I have a Radias, TI and a V-Synth withn rompler stuff dealt with by a Fusion and Motif ES rack.
I find it hard to really like the Radias as a lead sound, but do find it very useful as a backing synth with the Virus taking the lead. I could live without it though, but would probably need to find something to occupy its tonal space - airy high end.
Given the combo I have, cant say I have felt any need to add anything on the synth front, or even replace anything despite having days when I do think of ditching the V and Radias... but for what?
I had a play with a drom a week or so back and didnt feel it would really add anything - at least not anything blatent. Maybe if I didnt allready have a Radias, and so I was looking for something that could yield a clean high end, then maybe it wold have been more interesting - I guess its filters didnt realy grab me. They are good, just not that special I thought - each to their own...
The sound of a Nord Lead has never really grabbed me that much either, nor the Q and both are too expensive as pallette fillers (Radias was just about cheap enough for that...).
What has allways grabbed me about the Nords however is the morph groups, just because I often find myself using alot of slots in the matrix on the TI to do significant sound morphs from the mod wheel. Thats a similar attraction with the Q+ - huge internal mod options.
Maybe wait on one of the last NAMM announcements making its way to the streets. Do have a play with a drom if you can.
Maybe hangon, see what the Stromberg or Nord Wave has to offer? Now is probably not a great time to think of switching stuff around unless something is allready out and is on your must have list with so many very promising looking synths targetted for later this year, early next.
Another thought - how are you covered for fx processors? I guess you just not quite happy with the sound you have and are looking for a change - something like a TC fireworx or Eventide can yield a *huge* change in the sound pallette available to you - maybe alot more so than switching synths around and there is a hell of difference between these level of FX boxes and typical cheaper multi-fx.
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