Prompted by this thread here I thought this would make an interesting thread as I was unsuccesful at searching for one.

So, what hardware gems you'd love as a plugin?

I'll start with: Korg Z1 and N364, and Yamaha SY35 and VL70m.

A nostalgia nerd in me also would like a Yamaha SK20 even though there's better string machine emus out there.

 

Hmm, let's see:
Kurzweil K2000/K2500
Yamaha Motif
Roland Fantom from 2004
Korg Trinity

 

Kurzweil K2500
Yamaha SY99 / EX5 / VL1 / VP1
Roland V-Synth
Roland JD990
Roland JX10
Roland Jupiter 4
Roland SH5
Korg PS-3300

 

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Korg DSS1.

 

Oh yeah, a K2000/K2500 would be just great!

Didn't Roland already do JD-800? Haven't used it so maybe I'm out of the loop, but isn't the 990 basically a rackmount 800?

 

All the flipping Nords put into one convenient package..

But the original Roms, no sampled recreations,
and also their Horse, Castle and feathers on their helmet..

 

Ensoniq synths.
Unforunately SQ8L is 32-bit only, and development seems cancelled, too bad.

 

Yamaha SY 99/ TG 77
Waldorf Microwave XT
Ensoniq SD
Korg Wavestation (maintaining the original features and grit with more user friendly editing (Behringer?))

 

I briefly had a DSM-1 and I wish I could get my hands on one again.

It's probably the crunchiest bastard I've ever used, 12-bit sampling and the input stage was something else. You had a switch for the input level, so +4dB for line level, -20dB for instrument level and -50dB for WTF KORG level. I don't think that can be replicated in software though.

 

Acces Virus (a,b,c)!

 

No, they haven't done (or at least released) a JD-800 plugin yet.
The JD-990 is a superset of the JD-800, it has more stuff, it's better sounding, and fully stereo.

 

I have a dss1 and a dsm1. The combination of downsampling and analog filters is unsurpassed ... the Dsm1, however, lacks the resonance control of the filter

 

moog matriarch

 

Kurzweil of course (Arturia, are you listening?).

 

In order of importance:
-Roland VP-550
-Con Brio ADS 200

 

I think with these early digital systems, though ground-breaking for the time, nowadays would be pretty disappointing...

(Even if someone could find a still working one to model...)

 

Adam Ford - Waldorf Microwave XT


check out Waldorf's Largo VST


https://waldorfmusic.com/en/largo-overview




(Ayin Zahev's expansion Drive and Rob Lee's expansions bring out a nice fluid sound out of it) its not a Microwave XT but... its Waldorf - signature sound

I Heard Largo is virtually identical to the Blofeld


cyanidecup45 - Korg Trinity

phumb-reh - Korg Z1



The sound engine of the Prophecy , Z1, Trinity and Triton are all related-

Korg recentl;y introduced a Triton VST

it sounds Amazing


https://www.korg.com/us/products/software/kc_triton/




and as for the flipping Nords,
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you can check DiscoDSP Discovery. it imports/exports Nord Lead 2 sysex data

https://www.discodsp.com/discoverypro/





Alright - the Roland-Heads


check this one out

https://www.roland.com/us/products/rc_zenology/




Zenology has JD-800, Fantom and other expansions available

https://www.roland.com/us/promos/zen-core/model_expansions/


Hope this helped

 

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I totally agree, but just think how wonderful blinking light desktop you would get while playing!
Basically I would be curious to see its capability, NEVER heard, and the few YT clips show nothing.
Which sounds were made for Star Trek? At first I thought it made the Vyger cloud sound, but eventually I discovered it was the Blaster Beam. So no one knows.

 

not so much a synth or even hardware

but the old emu z-plane filters as a pluging or even as a box

much like rossums original Morpheus

 

well this will be interesting.