Seems like a good place to mention The Usual Suspects, a group that has built emulation of the Motorola DSP5630 and associated hardware to allow playable virtual instruments.
These guys do amazing work! I wish Korg hadn't beat them to the MicroKorg VST though. I've used the MicroKorg extensively in music over the years, and would have loved an accurate VST. Unfortunately the filter in Korg's VST doesn't quite match the original, and I can't recreate some of my patches. For understandable reasons these guys aren't going to step on Korg's toes and compete with an actual commercial product.
These guys are awesome .. their interaction with Kemper&co, about their amazing emulation work, not so much.
There's a hard lesson for hardware manufacturers to be learned in this drama.
If Kemper were supportive, they'd have a very clear road to a next-gen Virus TI (a "Proton"?) on the horizon .. but the word on the street has it that they're hostile to the effort of emulating the Motorola DSP ...
The Virus TI series are truly impressive even.. or especially, by modern standards. 16 multitimbral parts, up to 90 voices... 20 years ago!
These days you can spend $1000 and get 8-16 voices without multitimbral feature. Hydrasynth Deluxe or Novation Summit in the $2k-3k range for 2 parts and total of 16 voices is considered good now.
Everything has moved to DAW centric workflows tethered to your computer and the hardware has really stopped innovating.
ajxs|4 months ago
grawlinson|4 months ago
The JP-8080 uses custom DSP chips designed by Roland, and Roland do not provide a Virtual Instrument (VST) for this much desired synth.
unknown|4 months ago
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aa-jv|4 months ago
There's a hard lesson for hardware manufacturers to be learned in this drama.
If Kemper were supportive, they'd have a very clear road to a next-gen Virus TI (a "Proton"?) on the horizon .. but the word on the street has it that they're hostile to the effort of emulating the Motorola DSP ...
steveBK123|4 months ago
These days you can spend $1000 and get 8-16 voices without multitimbral feature. Hydrasynth Deluxe or Novation Summit in the $2k-3k range for 2 parts and total of 16 voices is considered good now.
Everything has moved to DAW centric workflows tethered to your computer and the hardware has really stopped innovating.
import|4 months ago
unknown|4 months ago
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