[ddots-l] Re: virtual analog, questions
- From: "Damon Fibraio" <dfibraio@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 13:44:53 -0400
Sorry it took a while to reply to this. Been on vacation.
The nord keyboards like the nord lead 2x, nord stages and nord electro are
very accessible. So is the nord wave.
Novation is cool. I have used an x-station a-station and a nova 2. The menus
don't rap and they can be figured out if you don't mind making notes on the
menus. Same with the alesis ion, although the modulation matrix is a bit
tricky without notes.
The jp8080 is still very accessible, but again, meuy diving is necessary.
Good luck finding one.
The Korg Radias has potential, but it is full of a lot of menus as well.
I can't speak on the access virus ti2 or snow. It seems the the menus do
rap, but somebody tells me that may not be the case anymore.
This is pretty much all I know. You can also look into the Dave Smith
instruments prophet 08. Seems like it would be accessible.
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From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Bryan Smart
Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2011 1:52 PM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: virtual analog, questions
I use computers now for VA stuff.
Several of us blind guys owned Alesis Ions. Lots of hardware control, but
still some menus. Novation has some VAs with lots of hardware controls. The
X-Station had a fair amount of controls, but their A-Station, and others,
didn't.
The cheap VAs will have fair sound, but will use few controls and lots of
menus. If you get lots of hardware controls, then the price goes up. If you
get a multitembral unit, and/or with effects, then the price goes up again.
Damon Fibraio has owned several of these, including a few recent ones from
Nord that didn't work out. Perhaps he'll comment.
You should be prepared to spend $800 or more, unless you want a toy.
Bryan
On Aug 5, 2011, at 6:01 PM, scott lawlor wrote:
> Hi Brian or anyone else who uses virtual analog gear.
>
> Out of curiosity, what virtual analog synth would you suggest that has a
> better price point and is more accessible than the roland jp8080?
>
> The only thing close to a VA synthesizer that I used, and this was some
time
> ago, was the Yamaha AN1X and if memory serves, that one doesn't have very
> many sounds, has rollover menus and it sounded a bit thin to my ears, like
I
> couldn't get very fat sounds or high volumes in different mixes but then
> that was back in 1997 or so.
>
> Thanks for the info.
>
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