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Kurzweil VA-1
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 11:40 am
by Nico_Noyau
I just discovered this photo on a website :
I love, very beautiful, maybe a concurrent for Radias and others
I have no informations about it, and you ?
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 12:00 pm
by Jakob BC
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 12:05 pm
by Nico_Noyau
Imagine the price
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 2:33 pm
by GeeJee
Wasn't this a prototype only?
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 3:22 pm
by Jakob BC
GeeJee wrote:Wasn't this a prototype only?
Could be the reason why I didn't find it in their product assortment.
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 3:28 pm
by Finaero
Damn that thing looks hot.
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 4:19 pm
by Nico_Noyau
Because of its look, I think JMJ will have one
If I remember well, it was shown @NAMM or something like that or MusicMesse
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 4:34 pm
by Jakob BC
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.
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 5:20 pm
by GeeJee
This thing was supposed to be released in 2004.....
It's not some recent product
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 5:25 pm
by Equinoxe
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
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 5:31 pm
by jarrekid
Looks very nice, but if it sounds crap, then it's worthless.
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 5:51 pm
by Jakob BC
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.
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 6:27 pm
by GeeJee
Yeah, "Feedback" the largest synth retail had it in their catalog too, I remember
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 7:21 pm
by Equinoxe
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pretty much what i had guessed...seems the machine was maybe withdrawn,because of it OS problems.These were evident when i had a go on one,probably this was still the Prototype they used for Namm....it was a nice machine to play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...
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 2:50 pm
by Equinoxe
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