I am treading pete, it’s burning a hole though 
maybe just buy 3 of em…
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This is sacrilege to say, I know, but I had a play with all the top end synths that were on display at Synthfest (aside from the Colossus, dammit) and the most impressive one for me was the Novation Summit. I was absolutely floored by that unit. I liked the Ob-6 a lot too, as it goes, but I’d be getting a Summit if I was in the market (or a Peak, as I don’t really have the space for the Summit).
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t3h
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what is your existing collection?
Mattb
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The Peak (and Summit)is a great synth.Not only it sounds really good, but it is also a pleasure to program
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Lemmy
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Um… …maybe? 
I did say some practices are more acceptable than others, not that I condone them, so that’s my get out of jail card. But yeah, wouldn’t surprise me if they went through the whole X0X range, and the keyboards.
I’m committed to my depth year but if I feel the same way I do about a Peak this time next year I’ll already have ordered one
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synth wise: 101, SK30, 106, CS15, Polysix, Prophet 6, Prodigy and samplers i’ll leave out I suppose
m
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hey,
thought about the ob6 and there is one for sale too nearby
the Xl is massive and 3.2K is more than i’d like to pay for anything!
m
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Mattb
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Not Behringer related, but talking about remakes, just saw this one and I am very stoked because the original one was one of my fav synths ever.
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Most of the Behringer clones have an advantage for me that many other synths, regardless of price or type do not - CV inputs. That makes microtuning possible. With few exceptions, gear with only midi or USB data inputs is locked to 12TET.
Here’s hoping that the Wavestate has minilogue XD style microtuning…
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Mattb
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The original Wavestation features microtonal functionality
Well, kind of. It’s only 12 note octave scales with +/- 99 cents per note. The minilogue / monologue / prologue OTOH have full tuning adjustment for each key.
We really need another word for synths that just have 12 note octave retuning.
the summit is a beautiful synth but I don’t really have space for one either. I’m borrowing a friend of mine’s Peak and love it. It is enough to keep me busy for sure.
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The statement doesn’t factor in the power of GAS, of course, but when I played it I commented to a friend who I was there with that it felt like a “last synth I’ll ever need” type of instrument
Just fell off my chair listening to the summit
clones can gtf, summit it is
m
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You can imagine what I was like stood in the middle of Synthfest with headphones on, lost to the rest of the world and immersed in the sounds it was making!
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The peak and summit are the synths I’ve been most interested in, outside of modular, in the past few years.
The new wavestate from korg also looks and sounds brilliant. Hopefully they’ll release a module version, like they did with the minilogue XD.
With such interesting new synths being available, the clones don’t interest me either. I’ve just bought a korg volca drum as it’s a completely different take on a drum machine, rather than an 808 / 909 rehash.
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Quru
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I’n in the same boat. I want hardware to offer me something new and substantial to the experience of making music. To me modular is the ultimate hands-on experience, I understand the appeal for hardware Minimoog Clone so you can turns that tasty cutoff knob, but it comes nowhere near the experience I have with my modular. It feels like crafting more than tweaking. And if I need Moog sound, or 909, or 808 or something, I have VSTi’s and samples which are good enough for me and so damn handy. Boog could be cool to play for an afternoon, but if I had one I think I would most of the time turn to softsynths anyway because it’s so convenient. People say it’s great that Behringer offers people who can’t afford vintage gear the possibility to get these sounds, but come on, everybody has access to Moog basses and 808 kicks anyway. I mean, I’m not opposed to people being able to make music, affordable gear is amazing and even 20 years ago I wouldn’t have had any possibility to have as powerful setups as I have now, but it’s kind of weird argument. It’s not that people only now have access to these sounds, it’s that they can have hardware because they want hardware and want it for very little money. It’s kind of a different thing.
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Also, on the Moog angle, there is the Werkstatt which is incredibly affordable and very much the genuine Moog sound (whilst also being an actual Moog).
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jnoble
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If I had to use a computer to make electronic music, I would stop making electronic music.
As far as softsynths making the “same” sound … well, out of all the dozens of shows I’ve booked and hosted, and the 130 or so I’ve performed at with the modular (each with 2-4 other acts), and the hundred+ I’ve done sound engineering for, I have yet to hear a computer sound like the real deal.
