I purchased my first access synth (Snow) as soon as it was announced. I was amongst the first people in North America to own one.
I usually don't like to buy the first batch of anything but with Access I knew that whatever was released was going to be frequently updated, supported and most importantly, sound amazing.
The TI software has seen its fair share of glitches, no doubt, but the current OS is stable and runs fine for me.
Access got my money over Waldorf becuase they support what they release better then anybody. If Korg or Roland ever had a TI1 type of software to begin with, then released a new line of sythns that used a TI2 protocal, do you think things like patches would be backwards compatible? They wouldn't and at that point your first version TI1 synth would have stopped being supported.
Sure, you can save a few dollars with Korg or Roland if you wait until the product is about to be phased out as every thing gets lowered dramatically but at the same time you know the support is getting dropped, too. Access also flat out sounds better (in my opinion) then any other VA on the market.
You get what you pay for.
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