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[RockAustin]

I am possibly going to have a decent amount to spend on a new synth to go along with a macbook pro that I'm gettin. I quite like the sound of the following:

Clavia Nord G2
Access Virus Ti Polar
Little Phatty (Moog)
Clavia Nord Lead 3

Anyone used any of these? Any prefereces?

I want something that I can really sink my teeth into. From the blurb G2 sounds quite up my street and always wanted a Nord...

[emergency72]

Did you win the lottery??!!

Why not get a PC laptop with a decent MIDI controller and "aqquire" a vast array of soft synths...

[RockAustin]

Originally Posted by emergency72

Did you win the lottery??!!

Why not get a PC laptop with a decent MIDI controller and "aqquire" a vast array of soft synths...

That will be my second option if I don't have as much "spare" cash as I hope. I would really just prefer to have the physical machine. I like the response you get from a good synth. I also want my keyboard area on stage to look like the one in the Last Waltz.

[Stripey]

it depends what type of sounds you want to acheive...these are all quite different synths.

[wurly]

Originally Posted by RockAustin

I also want my keyboard area on stage to look like the one in the Last Waltz.

Really? Hope you've got roadies! I couldn't be assed shifting my C3 etc about

[RockAustin]

Yeah, that's not exactly portable! I think I'll just settle for a couple of synths and my piano afterall.

Really like the sound of the virus (there are samples on the web site). Going to properly read up on this as they are uber expensive.

[Sam L4]

Korg Radius?

[HairyScaryMark]

I have heard great sounds from Nord Lead but have never produced them myself on the two ocasions I tried it out. The keyboard also doesn't have a nice feel so I would get rack version if I was you.

What about the new Nord Wave?

I would concider selling your RD170 and JD-8000 and get a Nord Stage, it sort of does both in the same box, to some extent. I can understand why you would want to keep existing keyboards though.

Moog Little Phatty - would love to own one of these but would rather own an original 1970s mini moog for sentimental value and sound. YouTube - Minimoog Shootout--Gearwire Crosstalk #016

Access Virus Ti Polar - apparently has lots of bugs in software and suchlike but is super cool.

[HairyScaryMark]

Originally Posted by emergency72

Did you win the lottery??!!

Why not get a PC laptop with a decent MIDI controller and "aqquire" a vast array of soft synths...

In another thread we discussed this and came to the conclusion that it could be good but potentially embaressing when norton anti virus starts a scan in the middle of a song. Windows goes into a blue screen of death, you forget to plug the power in and your battery runs out. This is closely followed by gay midget porn being played through a huge PA system to everyone.

i fancy taking the soft-synth route, surely it would be easy enough provided the laptop in use was dedicated soley to usage for music; like have nothing on it except a VST handler and audio software?

that said, i got a USB-MIDI cable from bruce millers and i can't get the bastard thing to work!

anyone had any experience with these?