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Have you got one? While they are a decent price and kind of has a decent minimalist aesthetic, the touch screen looks laggy, which would probably bug the hell outta me.
When I need a small setup with just the iPad and one synth, then I am using my Arturia MicroFreak:
Versatile synth engines.
Effects can be done via iPad.
USB powered.
Makes an excellent Midi controller.
Very affordable compared to the other choices on the list.
I've only played with the Nautilus at local music-store and it didn't feel 'laggy'.
On the other hand the Montage M feels super laggy to the point where I would go nuts...
Odd that, didn’t find the Montage M too bad, much better than the original Montage. Not had chance to use a Nautilus yet.
Already have a small sofa set up. I have a Minilogue XD / SP404 Mk2 / iPad set up. Looking for a nice room keyboard statement piece of furniture come second love / lust interest lol
I watched a YT vid on the NiftyKEYZ case after you mentioned it. While I don't think my OCD or my wife could deal with the cabling, I have to admit it does look a lot of fun.
Understand. Personally I am a big fan of the "Studio in a daypack".
I don't have experience with analog synths since I had (and have) digital synths from the 90's. On the other hand (blasphemy alert) the touch interface of the iOS analog synths don't click with me.
So with that backgroud tweaking the physical knobs of the Summit was fantastic, and since its sounds are the most pleasant to my ears I spent most of my time in the music store with the Summit, so I don't really know how good or band the user experience of the interface in the long run vs other synths. But at the end of the day the price tag determines the direction. Prophet Rev2 16 also fits my taste, but it's 50% more, I simply can't justify its cost
Yeah, interfaces are so personal. What I did love about the Summit was the different colour layer switches and the sheer amount of knob per function control, but some of the menu diving I remember irritating. It probably was the memories of faulty Novation gear that really bit hard, as to be fair, the Summit interface is leaps and bounds above the Roland Fantom and Yamaha Montage. Maybe I should give it another try.
I had a Novation virtual analog rack in the early naughties and it had some really quirky features, kinda really loved it, but it had a fault and I sent it back 3 times for repair and they never managed to fix it. They just ended up scratching the face plate lots! I have had better service from them since though.
Mines a studio in a footstool lol
On the alternatively pretty front, Ciat-Lonbarde. Beautiful instruments with the wood and the coloured patch sockets, and the oval ones are particularly gorgeous. How could you not love the pretty coloured patch cables?
Statement piece for the living room? Sorted! OK, they pretty much fail every other criterion, but they look nice :-)
For a more dark/sophisticated/goth look, the Make Noise 0-Coast/Strega/0-Ctrl on a nice stand might work.
I’ll shut up now…
[NB I get what you’re actually aiming at, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder etc.]
Groove Synthesis 3rd Wave .. cause it sounds (and looks !!) absolutely mindblowing ..
You can hardly beat 24-voice polyphony, 4-part multi-timbral and combination of digital wavetable and ckassic analog oscillators and analog filter ..
There is nothing even remotely close on iPad to it's fantastic organic sound ..
It's also expensive as hell :-D
Never seen them before.
I could imagine one of these..
Laying along my white furniture
So colorful our grandchild may think it's a new toy, she already loves the Minilogue XD!
Those Ciat Lonbarde are the kind of hardware that would appeal to me. Always loved the idea of the Cocoquantus. This Hainbach track using it is really beautiful, to my ears (and eyes):
Hey I forgot this one, so watching the Loopop of it. I used to have a Waldorf XTK and this is like that on steroids + a nice sounding analog filter. I will definitely add this one. Yeah it's blooming expensive, but looks built to last.
Waldorf Quantum
Hah, I know what you mean. My OCD gets going when I have a large patch in the works, so I ended up switching out the majority of my cables for right-angle versions that lay flat.
I did look at a few semi Modular’s that are able to be rack mounted. One had all the connections at the bottom, so possible could be quite neat with lots of right angled cables of many lengths. Would have been even better with them along the top as could have made a cover to go over them lol.
The one in this category that I often daydream about is the Behringer UB-XA
Yes, that's should be on my list with 3rd Wave and OBX8
I grabbed the Prologue 16, I’m loving it, and I bought some third party oscillator waveforms from Sinevibes…they sound fantastic imo
Not managed to put any third party oscillators on mine as I don't currently have a working compatible computer - eventually....
+1
I already have a small fully analog synth though, the Uno Synth Pro desktop to complement all the digital stuff on my iPad. I connect it if need be to my MIDI controllers, either a Launchkey Mk 3 or an Arturia Keystep 37.
So, that’s what I would go for (again). But mostly, I just use my iPad and a pair of headphones….
/DMfan🇸🇪
Actually, apart from missing the point, what makes me laugh about the initial comment the most is ‘with £100 of synths’, like many of us here (me included) haven’t spent a couple of thousand pounds on apps for our iPads so far!
The screen is cool with Dagger. Launchpad.
Programming isnt fatuiging
You dont even have to move arm as much as hardware.
Easy external lfos.
Automation recording in Drambo.
Then map or redo automation to an ec4.
If the fine tune bizer curves are not hardware enough.
I have a couple hardware synths…
+++im waiting for a polyfreak or whatever the next arturia freak will be…that will probably be my pick of all times..depending on what they do.
Right now its hard to choose between: Iridium, Osmose, Typhon, Minifreak, MPC X SE…
If I could only have one piece of hardware though it’s definitely MPC X SE
On the OSX daw it’s between: Alchemy, Pigments 5, and Phaseplant 2
On IOS: Tera Pro, Buttersynth, Factory, and Aparillo
Yeah I can definitely see the draw of the MPC X se. I love Aparillo and Tera Pro, although I'm no expert with them. I like Factory, but I do find it's interface a bit cramped on my iPad Air - might be better on a bigger iPad. I've still to get Buttersynth, but I've heard talk of it being buggy in Logic, but possibly been sorted
Quite happy with a Kurzweil Forte here. Great sounds, very good quality keybed, quick sound loading, a mega synth engine with a full DX7 emulation plus over 3GB of flash memory for storing custom samples and instruments for instant recall like on the Nord.
I find the keybed much better than on the Nord Stage 4 88-key and you can create much better sampled instruments than on the Nord which only allows for one (!) velocity layer in the Nord editor.
I've asked the Nord developers when they will add more velocity layers and when they said that it won't be soon, that was the last bit that drew me away from the Nord.
The nord has more hands-on controls though, I wish I had them on the Kurzweil - but the menu system isn't too bad and at least the faders, buttons and many pedal inputs can be mapped to just about anything you like.
The sequencer and arpeggiator are incredibly deep, as if the developers wanted to give us as much freedom for creative riff and pitch/velocity/note length pattern designs as possible.
Some sound examples: https://kurzweil.com/forte/#audio
I did read a little on the K2700 a while back and that seemed interesting. I know a lot of theatres use them in the UK, as the strings you can get on them are very good - seems a lot of keyboard for the money. They also are meant to have a wonderfully complex layering and fx abilities. Quite difficult to view at times around my neck of the woods.
Yamaha Montage and ipad is such good combination. With these 16 usb stereo outs.
I‘m happy with that.