Re: inexpensive synth

[mark francombe <mark@markfrancombe.com>]

Oh I dont know.. It looks pretty cool to me...  all the things you have mention Rainer are my FAVE synths.. but this thing looks like it could do it all.. and did you see???  its cheap.. the Virus is still a pretty pricy synth... 

I think what you missed is that they have sampled shit loads of synths AND given it a really modern filter section with bit reductions and distortions and stuff.. 

The only think I HATE HATE HATE the look of is those silly 4 knobs... how insanely irritating... with a synth like that you gonna need at least 10! Or else, whats the point??? Its nice to see a synth with modern sounds IN HARDWARE though... 

Still no hardware granulation synth AFAIK..

:-((

Mark

Young Scoots wrote,
nice synth and 
 Rainer responded

In that price range, I'd say - get something used:

  * for a very characteristic and flexible VA sound engine (which does
    everything the Venom does and much more), get a Waldorf Micro Q
  * for true analog, get an Oberheim Matrix-1000
  * for a VA kinda-workstation with a not exactly nice, but very
    characteristic (think 80s elektro) sound, get a Quasimidi Sirius
  * for maximum flexibility, a Clavia Nord MicroModular,
  * if you need the 12-voice polyphony, Access Virus
  * for a great soloist's synth with excellent flexibility and
    playability: Korg Prophecy
  * ...and the list goes on.

Or did I miss something with the Venom that it can do which no other synth can't?

           Rainer

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