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Hi Fabio,

After hearing everyone's advice based on their experience, would it be
possible to tell us about your OB12? Have you been satisfied of this synth
so far?

I am curious because it is a synth I'd like to pick if I see one for cheap.

Thanks,

On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Peter Korsten <peter@...>wrote:

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> Op 25-9-2010 4:36, somethingkillingyou schreef:
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> > ...or maybe I'll wait for the new novation ultranova, which is compact,
> has a vocoder, and being also an audio interface has 2 inputs so I could
> connect one of my synths in it (I have no more channels free in my mixer and
> audio interface)... its only real limitation is mono-timbrality... but I
> think that with 3 osc, 'self' sync that use only one osc (like the an1x...),
> great mod matrix, 3 lfos and 6 env I could get pretty complex stuff anyway
> without layers... also, no keyboard split won't be that much of a problem
> anyway, in a 37 keys synth...
>
> In the past, I was very interested in the Supernova, but a friend of
> mine mentioned that you can actually hear the aliasing in the algorithm.
>
> Now Novation may well have fixed this in the past 10 or so years, but
> beware: specifications aren't everything when it comes to VA synths.
>
>
> > I think I'll wait for it, before buying an an1x (unless a super deal
> occurs...)
>
> The AN1x is just a very capable synth for not a lot of money. It doesn't
> have dozens of polyphonic notes, but that's pretty useless anyway for a
> analogue (whether real or virtual) synthesiser. There's a certain sound
> to each synth, so to have four or five instances of that... it would
> make more sense to expand the number of voices by acquiring a different
> synth.
>
> My wish list currently contains two synths:
> * Nord Wave
> * Arturia Origin
>
> But since both cost about as much as I earn in a month after taxes, and
> there are these things like mortgage and food for my family, they will
> likely remain on that wish list for some time to come.
>
> - Peter
>
>



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