Nice to see a balanced report back on this. I get the feeling it's far too early yet as release date is still several months away, July if I am not mistaken. Currently it's being marketed, IMHO, on what will come and till that's delivered Im on the fence. I think there's currently better options out there at the moment for the price. But that's my personal opinion and needs.Urs wrote:I had a chance to check out System 1 at Messe (we had to guard the drum synth and switch it off because there was only ever a mix on the headphones). It's better than expected, but it's also very "generic" in sound. It failed a few tests that we do when we examine analogue filters. For instance the filter self oscillation doesn't quite "attach" to the oscillator frequency, which I merely connotate with digital sound. OTOH controls were smooth (not steppy). Aliasing levels are not too bad. Modulations are fast and snappy. It's state of the art for a hardware VA, but it needs some more work to fulfill optimistic expectations.
Most importantly, the "Plug Out" switch was dead. No sight of SH-101, System 700 whatsoever. Just someone stating that these are planned and "yes they will be VST". I'm not sure why they had a real SH-101 there because they were not showing an emulation of it at all. I was very disappointed because checking this out was the main reason I went to Messe for. Maybe next year :-/
Of course if we see something similar hosting zebra, diva, ace...bish bosh £$€'s
