IMO, get a drum synth for drums.
But yeah, it’s still fun to design percussion on non-drum synths. 
Or get an A4. One of the best drum synths around (that’s not sold as a drum synth)
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Yes, i said it above, i have an A4, so these two could be awesome together. And have good contrast.
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Cue 50 posts by people who haven’t watched Bad Gear but have very strong opinions about it
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Eh? It’s a repetition of all the conventional wisdom about Kyra: 1) it sounds beautiful, digital, clean, and “cold”; 2) it’s built like a battleship; and 3) the UI is a pain to program due to the lack of a data knob, so a dealbreaker for many. I agree with all that, but Kyra does have the standout feature of full MTS support, which is why I have mine.
I don’t think Bad Gear re-hashed the Virus comparison, but, I also agree with the well-represented point of view that, despite Kyra’s wonderful sound, it’s not distinctive at all, so in view of the price, Virus enthusiasts have no reason to consider it.
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If I see another clickbait, I’m not going fishing anymore!
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I keep forgetting to send a link to the free editor:
Edisyn
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Looks like future for Kyra doesn’t look good. According to latest interview with Rolf Wohrmanmen, Waldorf senior programmer, there will be no future updates for Kyra. Firmware code belongs to Manuel Canalerro who left company and started working in different businesses, Waldorf doesn’t have any right to it.
There is petition for opening source code for Kyra. 
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Something here doesn’t make sense for me. If “Waldorf doesn’t have any right to it.”, it being the FPGA code, how does asking “Waldorf to release the code of kyra firmware into open source”, as the petition says then work ?
I’d be interested in the actual interview with Rolf.
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That’s why this petition doesn’t make sense.
That sounds very careless of them that they didn’t sort out the IP properly.
You would think they would have agreed the right to continue to maintain it.
That being said FPGA programming is headbendingly complex so it’s possible they don’t have anyone who knows how to update it and it’s not worth the effort to train someone up.
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Good video from Thomann
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Just read that Waldorf have officially discontinued the Kyra.
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Dang that kinda stinks, but I suppose with it potentially never getting more updates its hard to imagine it really gaining sales momentum at this point.
Waldorf could just make a Desktop Sledge / AKA Blofeld with more knobs, why manufacture in a synth like the Kyra you don’t even own the source code of, just to kill it not even 3 years later?
The Blofeld could be better with a few tweaks, and maybe a more powerful processor/DSP. And sell that like 600 bucks or something. Waldorf is a strange company.
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Waldorf appears to behave a little bit like Roland during the 90s: release and forget. As long as the instrument does what you need it to, it’s all fine. If on the other hand you are hoping for any important bug fix, better stay clear.
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It depends on who the developer for the specific instrument is. Vladi is working constantly on the M. And I don’t think they have forgotten the Irridium/Quantum.
I don’t know what happened here with the kyra, but it must have been some sort of fallout with the kyra developer. Very unfortunate as it has a ton of potential.
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Maybe when the original developer was looking for investors they jumped in too quick, promised to do X amount of them and realized it did not sell good enough. Maybe the rights go back to him… maybe it was not the right time for this voice monster…
In many years from now this box will probably be highly sought after because it „just has that sound that no other synth can ever do“
And there will be another thread like „Kyra vs. Virus- which one should I get after 20y in use“
Oh and funny enough Virus TI‘s are also finally end of sale… coincidence?
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