Novation have a new synth, the Ultranova, coming out towards the end of this year. When it does I expect the prices of Novas and Supernovas will fall, so it might be worth waiting for a couple of months if you're thinking of getting one.
I have an AN1X, a Novation KS rack and an Akai Miniak. They are all decent synths for what I paid for them, but in terms of bang for buck I'd say the Miniak wins hands down, as they've been discontinued but you can still get them new for silly money. However, I'm guessing you want a synth with lots of knobs to twiddle?
--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "somethingkillingyou" <somethingkillingyou@...> wrote:
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> Hi everyone,
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> I have some synths, but only one is a VA (OB12)...
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> now, I think that having another VA in my setup wouldn't hurt...
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> since there are a lot of VAs out there, what's your advice!?
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> I was considering an an1x or a korg prophecy...
> but also the novation nova (for a decent price) could be an option...
> or an alesis ion... there's also the ms2000...
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> I won't consider clavia nords, they're too overpriced for what they actually do (limited)... same thing for access virus...
> waldorf q are out of my price range instead...
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> so what's the best bang for the bucks in term of sound/features?
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> greetings
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> Fabio
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