In my area, for instance, i live equidistant between two GCs... one had... nothing, most of the time (tho i got my Command Station there for $200) the other one, at the moment, has in stock the new Mood Model D and an OB6, among other things.

my answer to 'digital or analog?' is "yes, please!"

but most digital hardware synths are using DSPs to process audio in 24-bit.

And no, Synth, not all of it is made in China. Look somewhere besides the crummiest Guitar Center you can locate.

yeah at this point the Supernova II costs about the same as a Virus C.

when i went to NAMM (2014?) the Kemper booth only had then profiling amp thing, not a single virus. its like Kemper doesnt care....

There are already several arm+FPGA cores on the board i have seen, mostly for the embedded market.

Small error in the story, Motorola wasn't 'acquired by Freescale', they spun off their chip design and fabrication unit as a separate company named Freescale. Yep the current Symphony DSPs are dual-core and price-comparable with the old pricing of 56321 that was used in the TI2. Flash RAM has gotten...

my first response is Alesis Ion. Or you sould slave a micron or MiniAK to your XP30.

it depends largely on which sound you want and whose filter and routings you like.

the juno is much larger and heavier than the other two, being that its 88 key.

The M1 is twenty-nine years old. Please use a more modern example when judging sound, etc.

Same engine as a Triton, battery power is possible, etc.

nope, the portable is the 61 key.

Yes, buy a Kronos if you want both workstation and synth.

MiniNova has its own USB/MIDI port.

The display that is in there isnt a LED, its a vacuum fluorescent display.I've never seen an alternate replacement.