waldorf have just announced a hardware rack version of their attack vst instrument on their user forum, a few hours before the official announcement at namm.
this must be the first time a softsynth release is followed by a hardware version...

www.waldorf-gmbh.de/rackattack/

Good for Waldorf, see there's an innovation. I was having a conversation with a friend about this very topic a while ago, I was only hoping that the B4 would be released as a hardware version by NI, who in their right mind wouldn't own one. I really hope a few of the software developers here make the move to hardware but can manage to keep the price comprable to the software version. Imagine having a hardware B4 for between $400-600? I hope more companies start making the move, that would really get the hardware synth market moving again.

Too bad it's a rack model. They should have made it look like the VSTi, a desktop drum synth.

Lotuz, give a try to the Machinedrum, it totally kick ass!

As point_misser just pointed out the fact that a VSTi generate an hardware version is a sign of our time. We made the right choice. The soft revolution is taking over (and I like it, like it, yes I do (( I like it...))

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Originally posted by Funkybot:
Good for Waldorf, see there's an innovation. I was having a conversation with a friend about this very topic a while ago, I was only hoping that the B4 would be released as a hardware version by NI, who in their right mind wouldn't own one. I really hope a few of the software developers here make the move to hardware but can manage to keep the price comprable to the software version. Imagine having a hardware B4 for between $400-600? I hope more companies start making the move, that would really get the hardware synth market moving again.

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Well, first of all, there are many companies offereing hardware B3 emulations (if they're as good as the B4 is another question), so it's doesn't make as much sense, and secondly, being that waldorf is a hardware synth company first and foremost, it is much easier for them to produce a hardware version than it would be for NI...

Mateo, I understand your point, but take Korgs C3 for instance. It costs over a grand, and I've heard of people still prefering the sound of the B4 to the C3. Now look at the B4 for which the software costs $200, how hard would that be to integrate that same software into a hardware version? I think if NI did it, or liscenced it out for someone else to do, they could put out the best Hammond emulation for under $600. At half the price of the Korg unit, with better sound, who wouldn't buy one of these? And I think everyone involved could still turn a nice profit from it. It's not something that's likely but it would be cool, and I think eventually more and more softsynths are going to start turning up in hardware modules. Now if Waldorf would just remake the PPG as a hardware version with the VST versions software replacing the original circuitry, and sell that for like $400 we'd all be golden.