Re: v-synth
 

That's interesting for sure. Can it alter formant, pitch and time in "realtime" too? Mmmm, have to read up I reckon.

The V-synth has a few other tricks too though - Cosm filters/FX, appegiator which is fully programmable that can also hold CC data, legato style harmonization and many controls. I think as a controller synth it would be amazing.

Hhehe, I'm sounding like an ad or something.

EDIT: Forgot to say. The andromeda is an amzing synth too, but for the money I'd rather buy vintage stuff. The Andromeda is an icing on the cake type of synth (for those with heaps of cash). It does what it does well, but it doesn't do anything new.

Re: v-synth
 

So you would maybe buy a Juno 106 before an andromeda?

Well.....I can get a Juno106 here in Japan for around $180 to $250 ausi, so yep, I'd buy a 106 over an Andromenda. If I could get an Andromeda for $200 ausi though, that'd be a different story. :D

If waldorf was around, an XTk, followed by a Pulse, and then a Q.
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Seems we have a Waldorf fan here!

Are they really that good? I have never had the pleasure of playing one, but it's been on my wish list for some time.....simply from it's reputation

8O when are you coming back for holidays??? *hint hint*

About that V-synth: How well does it do basic sampling? All the demos present weird FX and sample manipulation, but not clean sounds at all.

I was thinking of getting V-synth mainly for pads, FX, etc, but also for band playing. Is it any good for sampling Hammond, piano, Rhodes, etc (ie. does it even do multisamples?)?

Not for a while by the looks. Sorry about that. :D

Ahhh, the multi-sample question. It doesn't do multisampling well at all apparantly. Using variphrase it's fine for a couple of octaves, but over that there is difficulty. I've read of people layering performances to compansate for this though. Use variphrase for a few octaves and then sample in a higher octave and layer it as a different performance.
In a way that's better than using a real sampler anyways, but in other ways it wouldn't be.

Most people I've heard that are using it properly, clear the memory and sample. Everybody is down on those presets.

Another cool trick for the V-synth.

EDIT: Just say you wanna use it to filter an external signal in a new way....create a patch which has a different filter for each octave zone of the keyboard, then program the appegiator to play a note out of each zone in tempo - play your external source and then have the sound switching between many filters rapidly in time with the music. Nice!! Add synced LFOs controling FX to this and just think.......

if I had 2k i would add it to the money i have saved and by a 93 turbo Mr2...oh wait...thats not a synth...I would buy a few small synths...OB12, Jp8080, pulse, polymorph...or some Hr824's i could use some monitors...my ears are dying from headphones...

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HEY......who said anything about monitors :x J/K :)

A good pair of monitors is IMO absolutely essential. Mixing on HP sounds so un-natural to me, I cant stand it!

Also essential are good DA converters, so you are monitoring your DAW at a high level of quality (yes, I know, AD is very important too)

Anyways....back to synths! No votes for Nord, Korg....Novation????

Hoho. Casio?

By the way what kind of music does your friend make?