I'm sure I read somewhere that DSI's stance on the Evolver is "we've done than now, a few time, it's finished now, time to move forward"
I'd rather have an VS/FM based synth from DSI. No analog except for the filters with multitimbrality and 20 voice polyphony. Perhaps even have samples from the Prophet 2000 just to add a bit of different texture.
Keep the same blue design that the Evolver/Prophet VS had. Just to distinguish it.
Hear, hear! Subtractive synthesis is what we are all used to the most as it's the most common form of sound synthesis, but it's everywhere. Hybrid synths are the future, which brings me to this:
Well... looks like Waldorf has been thinking similarly...
This is not Waldorf's first 'hybrid' synth, there was the Q+ which was a virtual analogue with real analogue filters and the Microwave before that (wavetable synthesis with an analogue filter). That said, it's possibly their most most advanced and best sounding synth since the Wave!
Then there is also the Peak. Not multitimbral but still a great take on the 'hybrid' synth idea.
Virtual Analogue was an exciting idea when it arrived and I for one was looking forward to some more experimental ideas to come out of it, instead of endless copies of the synths that once were. This renaissance analogue is starting to surpass the late 90's as far a new ideas based on traditional synthesis. I'll more than likely buy a Quantum when the drop, but I'm really looking for a full-blown vector synth. The Wavestation was the synth I
really want when I got my M1 in 1991. Dave was involved with the Wavestation, I wonder what he thinks about that beast these days?