ReasonTalk.com

RobC wrote: ↑

09 Apr 2024

Ah, the fairly new, Japanese company (I thought that all this time) - now I see it's French, and founded in 1999. I live under a rock I guess. x D

Their MIDI controllers seem interesting - finally a company that uses encoders.

PhillipOrdonez wrote: ↑

09 Apr 2024

So they did what some of us wish reason did. Put all their instruments on a standalone hardware unit.

Imagine having all your patches like this to play with your other hardware without the computer, and every new patch you create on reason being easily transferred to the hardware... Monster combinator patches, simple monotone or subtractor patches and their macro controls alike, all ready to go...What a dream

PhillipOrdonez wrote: ↑

09 Apr 2024

So they did what some of us wish reason did. Put all their instruments on a standalone hardware unit.

Imagine having all your patches like this to play with your other hardware without the computer, and every new patch you create on reason being easily transferred to the hardware... Monster combinator patches, simple monotone or subtractor patches and their macro controls alike, all ready to go...What a dream

DaveyG wrote: ↑

09 Apr 2024

Pros:
It's a synth.
Most Arturia stuff is good.

Cons:
It's got a bad name.
It costs $$$$.
Did I mention the price?

But, yes, Analog Lab in hardware form. Great idea.
But that price. Did I mention the price?

https://www.arturia.com/products/hardwa ... 1/overview

selig wrote: ↑

09 Apr 2024

DaveyG wrote: ↑

09 Apr 2024

Pros:
It's a synth.
Most Arturia stuff is good.

Cons:
It's got a bad name.
It costs $$$$.
Did I mention the price?

But, yes, Analog Lab in hardware form. Great idea.
But that price. Did I mention the price?

https://www.arturia.com/products/hardwa ... 1/overview

I was expecting something in line with Nord Stage or similar price wise, since it would appeal to a similar buyer. But was surprised the price was only $1500 USD. I haven't played one, but having what is essentially a good version of every important keyboard of the last 50 years at your fingertips should be super appealing to many players/performers out there I would think.
I also like the trend of integrating hardware and software in interesting ways, will have to wait to see how useful that actually is for most users I guess.

QVprod wrote: ↑

10 Apr 2024

I really thought RS would have done this with elk like they were showing off a few years ago. Native Instruments should’ve done this by now as well. As simple as this keyboard is, it’s genius! The stage intended keyboard market is pretty boring compared to what software can do and this is a step in the right direction. I wonder if they’ll also make a flagship that has more of the V Collection functionality.

DaveyG wrote: ↑

09 Apr 2024

Pros:
It's a synth.
Most Arturia stuff is good.

Cons:
It's got a bad name.
It costs $$$$.
Did I mention the price?

But, yes, Analog Lab in hardware form. Great idea.
But that price. Did I mention the price?

https://www.arturia.com/products/hardwa ... 1/overview

selig wrote: ↑

10 Apr 2024

QVprod wrote: ↑

10 Apr 2024

I really thought RS would have done this with elk like they were showing off a few years ago. Native Instruments should’ve done this by now as well. As simple as this keyboard is, it’s genius! The stage intended keyboard market is pretty boring compared to what software can do and this is a step in the right direction. I wonder if they’ll also make a flagship that has more of the V Collection functionality.

I don’t know a lot about Maschine from NI, but isn’t that similar to Astrolab?

Interesting thought about a flagship, since this is priced way lower than most flagship synths today there is room to add a bigger screen and more editing power and physical control of patches.

selig wrote: ↑

10 Apr 2024

QVprod wrote: ↑

10 Apr 2024

I really thought RS would have done this with elk like they were showing off a few years ago. Native Instruments should’ve done this by now as well. As simple as this keyboard is, it’s genius! The stage intended keyboard market is pretty boring compared to what software can do and this is a step in the right direction. I wonder if they’ll also make a flagship that has more of the V Collection functionality.

I don’t know a lot about Maschine from NI, but isn’t that similar to Astrolab?

Interesting thought about a flagship, since this is priced way lower than most flagship synths today there is room to add a bigger screen and more editing power and physical control of patches.

mimidancer wrote: ↑

10 Apr 2024

selig wrote: ↑

10 Apr 2024

I don’t know a lot about Maschine from NI, but isn’t that similar to Astrolab?

Interesting thought about a flagship, since this is priced way lower than most flagship synths today there is room to add a bigger screen and more editing power and physical control of patches.

I think the interface is fine for its intended use. One could easily make a playlist of patches and just use the buttons to select patches live. The product seems to have that use in mind. There is no value here for me or anyone who likes to do sound design on hardware, but it would be fine for players doing wedding gigs or playing in a bar on Saturday night.

selig wrote: ↑

11 Apr 2024

mimidancer wrote: ↑

10 Apr 2024

I think the interface is fine for its intended use. One could easily make a playlist of patches and just use the buttons to select patches live. The product seems to have that use in mind. There is no value here for me or anyone who likes to do sound design on hardware, but it would be fine for players doing wedding gigs or playing in a bar on Saturday night.

It is certainly not for sound designers, it is for keyboard players as I understand it - I REALLY could have used exactly this on a few past gigs where I was stringing Combinators together and toting my laptop and audio interface around along with my controller keyboard.

selig wrote: ↑

11 Apr 2024

mimidancer wrote: ↑

10 Apr 2024

I think the interface is fine for its intended use. One could easily make a playlist of patches and just use the buttons to select patches live. The product seems to have that use in mind. There is no value here for me or anyone who likes to do sound design on hardware, but it would be fine for players doing wedding gigs or playing in a bar on Saturday night.

It is certainly not for sound designers, it is for keyboard players as I understand it - I REALLY could have used exactly this on a few past gigs where I was stringing Combinators together and toting my laptop and audio interface around along with my controller keyboard. Could have done a better job with this at a small fraction of the cost!
That said I would have rather seen a 12 voice PollyBrute, which would be far more likely to appear in my studio than the Astrolab for my current work.

robussc wrote: ↑

10 Apr 2024

DaveyG wrote: ↑

09 Apr 2024

Pros:
It's a synth.
Most Arturia stuff is good.

Cons:
It's got a bad name.
It costs $$$$.
Did I mention the price?

But, yes, Analog Lab in hardware form. Great idea.
But that price. Did I mention the price?

https://www.arturia.com/products/hardwa ... 1/overview

Yeah I was excited until that eye-watering price. It better be built like a battleship!

DaveyG wrote: ↑

10 Apr 2024

It's more like Nord Wave than Nord Stage and Nord Wave has never been hugely popular, probably because of the price. Maybe the street price of the Arturia one will get it closer to where I think it ought to be. Maybe they're planning an Astrolab 25 to hit a lower price bracket. All interesting stuff.

selig wrote: ↑

12 Apr 2024

It’s $2000 USD right? More than half (or more) of what other flagship keyboards cost – is this the “behringer effect” in action?

QVprod wrote: ↑

12 Apr 2024

It’s actually $1599 USD. Competitively priced with the cheaper versions of flagship keyboards.