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However, when I attempted to enthuse Mrs Fab with the object of my desire, her response was "We need new wardrobes".
Also chips are "Plant-based" no matter how you cook them.
Now they are £600-900 and a lot of them need mending.
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I can't run my fingers over it and feel it's knobbly goodness like a real bit of hardware though.
Also chips are "Plant-based" no matter how you cook them.
Which is why I bought one when they were cheap and sold when they were expensive.
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Also chips are "Plant-based" no matter how you cook them.
I buy things I want to use- I don't buy things I don't like.
Romplers are majorly uncool right now- if you wanted to make money now you could buy a load of them up- but they are 100% against my aesthetic so I won't do that, even though there is money to be made.
I'm not a trader- I'm a musician, I\m just trying to be savvy and not lose money.
I buy them 'off trend'- when they are unpopular and unloved.
I sell them when they are back on trend- I don't sell them otherwise and I don't necessarily sell something just because it is fashionable.
I'm not speculating, I'm just looking for the opportunities to turn things over when they aren't being used as much.
I picked up a Hydrasynth, Nord A1, Polyend/Dreadbox Mudusa and a load of Eurorack recently- the studio was full of synths and the one thing that went up over the last year was the JP8000 so someone came and paid WELL over the odds for it and seemed happy to do so.
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In other words, could Emp get the sonic benefits of a Roland ROMpler synth in analogue clothing from one of their less expensive models?
When you play the timbre- with knobs and sliders- you are in a completely different sound world.
The doing of it is completely different.
Does the sound come close? Sure- but the experience is totally different.
A facsimile of the actual process.
IMHO.
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The end result of which left me thinking not "Wow, I could literally create any sound I can imagine using this", but "I wonder how much that hardware Novation VA I used to lust after in the late 90's goes for these days?"*. A softsynth, even with a (generic) hardware controller, just isn't the same.
Going back on-topic, would a Roland GAIA fit the bill? Gives you the Roland Supersaw and is cheaper new than a SH JP8000.
* - "Too much for an impulse buy that wouldn't be repairable if it broke".
I have pretty much all the major players in software synthesis- they sound great, they are recallable and easy to work with.
They just don't give me 'the feelings'.
The honourable mention here is the way in which Omnisphere maps to the hardware.
Having the hardware synth + Omnisphere is a good way to get the advantages of both, because there is a minuscule difference in sound- it is the hardware interaction side of things that is interesting.
Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
Music: https://www.euclideancircuits.com
Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com
Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
Music: https://www.euclideancircuits.com
Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com
Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
Music: https://www.euclideancircuits.com
Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com
Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
Music: https://www.euclideancircuits.com
Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com
Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
Music: https://www.euclideancircuits.com
Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com