Yes, the DSI MEK is one wonderful instrument and has taken my heart as my favorite, incredibly deep and capable keyboard that is actually very much "modular" in nature when you start down the rabbit hole!
The first novation Bass Station WAS/IS analog, it just employed DCO's, just as most of DSI analog synths do. The Novation Super Bass Station was rack model only and DCO's and seems the new Bass Station 2 builds upon the architecture of it as about 2/4 of specs are same as Super Bass Station, then added even more great specs. What I see omitted is the CV in/out that both the rack version of first Bass Station and Super Bass Station had, giving you essentially a midi to cv converter. This is included on MiniBrute.
I personally did not like the miniBrute when giving it a good 45 minutes at Sweetwater, an hour North in neighboring State where my parents live and I grew-up. Sure, I certainly think it's incredible bang for buck but I for one, did NOT like the sound of filter. I will also admit that could change if two variable pulse width osc's AND a sub osc were implemented on whatever Arturia release from their labs next
Perhaps too, I am a bit already 'swooned' by the Korg MS20 Mini, knowing from using the original, how sweet the two osc's are and those two filters, coupled with modulation heaven with patch bay...yummm!
I actually find the Waldorf editing matrix very intuitive. Having a Blofeld Keyboard Black Edition, and had my first experience with same matrix on my first Waldorf, the Micro Q Omega (75 voice expansion model), and have absolutely no problems adjusting multiple parameters--it just takes familiarizing yourself in-use and it just *clicks*.
Yes, one has to wonder what likes of Roland and Yamaha will release, if anything, in the analog revolution! Yamaha makes a lot of their bread and butter in the educational instruments and is still right up there with Steinway in acoustic pianos. Roland would probably make a mint in making something tweaked in a real new TB. But Roland has a history of making money by making a person buy this and that if you want 'full features' and funny thing is that both Korg's orig. MS20 and Roland's TB were sold as "budget synths" and were almost considered flops as far as sales numbers go until little over decade post release, DJ's and New Wave groups such as The Cars, made people lust after them, not to mention minions of Depeche Mode cover bands...I know, as I was right in the mix.
Lastly, wouldn't it be kind of interesting now that the Kemper Amp Simulator project is a finished and available for retail sale; what if Access incorporated real analog filters alongside digital filters in which you could utilize 'hybrid filter-morphing'???
Just a little food for the gray matter! Anyone have any clues what Access is up to these days? Even hamburger joints have to do something unexpected rather than playing it safe and show-up at trade shows with same old burger and bun...just saying!
