Arturia OB-Xa V

[fmr]

I think it's a lot of Gen X,Y,Z whatever who are interested in the past.

Someone told them the pinnacle of synthesis was back then and they believed it.

You may very well be right

[Calenberger]

It's a market for boomer's juvenile dreams.
They lost track of synth development in the nineties and later...

I'm a Boomer but I'm more interested in the future of synthesis than the past since I already lived through that period.

That's why I no longer care about hardware and have focused on the versatility and potential of software.

...

Me too.

That's why I'm delighted to make sounds with (for example) Alchemy2, Bazille, Massive X etc...

But obviously we are a minority in our generation.

[EvilDragon]

We still don't have a great emulation for any of these synths, all of which I think are special and I am sure others feel the same way.

Yamaha CS-80
Alesis A6 Andromeda
Korg Poly 800
Yamaha SY22
Ensoniq SQ-80
Yamaha GX1
ARP 2600
Sequential Circuits Prophet VS
Hartman Neuron
E-MU Proteus 1
Oberheim Matrix 6
ARP Chroma

We certainly have a much better CS-80 than Arturia's, in Memorymoon's attempt. It's way closer. And SQ8L is really very very close to an actual SQ-80.

[WatchTheGuitar]

At least they have Pigments though, which I've grown to love. Would be great if they could add some more forward looking synths that aren't sims of existing synths.

[Teksonik]

But obviously we are a minority in our generation.

On what facts do you base that assumption ?

Any demographic sales breakdown of VSTi emulations of hardware synths ?

[Calenberger]

But obviously we are a minority in our generation.

On what facts do you base that assumption ?

Any demographic sales breakdown of VSTi emulations of hardware synths ?

On my gut feeling.
Most of the time highly precise

And on the instruments developed and offered.
Because the developers know exactly where the money is...

[mholloway]

We certainly have a much better CS-80 than Arturia's, in Memorymoon's attempt. It's way closer. And SQ8L is really very very close to an actual SQ-80.

SQ8L is 32 bit only and Windows only. So I agree with the post: I would seriously love to see a high-quality emulation of the ESQ-1 or SQ-80. You know, one I can actually USE.

[Teksonik]

At least they have Pigments though, which I've grown to love. Would be great if they could add some more forward looking synths that aren't sims of existing synths.

If a developer were to ask me "would you rather I work on some new form of synthesis or do an emulation of a synth you liked such as the Ensoniq VFX ?"

I would say "please push the boundaries of synthesis forward but if you do a VFX emulation I might be a customer".

The Arturia OBXa-V is a perfect example. At $49 I'd be a customer if for nothing else to fight the lock down boredom but at $149 I'm just not interested....

[wagtunes]

We still don't have a great emulation for any of these synths, all of which I think are special and I am sure others feel the same way.

Yamaha CS-80
Alesis A6 Andromeda
Korg Poly 800
Yamaha SY22
Ensoniq SQ-80
Yamaha GX1
ARP 2600
Sequential Circuits Prophet VS
Hartman Neuron
E-MU Proteus 1
Oberheim Matrix 6
ARP Chroma

We certainly have a much better CS-80 than Arturia's, in Memorymoon's attempt. It's way closer. And SQ8L is really very very close to an actual SQ-80.

The Memorymoon is still no CS80 and the SQ8L is 32 bit, so that leaves me out.

[mholloway]

We still don't have a great emulation for any of these synths, all of which I think are special and I am sure others feel the same way.

Yamaha CS-80
Alesis A6 Andromeda
Korg Poly 800
Yamaha SY22
Ensoniq SQ-80
Yamaha GX1
ARP 2600
Sequential Circuits Prophet VS
Hartman Neuron
E-MU Proteus 1
Oberheim Matrix 6
ARP Chroma

And that's just scratching the surface. What I wouldn't give for any of these.

Sadly, it is doubtful we will EVER see any GREAT emulations of any of these.

Point is, there is still plenty yet untapped.

What problem to you have with Arutria's Prophet VS? It sounds pretty damn close to me.

Otherwise, I agree with and like your list. I wish some devs would take on emulating Ensoniq's synths. ESQ-1, SQ-80, VFX, Fizmo. There are no emulations of these -- SQ8L is windows only, 32 bit, and dead. The rest have only been done as dubious sample-only UVI libraries, which I have zero interest in.

[Teksonik]

SQ8L is 32 bit only and Windows only. So I agree with the post: I would seriously love to see a high-quality emulation of the ESQ-1 or SQ-80. You know, one I can actually USE.

Just for grins and giggles a couple of weeks ago I contacted Creative and asked them if they would be interested in supporting VSTi emulations of the ESQ-1, SQ-80, VFX etc.

They actually responded which surprised me but the response was "we'll let you know if anything develops in the future" which is corporate support speak for "we have absolutely no idea what you're talking about"......

[AnX]

do creative own ensoniq?

[Teksonik]

"In 1998 Ensoniq, like E-mu before it, became part of Creative Technologies. The two companies were conglomerated into Emu-Ensoniq, doing business out of Scotts Valley, California. Creative Technologies absorbed the former Ensoniq manufacturing plant in Malvern, Pennsylvania, into its own system."

http://synthmuseum.com/ensoniq/

I dug up the email. Their actual response was....

"We will contact you should the opportunity arises".

[AnX]

ooh... I didn't even know creative were still going tbh

[Reefius]

It looks like there's no NKS yet and they even removed the NKS logo from the OB-Xa V web page (it was there a few hours ago).