IT nerd and synthesizer player from Ohio. Reddit refugee, here to stay.
We have a DeepMind 6 and have it listed for sale. I just can’t get past menus. I would rather have stuff easy access. No complaints with sounds from it, though.
I am curious what you come up with. Keep us posted!
I am in Ohio and there is a music repair shop in town that specializes in anything electronic. Had them resolder a jack in my CP-30 years ago and they have worked on my ART tube mic pre. Bench fee alone is $60 last time I was by, but they do quality work.
lol at the wine stopper comment.
I love this channel haha.
That looks quite fun! Much more affordable than some of their other stuff too.
After using analog lab and being disappointed in it, I find it hard to be interested in their stand-alone synths. I find the analog lab sounds flat and fake. I have heard good things from others online about the stand-alones, though.
Are you looking for something like the eyesy?
That sounds like loads of fun. Roland makes such great synths. I have thought about buying one of the synths I used to have (Alesis Micron) but then keep stopping myself because I remember how much menu diving it had.
Last week I finally decided to bite the bullet and upgrade from my mixer/zoom interface setup to an Apollo x6. Also ordered the JU-06a so it will be an exciting week.
Over the weekend, the husband and I traded synths (he now has the Prophet Rev2 and I have the Behringer Deepmind 6). Makes me realize how much I hate the workflow of the Deepmind even though it sounds good and also made my husband want a prophet lol.
My main board for years was a Yamaha MOX8 so I understand this choice. I only ended up selling it because I found myself simply using it as a midi controller…so I sold it and got a NI Komplete Kontrol S88.
I have never used Waldorf but I only hear good things.
Modular feels like cheating but I get it. Having the custom setup tailors it to what you need.
I have always admired the Virus. Good choice.
I agree the aesthetics are better! My favorite part is the radio telescopes above the paraphonic button followed by the tiny rover above the rate/swing knob.
It is just a limited edition style. I do not believe anything is different for functionality.
I know that feeling. I was debating before I bought one but I loved the portability and size. Perfect for camping. I do find in high humidity keeping the keyboard clean improves response. I was getting random key triggers and this fixed it.
I bought it last week. Looks like Arturia has it on their site too.
Glad you tried it out though! I wonder how the UI and workflow compare to the switch version. I haven’t delved overly deep into it, but have made a song.
Yes this is a tragic twist for a legendary company.