What hardware are you missing in software?

[Synthetic Wav]

nord modular g2.
There is a demo. Could be the real thing.

Best digital synth ever made. The demo proves it can be done.

G2 sound worst than the first one imo

[SayersWeb]

G2 sound worst than the first one imo

I agree... when the G2 came out I bought the keyboard version (G2X) at a very expensive price. Did not like the sound character at all... I previously had that little Nord Micro Modular with 4 knobs that sounded quite good. Ended up selling the G2X and getting the Alesis Andromeda.

I also bought a Nord Lead 3 keyboard when it first was released, but did not like the sound character as much as my Nord Lead 2 rack, so the NL3 did not stay long either. Gave up on the newer Nord synths after that. I still have the NR2... but will be selling it soon. Don't have room for it anymore... it sits on a shelf unused.

[do_androids_dream]

nord modular g2.
There is a demo. Could be the real thing.

Best digital synth ever made. The demo proves it can be done.

G2 sound worst than the first one imo

I don't know.. I like them both equally. One cleaner than the other but they still both sound stunning to me.

[Soundsmith_Kamachi]

The Rhodes Chroma and the Chroma Polaris, the Oberheim 4 Voice (with really individual voices), and an ARP 2600 with state of the art programming

[surreal]

Alesis Andromedia M6 Definetly

[robotmonkey]

Some more from me:

Waldorf Microwave XT
Waldorf Q

[Hewitt Huntwork]

If somebody aped the Zvex Instant LoFi Junky in a VST, I'd grab it in a heartbeat.

[DrGonzo]

I miss E-mu z-plane filters as a vst-plugin

Theoretically they are already in VST plugin. It's called Emulator X3.

Isn't the X3 discontinued?

/C

[VariKusBrainZ]

I miss E-mu z-plane filters as a vst-plugin

Theoretically they are already in VST plugin. It's called Emulator X3.

Isn't the X3 discontinued?

/C

It's still legitimately available to buy and the zplane filter is being released as a eurorack module
http://www.rossum-electro.com/products/morpheus/

[aMUSEd]

I miss E-mu z-plane filters as a vst-plugin

Theoretically they are already in VST plugin. It's called Emulator X3.

Isn't the X3 discontinued?

/C

It's still legitimately available to buy and the zplane filter is being released as a eurorack module
http://www.rossum-electro.com/products/morpheus/

Holy crap, it's almost worth going Eurorack just for that!

[aMUSEd]

I miss E-mu z-plane filters as a vst-plugin

Theoretically they are already in VST plugin. It's called Emulator X3.

Isn't the X3 discontinued?

/C

It's still legitimately available to buy and the zplane filter is being released as a eurorack module
http://www.rossum-electro.com/products/morpheus/

Such a pity it was Windows only.

[Mutant]

Polymoog...

[Soundsmith_Kamachi]

The Rhodes Chroma and the Chroma Polaris, the Oberheim 4 Voice (with really individual voices), and an ARP 2600 with state of the art programming

Forgot some goodies:

Korg PS3300
Roland Jupiter 4

[beely]

Jupiter 4 is a good suggestion. Roland's ProMars is from the same vintage and shares some character, so that's probably the closest so far. Roland sort of promised/teased more virtual synths, so maybe they'll do it before too long...

[robotmonkey]

Going through some old stuff I remembered two more:

Technics WSA1 - A synth that went under the radar mostly at the time, maybe because the company that made it was not known for making synths. But this synth was absolutely a killer synth for pads, ambient soundscapes and such. And of course it did all the ROMpler stuff too. It used physical modelling alongside PCM for some interesting programming possibilities. Definitely would love to see this as a VST.

Kawai K5000 - Another synth that was absolutely killer for pads and ambient stuff. Like DX-series and Wavestation it was fiddly to program without computer with so many parameters but a VST version could really improve it.