KVR Audio

JoeCat · Post by **JoeCat** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 3:42 am

...price-wise, that JD-Xi is looking sweet now, short the glossy BMW night-dash look (seriously - what is it with Roland and these synth colors?)

ftech · Post by **ftech** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 7:50 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0vbmFrnLFI

damoog · Post by **damoog** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 9:25 am

deastman wrote:
damoog wrote:
fmr wrote:Disappointing, IMO. I agree with others. To launch this, better launch a pack of plug-ins and a single controller.
i agree...all this hype for a pretty naff range of rehash synths,I'm mean jeesh are moog,elektron and dave smith the only ones pushing forward!!(ill add specatrasonics ominsphere in there to eric)...i won't be adding these in any way shape or form to my arsenal
I find your small list of companies "pushing forward" rather comical. Ever heard of eurorack, for starters?

funny enough the only thing i find comical is yamaha's price are they shitting me?

Ph-J · Post by **Ph-J** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 10:00 am

I know this meme is long past its expiration date, but this one is hilarious:
http://captiongenerator.com/49055/Hitle ... aha-Reface

fmr · Post by **fmr** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 10:22 am

damoog wrote: funny enough the only thing i find comical is yamaha's price are they shitting me?

I guess Yamaha has been out of the synth market for too long now (Motifs don't classify as synths, IMO). In a year or so, they will hopefully realize:
1. Where is the market positioned right now, and what are customers demands and expectations;
2. What is the real price their products deserve, and what should they do to position them in their real position;

That, or I have been online for too long, and not living in the real world anymore

Really, compared to this, the "plug-out" concept of Roland seems like a genius idea.

3ee · Post by **3ee** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 10:25 am

pfff... very disappointing, offensive pricing! not sure what Yamaha was thinking, maybe they are trying to push for the douchebag market, maybe they'll have a beats + reface bundle

Had hopes especially for the DX... but hey, I'm glad I'm rediscovering my FM soft-synths like FM8 and Bazille!

honestly a fair price I think would be about $199 considering it's a midi controller + synth.

(Although I must admit I want one just to play around with, I still wouldn't consider getting one at that price either cause I got good EPs, Organs, VAs and FMs and a good midi controller)

Kriminal · Post by **Kriminal** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 11:23 am

My CS5 cost less than half the price of the ReHash version. I know which one i prefer.

xamido · Post by **xamido** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 1:06 pm

Shy wrote:
xamido wrote:After watching the demo video at sonic state i think the DX is quite decent. Presets, nice sound, and looks like it's quite easy to edit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR47UZNwxlM
After I finally managed to get past the two morons' blabbering, I listened and was not surprised to find that even my FB-01 sounds far, far better than this $500-$800 joke.

Calling nick a moron was too harsh. He's just being nice and follow through with Bert usual extravagant sales pitch. I've watch a lot of sonic state and i can't tell in this video he's not really that excited about the synth itself.

The choice of bert as main promoter for this synth is also a big mistake. That guy is good for showcasing ready made preset, for workstation stuff. But for synths? I can definitely tell he's just rehashing the cue card that yamaha have given him.

foosnark · Post by **foosnark** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 1:12 pm

$799?

trusampler · Post by **trusampler** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 1:13 pm

V0RT3X wrote:wtf? $800

You could get a micro laptop running an i5 processor and still have enough for a copy of Synthsquad, Diva, etc ..

http://www.microcenter.com/search/searc ... 4967288+42

Exactly, and Strobe 2 is coming out soon which destroys that whatever they're calling these things.

xamido · Post by **xamido** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 1:40 pm

trusampler wrote:
V0RT3X wrote:wtf? $800

You could get a micro laptop running an i5 processor and still have enough for a copy of Synthsquad, Diva, etc ..

http://www.microcenter.com/search/searc ... 4967288+42

Exactly, and Strobe 2 is coming out soon which destroys that whatever they're calling these things.

What does a vst plugin have to do with a hardware synth? Apple and orange. Unless strobe 2 come in a hardware format i see no reason for the comparison.

Daags · Post by **Daags** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 1:49 pm

Korg are at the forefront, Roland are doing OK despite some VA grumbles....and Yamaha are failing miserably.

are their motorbikes any good, at least ?

waiting man · Post by **waiting man** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 2:19 pm

Four. Not one, four.
Hell, they must party hard at Yamaha.

foosnark · Post by **foosnark** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 2:34 pm

xamido wrote:What does a vst plugin have to do with a hardware synth? Apple and orange.

These are digital synths. VST plugins are also digital synths -- far cheaper, much more flexible, more powerful and probably better sounding.

So it's more like comparing an apple with... an unripe apple in a bag.

VariKusBrainZ · Post by **VariKusBrainZ** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 3:04 pm

I'm seeing £289 which is about $445 at Anderton's

http://blog.andertons.co.uk/keyboards/y ... m_content=

http://www.youtube.com/embed/W4Fz-wWbQ5k?autoplay=1

New Yamaha instrument incoming ... all things indicate retro/re-issue