Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

That's not really my point. What VA are we talking about? Each synth 
has its own sound. I think I can definitively say that an XT cannot 
sound as much like a virus as a viurs can. and vise versa :) If it 
were all about specs, the we would just want one synth. Don't ask me 
which one!


--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, simon leclerc <bontrip@v...> 
wrote:
> I love the SOUND of the XT, and to me it's all that matters :)
> On that subject again, what do you think the XT can't do,
> in terms of sound, that a VA can.  Just curious.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> on 21/02/03 2:15 AM, Ravi Ivan Sharma at noision1@h... wrote:
> 
> Well sorry to pres the point, but such, in my opinion, is simply
> misinformation. I don't think we are talking semantics here. While 
you may
> claim the virus isn't *all* virtual analog, it is clear tha the 
rest of it
> is. it is so, not because someone name it, but because of the type 
of
> programming and tools it uses to make the sound.
>  
> The MWs on the other hand do not use *any* VA coding that I am 
aware of,
> save perhaps the filter, but even then I doubt it. And I am at a 
loss to
> recall any mention or implication of such in any Waldorf literature 
or
> statements.
>  
> VA is virtual analog synthesis, not just something that kind of 
sounds
> pretty close to analog. If that were the case I might start calling 
my
> Yamaha FS1R a VA because it can pull off some good fakes. That of 
course
> would be nonsense and misleading.
>  
> Finally what's the big push to call the MW something it isn't? It 
doesn't
> change its sound, which is all that matters. Or am I missing 
something?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Miles Bader <mailto:miles@g...>
> To: simon leclerc <mailto:bontrip@v...>
> Cc: DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 1:53 AM
> Subject: [Evolver] Re: Evolver as an FX Processor // MWXT
> 
> simon leclerc <bontrip@v...> 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