KVR Audio

braj · Post by **braj** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 8:24 am

For me, it's always been the Prophet T8. Nothing like all those knobs, keys, and wood. If I were to invest in one classic, that would be it.

TechnoWeeniePas · Post by **TechnoWeeniePas** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 8:31 am

I personaly would love a Roland Fantom X8. Yeah I know its just another rompler...but I dont have much $ and having the 88keys, the sequencer, the drum pads, and the "cover all" aspect to the sound set would be wonderful. Right now I have a few small pay vsts and a lot of freebee stuff. While most of that covers the digital oddity and virtual analog well I am lacking good "realistic" sounds and also am tied to my computer for creation. Now I know that sounds odd being that I am a member of KVR and all...but I started on hardware synths and still havent gotten use to being tied to my computer yet

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Cant forget about the Muse Receptor either...nice hardware/software option

braj · Post by **braj** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 8:39 am

I personally would prefer hardware if I could afford it. But show me a free synth in the hardware world! The average pay VSTi are the price of some mundane but necessary basic hardware like a midi thru box or something. I remember spending tons of cash on my midi studio in the 80's to do a minute smidgen of what Reason alone can do now. We're not even talking audio recording. I spent at least 10 grand in gear to be able to sequence 5 or six voices at once circa 1986. Yikes!

advaya · Post by **advaya** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 9:11 am

I've always loved Waldorf's MicrowaveXT... (The orange and red one!)

It sounds great, but I think I mostly like the way it looks in a studio! Character visual to go with character sounds!

elv · Post by **elv** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 9:15 am

Waldorf Wave....just so big

hoffy · Post by **hoffy** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 9:20 am

The new Nord G2...

... i'm still playing with my old Nord Modular =)

LostBoy · Post by **LostBoy** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 10:02 am

nord, fantom??

ok

For me it's ARP-2600 (blue meanie)... yes sir.

digitalmessiah · Post by **digitalmessiah** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 10:25 am

v-synth xt

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 11:54 am

Alesis Micron - all that power and no back strain or excess baggage.

griels · Post by **griels** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 11:59 am

Yamaha VL-70m - nothing like it in the VST world...

Panda · Post by **Panda** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 12:48 pm

Buchla Modulars... Mmmm...

http://machines.hyperreal.org/manufactu ... uchla2.JPG

Jupiter Prime · Post by **Jupiter Prime** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 12:53 pm

Any full blown modular (in my case it was a 3 panel serge)... there's nothing more impressive then a wall full of colorfull patch leads and kobs. (and playing with them!)

there's a good chance my next purchase will be
on one of these sites.
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http://www.doepfer.de/
http://www.analoguesystems.co.uk/
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nuffink · Post by **nuffink** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 1:19 pm

Kawai K5000S because it looks good.

Hellbilly · Post by **Hellbilly** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 1:23 pm

Kurzweil K2661 or just a K2000/K2500/K2600 for that matter.

Ensoniq ASR10.

tomg · Post by **tomg** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 1:37 pm

Jupiter Prime wrote:Any full blown modular (in my case it was a 3 panel serge)... there's nothing more impressive then a wall full of colorfull patch leads and kobs. (and playing with them!)

there's a good chance my next purchase will be
on one of these sites.
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http://www.doepfer.de/
http://www.analoguesystems.co.uk/
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I've got the modular.

I don't even need it but what I lust for is a Oberheim Matrix12 It's got to be the most reliable best sounding piece ever made by anybody. I used to be a warranty keyboard tech for a rather big company and I always loved it when I got to play one for a few days. I never had to work on them much, a simple reset and reload then collect my bench fee. No kidding they used all the best stuff to build these.

The OB-8 was always a good time too but they were not very reliable if you mistreated them, not to mention a major pain to fix.

Peace

One hardware synth you drool over?