After 10 yrs of s/w, I just bought a h/w synth

[deastman]

The only one missing was an Andromeda, and if Soundcontrol put one next to these, they'll have the best place in the UK to choose a £1500 synth...

If they put an Andromeda next to those other synths, they'd never sell a Virus again. Of course, no one would be able to afford a new Andromeda, so everyone would go off looking for used ones, and Soundcontrol wouldn't sell anything at all!

[aMUSEd]

Actually had a chance this morning to play a Virus TI, a Lead 3, a PolyEvolver and a Moog Voyager side by side [they're on the wall in soundcontrol Manchester UK if you're interested in doing the same].

Each had a wonderful sound that I would recognise instantly [rich, cool, harsh and historic, in that order] - and all were built well. I noticed that the Korg Radias looked like the poor relation, and for me was paled into insignificance by the 'big boys' of pure synthesis in its various forms. The only one missing was an Andromeda, and if Soundcontrol put one next to these, they'll have the best place in the UK to choose a £1500 synth...

Anyway, I'm glad I bought the right one. The Virus for me even outperformed the Voyager, a synth that I have an unreasonable gear lust for...

I did the same thing in Soundcontrol in Leeds recently except they didn't have a PolyEvolver but did have a Phatty (I've posted about this above in this thread). I was surprised at the poor quality of some of the Voyager's components though. I also thought the Radias was pretty weak. I liked the Ti a lot too though I'm more likely to get a Nord Lead 2 ex rack at the moment.