The studio currently contains: KEYBOARDS Akai Miniak - Awesome small with full sized keys and very versitile VA synth engine with a vocorder and pattern sequencer (an Alesis Micron knockoff) Akai AX60 - Truly something I've always wanted - true analog with lots of dirty grit! E-MU E-Synth - The tru...

Get rid of it and then get:
(imo)

Got a little while ago the SH01a with the K25m keyboard (for me the convenience here overrides the added keyboard price...). :mrgreen: Never owned a SH101, but all I can say is the SH01a sounds really really good. The Boutique format also works great here: the controls/sliders are easy to manipulate...

Thanks for the post ! Good stuff.

I sense a sonic affiliation between the Monologue and the Monotribe (the filter ?) ... But for those who are disappointed, look at it this way: 2011, Monotribe, about $300 https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71O3r2sbw0L._SY355_.jpg 2016, Monotribe "upgrade": Monologue $300 https://www.r...

Maybe because this one was unjustifiably even more dissed :

Would the "Heat" be better than this ?

The DM12 isn't even as nice sounding as the Junos it's based on, in fact I think it sounds completely 'meh' from all I've heard. It looks like c**p too, it is comically shallow (front to back depth) and looks like my grandad designed it in his shed... and it's a behringer. Is everything just about ...

I find it quite strange that such a massive name/company has died in that way. I wouldn't myself call Access Music "massive". Here is a Midi Association page about Access Music. It mentions 20 employees. So I really don't think we are talking about a huge company ... https://www.midi.org/our-partne...

... Access already has that market completely sewn up. I'm sure if they stopped making them then somebody would see an opening in the market, but as things stand there's no point. On top of that, what exactly has the virus got that's so different? It's just a multitimbral VA that sounds a bit dark ...

Looking at all the analog redux products endlessly coming out (Moog, Korg, Arturia, DSI, small boutiques,...), I am thinking that the Access Virus, well respected but these days quite outside of the limelights, has never been "re-done" or up-staged by others. Actually it's been redone endlessly by ...

madtheory wrote:

KBD_TRACKER wrote:custom designed DSP chips

Really? I thought they just used the Motorola's like everyone else?

You are totally right, plse disregard the "custom-designed" part ....

Looking at all the analog redux products endlessly coming out (Moog, Korg, Arturia, DSI, small boutiques,...), I am thinking that the Access Virus, well respected but these days quite outside of the limelights, has never been "re-done" or up-staged by others. Even though it has been called by critic...

It's called "Cheetah", using mostly digital sound generation and processing (and it will be released also on cassette ....). http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/06/aphex-twin-announces-cheetah-ep-due-out-july-8th/ http://www.factmag.com/2016/06/07/aphex-twin-cheetah-ep-ad/ And since this is the VSE f...