Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

Hehehe, 


while I prefer to use well defined terms, I don\ufffdt want to start flame wars 
about the meaning of VA :-).

As far as I can see, all "true" VAs are built to simulate analog synths, i.e. 
they use classic subtractive synthesis which happens to follow the scheme 
VCO, VCF, VCA plus some goodies (there is no real V in these, of course).

Therefore, the typical VAs to me are Nordlead, Virus, Q, AN1X etc. THey 
try to model their analogue counterparts, especially doing the little nasty 
analog anormalities that give the warm sound we all love. 

The XT is somewhere in between, for it you can limit yourself to use just 
the "analog" waveforms (SIN, SAW, SQR) but I think the XT tends more to 
be a wavetable synth with a classic subtractive synthesis architecture. 
Since the main feature is not emulating analog circuitry, but the wavetable 
synthesis, I wouldn\ufffdt call the XT a VA, but it\ufffds something pretty close. 


Happy evolving alltogether :-)


Later,

Oliver