What hardware are you missing in software?

[cryophonik]

I miss the extreme innovation of hardware, ITB offers limitless levels of ability, yet nothing besides the DAW itself and maybe Melodynes DNA has innovated hugely in the mainstream.
Think of the impact FM/PD had or the impact of Sampling or wavesequencing.
We need more forward thinking and less "Lets redo that"

[Jace-BeOS]

Oh, since were descending to "hardware vs software"... My initial impulse was to say "I miss physical controls with software", but then I saw the original poster's first post and respected the intent of the thread.

[fischkopf]

To me the most interesting SW synths are the ones that take the basic concept of an existing HW synth and improve on it in various ways, such as ImpOscar 2 or LuSH-101, enabling you things you could never do on the hardware.

[himalaya]

If you could pick one hardware synthesizer/sampler that still hasn't made it into a plugin, what would that be?

Yamaha Vl1/VP1 combo. A new plugin that combines the best of the technology, with a more open synth architecture that has more parameters available to the user, and of course, the inclusion of new developments in Acoustic Modeling.

I have a friend who owns the ultra rare Yamaha VP1. The lucky man! (only 2 or 3 were ever sold!)

[electro]

If you could pick one hardware synthesizer/sampler that still hasn't made it into a plugin, what would that be?

Yamaha Vl1/VP1 combo.

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http://www.matrixsynth.com/2006/07/poly ... synth.html
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... 2&p=346722

[ccDuckett]

Bell Labs' Voder!

[goldenanalog]

Ultra emulation 2nd pick:

[goldenanalog]

here is another rarity - I had an opportunity to purchase this unique synth at a couple points in the distant past - it would be fantastic to see this reborn as a spot-on soft emulation:

[koukouba]

i would want to see the plugin versions of Alesis Andromeda A6 (softube or uhe can handle that i guess)

and the Elektron Drum Machine






aaah and while you are at it the Supernova II

[Ingonator]

aaah and while you are at it the Supernova II

A Supernova II emulation would be indeed cool but an UltraNova emulation would be even better IMO.

Currently from Novation i got both an UltraNova and Bass Station II here and also both the V-Station and Bass Station plugins.

While the interface of UltraNova is not as impressive as a Supernova II keyboard (that looks very cool indeed) under the hood it has a very impressive feature set with 3 OScs (with analog style standard waveforms, PWM, wavetables and additional single digittal waves), 2 multimode filters (serial/parallel routing), tons of modulation (6 envelopes, 3 LFOS, mod matrix), a nice effect section (5 FX slots with a bunch of differntFXs for each slot) and an Arpeggiator.
One of my favorite features is the "Density" feature avaialble i nall 3 Oscs that works like a Hypersaw but works for all waveforms.

If there would be an emulation of the SuperNova II instead (and not the UltraNova) it would be very cool too and i am quite sure i would buy it.

As mentioned earlier in this thraed i would also like to have a proper Bass Station II emulation that also has an option to work polyphonic.

[Krakatau]

here is another rarity - I had an opportunity to purchase this unique synth at a couple points in the distant past - it would be fantastic to see this reborn as a spot-on soft emulation:

+1

[ccDuckett]

I guess my serious answer would be the Korg PS-3xxx series. Honestly, while Monark-level fidelity would be awesome, I can't see a PS-3300 emu that wouldn't make the average CPU curl into a ball and whimper..

[SayersWeb]

A Supernova II emulation would be indeed cool but an UltraNova emulation would be even better IMO.

Oh... why did I read your post? I had no interest in getting a new hardware synth... recently, most of my music production is software synths, along with a Virus TI. I bought the Nova Desktop as my first analog style synth when it first came out. I loved it, still have it, but the power supplies keep failing, so I have given up using it. Then I read your post and after researching it (endlessly) now I have ordered an Ultranova. I certainly don't need it... This is the first hardware synth I have bought in many years... maybe even 10 years. I hold you personally responsible Ingonator!

I'm a bit concerned about replacing a 61 ke controller with 37 keys...

[planetearth]

I guess my serious answer would be the Korg PS-3xxx series. Honestly, while Monark-level fidelity would be awesome, I can't see a PS-3300 emu that wouldn't make the average CPU curl into a ball and whimper..

Arturia could probably do it--if they felt there was a market for it, and if they could find one to model. (This is the first I've heard of it, but it does look interesting, I'll give you that.)

Yes, it would probably be a beast in terms of CPU usage, and I wonder how many of us would truly appreciate (or really know how to make the most of) 48 VCOs, 48 VCFs and 48 VCAs. I'd give it a shot, though!

Steve

[Ingonator]

here is another rarity - I had an opportunity to purchase this unique synth at a couple points in the distant past - it would be fantastic to see this reborn as a spot-on soft emulation:

While the Synergy seemed to be an additive synth with 32 partials and additional phase modulation based on what i found at Vintage Synth Explorer it seemed to be a preset synth without programming your own patches.

Here is a quote from VSE:

Although the Synergy is not programmable, it does feature 24 tone presets (with many more available via 24-tone cartridges). The sounds are generated by additive synthesis and phase modulation using 32 digital oscillators, computer controlled, and allocated dynamically. Polyphony is variable, depending on the selected tone preset. Typically the Synergy is eight-voice polyphonic with four oscillators being used per voice. However, some tones may use only two oscillators per voice, allowing up to 16-voice polyphony.

The Synergy can also play up to four different tone presets simultaneously, a very unique feature for its time. These tones could be assigned to the keys of the keyboard in a number of different ways, such as in unison, rotating (each new note triggers the next tone), first-available, fixed-split, and a unique floating-split mode in which a tone tracks the movement of a hand, thereby not limiting the player to the confines of traditional fixed-split keyboard conventions.

A replacement could be Arturia Synclavier V that besides FM offers editing both the Carrier and Modulator waveforms in an additive way (with multiple layers each including a Carrier and Modulator and with teh ability to stack and/or split the layers). You could also use the additive waveforms without adding FM.