20 will be available from pro audio and musical instrument retailers in January 2010. It has a U.S. Retail Price of $299.00 and an estimated street price of $199.00

Picked up my badge yesterday. Let's do this!

MoPho Keys!



Initially I was pissed when I heard it wasn't a Tetra keys, BUT this MoPho can be Polychained to a Tetra for 5 voices. AND it's "knobby". AWESOME. They really got it right with this from a business stand-point by getting both those who wanted a Tetra keys and a Mopho keys with one unit. I will definitely be getting one of these instead of a Polar.

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Originally posted by alanzo MoPho Keys!

Price?

New Cakewalk (Roland) A-Pro MIDI controllers announced:

http://www.kvraudio.com/news.php?id=13473

Big UAD announcement - Lexicon, Studer, dbx and AKG plugins

link

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Originally posted by kitphillips But who has 3500 to spend on one synth?

YAS, U HAS 2 B RICH 2 BY TAHT MUCH MONAYS ON A SYNTOSISR

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Originally posted by cryophonik Price?

$800 street.

And, still on the topic of the MoPho keys, I saw in a video that they indeed have combined the envelopes, oscs, and a few other paramaters into knob sets selectable with buttons. That has never botehred me from a programming perspective so I'm all for it if it saves space and $$.

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Originally posted by hexadecimal YAS, U HAS 2 B RICH 2 BY TAHT MUCH MONAYS ON A SYNTOSISR

Well dude, its a fairly simple looking beast and everyone complained about the arturia origin's price which was a similar price and a similar concept, but with more different modules. Just pointing that out.

AS far as comparison with the virus goes, 15 voices vs 80. Nuff said. I can see the appeal of the virus for building up huge layers, I can't see what your going to do with 15 voices really, unless each one is as good as a minimoog or something, which I doubt.

No mention of multitimbrality either..?

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Originally posted by kitphillips Well dude, its a fairly simple looking beast and everyone complained about the arturia origin's price which was a similar price and a similar concept, but with more different modules. Just pointing that out. AS far as comparison with the virus goes, 15 voices vs 80. Nuff said. I can see the appeal of the virus for building up huge layers, I can't see what your going to do with 15 voices really, unless each one is as good as a minimoog or something, which I doubt. No mention of multitimbrality either..?

Lolz at everything uttered here. I don't know what instrument you're comparing the Virus to, but this is what you sound like :

"OMG a synth is useless without 80voices@!@! How can you possibly survive with ONLY 15???"

I guess you were talking about the Solaris?

Oscillators Four (4) oscillators. Each can be of the following types:

* MultiMode (standard waveshapes, combinations, plus double saw)
* WaveTable (wavetables 1-64 from the Waldorf Microwave synthesizers)
* Sample playback (.wav file or Akai format)
* CEM VCO chip model (like those used in the later Rev. 3.x versions of the Prophet 5)
* model of the waveform oscillators used in the Prophet VS
* (temperature stable) model of the oscillators used in the MiniMoog.


Seems pretty cool if done right. Audio demos aren't anything even close to amazing. I bet the Arturia stuff can sound identicle to these demos...

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Originally posted by alanzo Lolz at everything uttered here. I don't know what instrument you're comparing the Virus to, but this is what you sound like : "OMG a synth is useless without 80voices@!@! How can you possibly survive with ONLY 15???"

If thats what you think I sound like I think you need to look closer at the context.

I said I thought it was overpriced and not that revolutionary. People came back saying that it was a reasonable price (hexadecimal) and that it was a similar price to the virus.

I said that it was similarly priced to a synth of similar concept (although better executed) which was often judged too expensive. I also said that maybe people were happy to pay more for the virus because it has 5x the voices.

This is a better alternative with 32 voices, built off algorithms which are known to be awesome and also costs less. Still slightly overpriced IMO, but I could see myself buying one second hand maybe... http://www.arturia.com/evolution/en...in/specs21.html

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