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Originally Posted by cynep
First - at some point synth just started playing by itself without me even touching it - a problem I've seen with faulty Jupiter 8 and also original TI - I call it "ghost in the machine" 
Very close behind - RED LEDs. I was so relieved when I switched from Virus C to TI as my primary synth. Staring at RED had me seeing spots and I thought I was done with it when I racked Virus C out of direct line of my sight. Well, here I am back to red. Thankfully LCD is still nice and crispy white but these red lights are annoying enough to put a dent on a whole experience. This is definitely one of the more disapointing changes.
Third - mushy keybed. Of all Virus keyboard products I owned, this one is my least favorite. I don't know why but it just feels spongy, springy and just... I don't know... CHEAP. I may need to mess around with curve settings but keybed itself fails to inspire and feels like a keyboard you're likely to encounter in a cheaper MIDI gear, not a near $3000 synth.
I've played better keys in cheaper synths (Yamaha AN1x or a still unsurpassed K5000s come to mind). I really enjoy having the extra real estate on the right side of the synth, so I could stick my NL3 within easy reach but key feel is just lousy. Don't get me wrong, the keys are not noisy or rough like DSI Prophet 08 but at the same time not up to par to what I'd expect in a top synth on the market. I may have to go to TI2 polar for those two reasons. |
intersting post,
i have two questions for you:
- is it the color red that you dislike or the way the LEDs are?
- we use pretty much the best keyboard fatar builds. "pretty much" as in plastic keys. options are limited, fatar is pretty much the only source you can buy from when you're not prepared to build your own keyboards. on tradeshows we received mostly good comments about the keyboards used. can you try to explain in more detail what the actual problem is? "lousy" and "mushy" don't explain it well for me.
best, marc
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