Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

simon leclerc <bontrip@...> writes:
> The XT is a VA but IS different from other VA.

`VA' is a very vague term; I think it really has more to do with intent
and style rather than exact technical implementation details, but some
people probably would claim that a VA can't use sampled oscillators...of
course, the virus includes sampled oscillators!

Since a large part of the uwave's sound stems from its use of sample
manipulation, it's arguable that it wasn't intended to be a VA -- which
in some sense makes it not one.  However as VA became more popular,
it's my impression that Waldorf focused more on the `VA' aspects of the
uwave and XT in both software upgrades and in marketing, so perhaps it
later became one...

-Miles
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