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Kurzweil VA-1


Post Posted Sun Apr 09, 2006 11:40 am
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:o

I just discovered this photo on a website :

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I love, very beautiful, maybe a concurrent for Radias and others :P
I have no informations about it, and you ?
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Post Posted Sun Apr 09, 2006 12:00 pm
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http://namm.harmony-central.com/WNAMM04 ... R/VA1.html
Post Posted Sun Apr 09, 2006 12:05 pm
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Imagine the price :roll:
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Post Posted Sun Apr 09, 2006 2:33 pm
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Wasn't this a prototype only? :)
Post Posted Sun Apr 09, 2006 3:22 pm
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GeeJee wrote:Wasn't this a prototype only? :)
Could be the reason why I didn't find it in their product assortment.
Post Posted Sun Apr 09, 2006 3:28 pm
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Damn that thing looks hot.
Post Posted Sun Apr 09, 2006 4:19 pm
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Because of its look, I think JMJ will have one ;)
If I remember well, it was shown @NAMM or something like that or MusicMesse
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Post Posted Sun Apr 09, 2006 4:34 pm
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Looks like it was presented at NAMM.

I don't like they way it looks, but I have never liked futuristic looking synthesizers. I could imagine this synth to be in alot of studios.
Post Posted Sun Apr 09, 2006 5:20 pm
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This thing was supposed to be released in 2004.....
It's not some recent product ;)
Post Posted Sun Apr 09, 2006 5:25 pm
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GeeJee wrote:This thing was supposed to be released in 2004.....
It's not some recent product ;)
Yes I had a go on one at Music Technology show at Wembley arena in 2005,it was a pile of shit...

Never seen them in the shops,I'm pretty sure Kurzweil withdrew it from production,the preview model they had on exhibition was full of OS bugs..It kept locking up and making Popping noises when changing patches
Post Posted Sun Apr 09, 2006 5:31 pm
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Looks very nice, but if it sounds crap, then it's worthless.
Post Posted Sun Apr 09, 2006 5:51 pm
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GeeJee wrote:This thing was supposed to be released in 2004.....
It's not some recent product ;)
Yes it was from NAMM04.

I found one internet shop that was selling this synth. Somehow I don't think it was in stock... no price etc.
Post Posted Sun Apr 09, 2006 6:27 pm
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Yeah, "Feedback" the largest synth retail had it in their catalog too, I remember :)
Post Posted Sun Apr 09, 2006 7:21 pm
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Ok Guys,digging around I found this

http://matrixsynth.blogspot.com/2005/09 ... l-va1.html



pretty much what i had guessed...seems the machine was maybe withdrawn,because of it OS problems.These were evident when i had a go on one,probably this was still the Prototype they used for Namm....it was a nice machine to play on but it didnt sound as Huge as it looked,Maybe if it was 100% functional it may have been a decent machine,but the presets in the thing didn't really do it Justice,mabe they could have employed some better programmers

I know the retail price was gonna be in the region of around £1800 UK pounds...
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Equinoxe wrote:
GeeJee wrote:This thing was supposed to be released in 2004.....
It's not some recent product ;)
Yes I had a go on one at Music Technology show at Wembley arena in 2005,it was a pile of shit...

Never seen them in the shops,I'm pretty sure Kurzweil withdrew it from production,the preview model they had on exhibition was full of OS bugs..It kept locking up and making Popping noises when changing patches
I also played one and also have sound demos of it and it sound very good.The was few prototypes at frankfurt.
Now it is in PC 3X :
http://www.kurzweilmusicsystems.com/Pro ... product=37







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