well i dont think it realy matters as long as our studio work becomes better,easyer and faster. wouldnt you agree?

If more powerful computers allow for more complicated (and hopefully better sounding algorithms)...then that can be only a good thing!

DS

Well DUHHHH Tomer! :P

I guess I was waiting for some PC guru to dish out a real specific answer.

If it makes our DAWs better, faster, stronger, and more reliable it's good by me, of course.

-Alex

I have never owned a hardware synth (VA or Analog), and at the rate Access is going I never will. I am however very used to using softsynths and at the moment my favorite softsynths are the:

Arturia ARP2600 (pretty damn beefy for a vst)
Arturia MiniMoog (kind of raw sounding)
Arturia CS-80 (IMO I can get some nice Si-Fi sounds out of this)
rcgaudio z3ta (beefy as well)

I always looking for good softsynths and would love to hear about some different ones available that are kind of unknown.

Gmedia products are excelent aswell-
imposcar,oddity,m-tron and minimonsta.

Not a fan of arturia's stuff here. Gmedia on the other hand offers some nice stuff.

I wouldn't limit your search for soft-synths to those which attempt to emulate a vintage synth...some of those are good, but some of the softies are excellent in their own right. Absynth, Zebra, Albino, not to even mention the drum offerings. If you haven't checked out Drumkit from Hell Superior, fxPansion's BFD, Linplug's NNIV, Stylus RMX, or Battery, you're seriously missing out. Also, check out Crystal, everyone should have it (it's free, after all, and can be made to sound great). Additionally, a soft-sampler like Mach5, Sampletank, or Kontakt will tear your old ROMpler a new asshole....

Any particular reason why you don't like their stuff?