waldorf something + jp8000

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I would buy the best hardware reverb unit I could and use all softsynths.

EQ unit or compressor

hate to be a turd in a pickle jar, but honestly man. Look at what type of hardware you feel you need to take your production level to the next level. Don't go out and buy 2-3 new hardware kits you probably will rarely use or that the learning curve is steep. With the virus, they are great synths. It took me about a year to learn everything with it to make sounds I need. Now I have a nordlead3 rack with my Ti. the nord is extreamly easy to opperate. If you want outboard FX get a lexicon mx200 costs almost nothing but its a great tool to have. I have one. but dont just spend money to spend money.

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Originally posted by michaelconway hate to be a turd in a pickle jar, but honestly man. Look at what type of hardware you feel you need to take your production level to the next level. Don't go out and buy 2-3 new hardware kits you probably will rarely use or that the learning curve is steep. With the virus, they are great synths. It took me about a year to learn everything with it to make sounds I need. Now I have a nordlead3 rack with my Ti. the nord is extreamly easy to opperate. If you want outboard FX get a lexicon mx200 costs almost nothing but its a great tool to have. I have one. but dont just spend money to spend money.

Your words are very wise; however, I'm not just spending money to spend money. I've been looking at many different hardware options in the last few days. I just can't make my mind up what I want. The Virus TI would be my first choice, but I feel it is a bit steep right now, but I'm extremely tempted. I simply threw out an arbitrary number of $1000 so people knew I didn't want to go totally insane with my choice(s). Maybe I should just get one and learn it first...then get another as you suggest. There's quite a few choices out there.

I have many software VSTs right now (yes, all purchased ). I know this can be argued, but just hearing samples of hardware synths like the Virus TI make the software synths cower in fear - just my opinion. They sound so clean and of much higher quality. Besides, I would like to fiddle with the knobs. I do have some of my controls in software controlled by my MIDI controller, but I imagine it is a bit different.

Speaking of the Lexicon MX200, I've read great things about it, but I cannot find ANY sample of audio using it. Does anyone know where I can find a sample?

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Originally posted by David Adams Your words are very wise; however, I'm not just spending money to spend money. I've been looking at many different hardware options in the last few days. I just can't make my mind up what I want. The Virus TI would be my first choice, but I feel it is a bit steep right now, but I'm extremely tempted. I simply threw out an arbitrary number of $1000 so people knew I didn't want to go totally insane with my choice(s). Maybe I should just get one and learn it first...then get another as you suggest. There's quite a few choices out there.

My bad dude, I didn't mean to sound like a dick. Im just having a bad day at work. well, here is the thing with the TI. Its a great all around synth, The bass on it is supurb! If you are looking to add a synth Save up and go for the TI, or if you have a 1,000 put it as a down and finance the rest if you have that option available.

Let me see if i can get you some samples of the lexicon in action, and ill post them up. Like I made the mistake of buying a bunch of gear at once and then being frustrated when trying to do one little thing with a track. I was kind of aggitated that I didn't take peoples advice.

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Originally posted by michaelconway My bad dude, I didn't mean to sound like a dick. Im just having a bad day at work. well, here is the thing with the TI. Its a great all around synth, The bass on it is supurb! If you are looking to add a synth Save up and go for the TI, or if you have a 1,000 put it as a down and finance the rest if you have that option available. Let me see if i can get you some samples of the lexicon in action, and ill post them up. Like I made the mistake of buying a bunch of gear at once and then being frustrated when trying to do one little thing with a track. I was kind of aggitated that I didn't take peoples advice.

No man! I didn't take it that way. I appreciate the advice. I might do as you suggest and just get the TI. One thing holding me back a little is that I use Cakewalk Sonar 6, and I know there have been issues with it and the Virus TI when used as a VST plugin. I don't want to spend any more money on a sequencer like Cubase. Besides, I'm very comfortable with Sonar at the moment. I suppose I could just hook it up like any of the older viruses with MIDI and audio out until it gets worked out with Sonar.

Mystic mentioned Waldorf. I went to their site and found something new that is coming out. Check it out:

CLICK---==> biofeld

I'm sure most of you already know about that though. I wonder how it sounds. I have time to wait because I probably won't buy anything for a couple months anyway.

I look forward to those MX200 samples. You can email me at [email protected]. If you need me to host the samples, let me know...

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You will not be disappointed with the sounds run through the Lexicon MX200. It sounds amazing!

I'd get a DSP (UAD or Powercore). Much more versatile than a single-purpose box!

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Originally posted by Eric J You will not be disappointed with the sounds run through the Lexicon MX200. It sounds amazing!

I'm hearing this a lot, hardware reverb is being considered a pretty good thing...
your main options are things like

waldorf
virus
nord
jp 8080 or v synth (vsynth has a bad rep tho so...)

if you wanted effects go either the
lexicon
!!!focusrite liquidmix!!! (no one mentioned this yet???!!!)

you could get a triton or a phantom to cover you for the workstation side of things too..