It can send upto 3 simultaneous notes per step on upto 16 channels. Every external midi track uses 1 machine, so if you want to sequence 4 external midi devices it'll use 4 midi machines, leaving 12 tracks available for it's internal voices. It's very much a step sequencer, so you can't record into ...

If you mean the vst then, yeah it runs fine. If you mean the hardware controller, sorry can't help as I don't have one

Ensoniq ASR-X or Yamaha RS7000 (neither of them are what you could call compact however)

In case anyone's missed it

http://www.d16.pl/index.php?menu=250

2 for 1 at the moment.

Nord Modular
Korg Prophecy
DSI Evolver

Thanks for the info people. KS rack owners > I believe the knobs can put out midi to control other synths yes? If so is it mappable or set to a certain CC? In other words could it replace a BCR2000 - and can it transmit sysx or just CC? It transmits a set CC for each control. It's for automation, n...

Plus the KS 4/5/Rack have a multimode filter, V-station (the native version at least) Is LPF only.
They have a mic/line in so you can also use it as an fx unit filter or a vocoder. It's a cool bit of kit and they go for silly prices, I paid £170 for mine 3 years ago

Senn HD600

I have the senn HD600's and can tell you that they can sound fantastic and I find them very comfortable but.... 1.You're going to need an reasonable headphone amp to get them anywhere near their potential. 2. If you listen to them loudly YOU WILL seriously damage your hearing. Even a short time at h...

Some interesting mods and discussions here

http://www.circuitbenders.co.uk/synthmod2.html#freebass

http://www.circuitbenders.co.uk/forum/i ... 302.0.html

Korg ER-1

There are some emulations of the Nord lead patches in the electro-music archives
Here
Don't know how close they sound though.

I prefer GForce Minimonsta.. The thing I hate about Arturia, is they just take ENORMOUS sample libraries then call it a synth. . Which from a sound perspective is fine - perhaps even better; but from a synth/software design perspective. .its kinda lame, when others are out there actually trying to ...

Trance=Virus ti