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Re: inexpensive synth



Man, this guy is MEAN! Can't even express an opinion here without someone jumping on ones nuts! Hehehe....

--- On Thu, 2/3/11, Rainer Straschill <moinsound@googlemail.com> wrote:

From: Rainer Straschill <moinsound@googlemail.com>
Subject: Re: inexpensive synth
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Date: Thursday, February 3, 2011, 4:12 PM

nemoguitt@aol.com schrieb:
> Click here to learn more: - VIDEO - http://bit.ly/if2tAl
>
> and here: - Product Page - http://bit.ly/hGz2Yq
>
> this is the M-AUDIO VENOM.....sounds interesting, is small, and $499.00,
> if i didn't spend all my money on donuts, i would get one
>   
And what does make this synth special in any way? Or asked differently: with "sounds interesting", do you mean you listened to and played with it, or you think the specs look cool?

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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