From the moment I touched it, I wanted it. The settings, the controls, the feel, the name behind it. A long time ago, when getting paid for music was a concept MUCH farther away than it is nowadays, I saw it at a Musicstop in Halifax.
The Roland V-Synth.
The D-Beam, the Time Trip Pad, and everything else it offers is like some sort of insane ’synth-fiction’ creation, designed to conjure up the craziest sound imagineable. One of the last bastions of hardware synths.
And therein lies my problem. If, and that’s a big ‘if’, I get funding for building my studio, then that would be my chance! My chance to finally have a V-synth of my very own. You see, outside of a silly little Yamaha basic, non-MIDI keyboard, I’ve never owned a hardware synth. I’ve been totally software-based since I began. I want to change, I want to plunge in and own it, both physically, and musically. I want the tactile advantage of a hardware synth.
But at what cost? What would I replace in my studio? It’s a give and take, because I’ve only budgeted for a certain amount, and right now, that includes what I think I need so far. Do I cut something else out? Pianoteq? Heavyocity Evolve? The Mac Pro? The sound treatment? The extra monitors? Some of these are a definite ‘no’.
Choices, choices. But hey, I would much rather be in a position of trying to decide what gear to get and what to pass on, than to not be purchasing any at all.
No complaints, just thoughts.
