i love novation stuff. that will be the next hardware synth i purchase.Gargoyle wrote:I might be shouted at/down for this...
... but I was completely blown away by how meaty the Novation Xiosynth is in the low end. It really does have some grunt to it and is, of course, excellent for leads and pads as well. It loads patches from the other Station series too, which is nice.
Probably not the fashionable answer, but I'm certainly pleasantly surprised by how much punch the Xiosynth packs (and it's cute too!).
Any cheap analog to beat my VSTi collection?
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- KVRAF
- 2117 posts since 22 Jan, 2005 from flint, michigan
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- KVRAF
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- 1628 posts since 3 Oct, 2001 from Thailand
Thanks everybody. I think I'll stick with my Oberheim for a while. Although warmer than my Micron, it still sounds quite sterile, not very full. Any tricks?
For my budget, I think MFB-Synth II seems to be a very good contender. Inspired by Minimoog architecture, but add things like sync, oscillator and filter FM, ring modulation, and patch memory, I think it's a good value at $550 new. Not that I can buy it now. I'll also keep looking for other synths suggested here on ebay.
For my budget, I think MFB-Synth II seems to be a very good contender. Inspired by Minimoog architecture, but add things like sync, oscillator and filter FM, ring modulation, and patch memory, I think it's a good value at $550 new. Not that I can buy it now. I'll also keep looking for other synths suggested here on ebay.
Peace, my friends. I'm not seeking arguments here. 
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- KVRAF
- 2875 posts since 28 Jan, 2004 from Da Nang, Vietnam
I've been through a *lot* of hardware, both analog and not, in the last couple of years and honestly you're going to be disappointed by anything in that price range. You've already got some of the most analog sounding vsts available and you're going to have to look into high-end analog to do any better. Even then, the differences will be subtle, not night & day obvious. I've had VAZ side-by-side with a Jupiter 6, a Prophet 5, and a Moog Voyager and the differences are very minor.poonna wrote: Any software proponents to offer your opinion that what I already have are enough to crush those two analogs down, that they already sound as fat and analog as those? Kill my GAS please!
The Evolver is great, but it's not the kind of analog most people think of when they want thick, fat analog sounds. More thin & cutting like a Prophet. The onboard distortion is digital and sounds it, much moreso than other good analog digital and even quality vst distortion like Ohmicide.
Get a real analog synth if you want one - they're fun, but have realistic expectations about how much bang you're going to get for your buck and get ready to deal with all the hassles of outboard gear - cabling, midi latency, recording latency, manual patch storage, monitoring latency etc.