sleepy said:Budget version of the Motif?
sleepy said:Looks like an attractive alternative ion my opinion. Provided that the pricing is relatively low that is.
It would work for people that don't need the sampling and expansion options.
For the sake of discussion, what do you feel that companies should integrate/add into their workstations in order for the product to be a step ahead of what is already available?
I don't see what else they can cram into these workstations.
Array said:
Finally, these workstations are in DIRE need of improved interfaces. Its horrible that most people buy workstations for their presets and dont even consider the possibility of creating their own sounds from scratch. I'm guessing that better interfaces would inspire quite a few people to actually experiment and make something unique for themselves.
Array said:
I dont at all see how this would be an alternative to the Ion. The Ion is a subtractive synthesizer which models various vintage filters, while the Motif is a sample playback based synthesizer. If nothing else, these two would be great compliments to each other.
As far as what could be added to these workstations....the Alesis Fusion and Korg OASYS are examples of where workstations are already going. Not only do these workstations offer the same sample based engines of yesteryear (more like, the same sample based engines of the last 2 decades), but also robust FM, Subtractive, and physical modeling engines.
As long as they are holding on to those sample based engines, these companies should also add internal hard drives (again, as already seen in the Fusion and Oasys) for the sake of storing samples. What good is the paltry 170 or so megabytes of sample ROM on the Motif when a software based sample playback synth like Kontakt comes with gigabytes upon gigabytes of samples?
Finally, these workstations are in DIRE need of improved interfaces. Its horrible that most people buy workstations for their presets and dont even consider the possibility of creating their own sounds from scratch. I'm guessing that better interfaces would inspire quite a few people to actually experiment and make something unique for themselves.
sleepy said:For the sake of discussion, what do you feel that companies should integrate/add into their workstations .
Array said:Not only do these workstations offer the same sample based engines of yesteryear (more like, the same sample based engines of the last 2 decades)
What good is the paltry 170 or so megabytes of sample ROM on the Motif when a software based sample playback synth like Kontakt comes with gigabytes upon gigabytes of samples?
uNDefineD said:
The OASYS sounds amazing at its current 616MB (not counting the 503MB EXs-2 piano). Given that, I'd say "gigabytes upon gigabytes" is overkill, or penis envy. I'll take quality over quantity, thank you very much.
uNDefineD said:
Shows how much you know. The HD-1 engine in the OASYS is a completely new design and blows the Triton away.
uNDefineD said:
Shows how much you know. The HD-1 engine in the OASYS is a completely new design and blows the Triton away.
Array said:OK, so having a few hundred megabytes of samples for each instrument is overkill and penis envy, while having a 503MB piano on the OASYS is A-OK?
I'm sure all of the fine people out there using GigaStudio and bundles like the Vienese Symphonic Cube (240 gigabytes of symphonic samples) all must have really really tiny penises and use such libraries to compensate for their inadequecies.
Way to take what I said out of context. I was lamenting the fact that workstations only offer users sample based engines (and rarely anything else), which has been the norm for well over a decade now.
thunderkyss said:Would you care to explain to me the difference between HI synthesis, and HD1??
I haven't found a clear answer yet.
aliengroover said:Anybody ever think that companies offer what they offer because, now here's a new concept, it's what the majority of the consumers want?