I would rather have liked to see desktop synths/keyboard synths with each one of the synthesis types in the QUANTUM, so that the price could have been lowered... instead of this big monster that tries to be everything.... except FM of course...
Honestly all they had to do was take the multitimbrality of the Blofeld, the hands on approach of the Sledge and put analog filters on it. Pretty much a new PPG Wave (in blue of course). This just seems overly complicated and like I said I hate the touch screen. I think it’ll be a good five years before all the bugs are discovered in this thing. Sometimes it’s better just to keep it simple.
They sort of did that even before the Blofeld when they created the Q+... I'd say ...
I'm not a big fan of workstations disguised as "big dollar synths", and that is what I see both Solaris, Quantum, Kronos, Montage etc. as being... they tend to try to grasp too many things, ending up being mediocre in all aspects... if that is OK for some people, all the power to them, but for me, I'd rather have niche instruments that does less, but does it very well... even limitations can be creative tools, especially when the device sounds that much better in what it does.... and for me, the big ones always end up being too comprehensive... I simply loose interest in programing them because they can do so f****** much, but it takes forever to program something... I have had these types of "big synths" for over 20 years, and just recently switched to small dedicated synths, and I'm not looking back again... much better workflow, much faster, lot more unique since I went from using presets to creating my own sounds from scratch (because it is fast).
This is of course my personal view... people should do what inspire them to make music, and thank god we're all different