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Alan's List of Favorite Trance Hardware Synths (pg. 6)
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| alanzo |
| quote: | Originally posted by EgosXII
how are you finding the blofeld alan?
good for anything? |
I haven't gone too deep into it yet. It *may* be a little early to tell, but I believe it very well may have the fattest OSCs I've heard on a VA. It sounds quite literally identicle to the Prophet. But that was only from a single test of two detuned Saw OSCs. So I may be jumping the gun a bit. I'll post here in a couple months when I've done a full run through and completed patch banks for the PEK, Andromeda, and Blofeld. |
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| EgosXII |
| quote: | Originally posted by alanzo
I haven't gone too deep into it yet. It *may* be a little early to tell, but I believe it very well may have the fattest OSCs I've heard on a VA. It sounds quite literally identicle to the Prophet. But that was only from a single test of two detuned Saw OSCs. So I may be jumping the gun a bit. I'll post here in a couple months when I've done a full run through and completed patch banks for the PEK, Andromeda, and Blofeld. |
wow, for the price i really expected a piece of crap :p
i'm currently deciding on which bit of hardware to save up for...
atm the contestants are blofeld (around 1000AUD), Virus ti Snow (around 2000AUD), or the Virus TI desktop (around 3500aud)...
i'll probably end up getting one from the US, or ebay because the prices here are ridiculous because of our dollar, and the fact that a huge number of electronics companies are bumping up their trading prices just for Australia (jee thanks :p )
but yeah, opinions?? is the snow worth the price cut, or is it better just saving the extra money for the proper TI?? |
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| alanzo |
| quote: | Originally posted by EgosXII
but yeah, opinions?? is the snow worth the price cut, or is it better just saving the extra money for the proper TI?? |
On eBay USA, a good deal on the Snow is about $900 USD and a good deal on the Ti desktop is about $1350 USD. So it's up to you. The Ti Desktop can really be thought of as two Snows in one. But both will run the new 3.0 software. |
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| Fledz |
| quote: | Originally posted by alanzo
On eBay USA, a good deal on the Snow is about $900 USD and a good deal on the Ti desktop is about $1350 USD. So it's up to you. The Ti Desktop can really be thought of as two Snows in one. But both will run the new 3.0 software. |
Looking at that price I would say it would probably be better to save up, but then again a Snow is portable and sufficient for a lot of people.
If you're not going to carry it around much then it's probably better to get the TI. |
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| psymon.d |
| So far the Snow has been perfectly fine for me. Perhaps I should use the word great rather than fine to emphasize it's been better than sufficient. It's been great then, heh. |
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| EgosXII |
| quote: | Originally posted by alanzo
On eBay USA, a good deal on the Snow is about $900 USD and a good deal on the Ti desktop is about $1350 USD. So it's up to you. The Ti Desktop can really be thought of as two Snows in one. But both will run the new 3.0 software. |
a lot of the TIs on ebay don't ship O/S as well :(
but you're right, probably worth saving up...
the other thing is i could get a new snow though, rather than a used TI, and it would still be cheaper.. i'm not TOO fussed about second hand when it comes to something like this, but of course new is always better, and i assume it would come with a warranty if i were to buy it in the country of my residence...
i'll have a ponder... keep my eye out for sales etc.. still months before i'll be getting any anyway :( |
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| alanzo |
| quote: | Originally posted by cryophonik
Nice summary, alonzo. I'll throw out some of my thoughts here as well, but I won't bore you with all the synths I've owned since I started buying hardware synths back in the early 80s (yeah, I'm an old fart), just the recent ones. My current hardware lineup consists of:
5) Alesis QS8.2 – 88 weighted keys - I primarily use this as a MIDI controller, but also when I just want to plunk around on a piano - it's actually my primary compositional tool when I first start a song. |
I've had one of these too. I think everyone and their mother has had one at some point. The only good thing that came from the Q series was that it put a butt load of cash into Alesis' lap which then financed R/D for the Andromeda.
The QS isn't a real synth, it's a ROMpler, so I didn't include it. :P |
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| emc^2 |
Here's a teaser... These are the synths I owned at one point or another or currently own. Quite a few, actually. . scary how many. It'd be easier to list which I didn't have. Anyway, review of each will be up shortly:
Alesis Andromeda
Access virus A, B, C, TI
MiniMoog Model D
Korg Triton Studio
Korg Z1
Korg Wavestation
Korg EX8000
Roland XP60 (my first!)
Novation Supernova II
Novation Nova, A-Station, Drumstation, Bass Station
Nord Lead 1, 2, 2x, 3
Oberheim Matrix 1000, Matrix 12
Akai AX-60
Roland Jupiter 8, Jupiter 6, Juno 106, RS09, 3080, XP60, TB303, TR909, TR808, A70, JP8080, MKS-80, MKS-50, V-Synth, 5080, JD-800, AX-7, MC-09, System 100, HS-60, Fantom XR
Yamaha AN1x, AN-200, DX-200, FS1R, Motif Rack, CS-6x
Kawai K5000, XD-5
Cheetah MS6
E-Mu PX-7, Planet Earth Pro module,
Electron Machinedrum
FutureRetro 777, Revolution
Sequential Circuits - Prophet VS
David Smith Instruments - Prophet 08, Mono Evolver Keyboard, Poly Evolver Keyboard
Whew... |
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| Waza |
| quote: | Originally posted by emc^2
Here's a teaser... These are the synths I owned at one point or another or currently own. Quite a few, actually. . scary how many. It'd be easier to list which I didn't have. Anyway, review of each will be up shortly:
Alesis Andromeda
Access virus A, B, C, TI
MiniMoog Model D
Korg Triton Studio
Korg Z1
Korg Wavestation
Korg EX8000
Roland XP60 (my first!)
Novation Supernova II
Novation Nova, A-Station, Drumstation, Bass Station
Nord Lead 1, 2, 2x, 3
Oberheim Matrix 1000, Matrix 12
Akai AX-60
Roland Jupiter 8, Jupiter 6, Juno 106, RS09, 3080, XP60, TB303, TR909, TR808, A70, JP8080, MKS-80, MKS-50, V-Synth, 5080, JD-800, AX-7, MC-09, System 100, HS-60, Fantom XR
Yamaha AN1x, AN-200, DX-200, FS1R, Motif Rack, CS-6x
Kawai K5000, XD-5
Cheetah MS6
E-Mu PX-7, Planet Earth Pro module,
Electron Machinedrum
FutureRetro 777, Revolution
Sequential Circuits - Prophet VS
David Smith Instruments - Prophet 08, Mono Evolver Keyboard, Poly Evolver Keyboard
Whew... |
Out of all of them. What one is your fav...... |
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| msz |
my fav synth
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| alanzo |
| quote: | Originally posted by msz
my fav synth |
Looks even cooler when it blends into the black background. :D |
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