Yeah, I always figured why some models were having large keyboards attached to them. I guess that makes sense.
Light Google searching and asking folks on Discord, yes. Searching Elektronauts thoroughly, nope.
I remember watching a remake of PONYBOY and being seriously impressed. I had no clue that it was made by the same person who did the FACESHOPPING remake with the Digitone. (Dwyer, they’re both amazing) until I was typing this post.
Watching PONYBOY’s remake without processing was interesting. Those sounds felt achievable using software I already have. I’ve tried experimenting with effect chains only to have my ears hurt so I figured I was doing it wrong and it’s all in the synthesis, post-processing being an afterthought
This is what I partially fear, that the Digitone won’t have the things that are needed to make that kind of sound and for me, it’ll be my first hardware synth and a large investment (considering I rarely save money to buy things, I either buy it or don’t, mostly don’t but this is something I care about)
Same fear as above. For me, hardware synths come into the question because it can make sounds that cannot be made (yet) in software, if it can then I’d go for the software option because you can’t drop software on the ground if you’re clumsy.
And while… I get that SOPHIE’s SOPHIE because she experimented and trying to emulate or build on top of her sound might not be in the spirit of that but we all need to start somewhere and quoting A G Cook, “Yes, I’ve got to admit. about 90, 95, 98 percent of my stuff is just wholesale ripped off this American composer called Conlon Nancarrow” (I earlier put in blanks, now removed, as I couldn’t get the name properly and didn’t want to misspell)