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Nice one Arcer!

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arcer wrote: those boys at arturia do a remarkable job. I downloaded the demo of the CS80V and have become entranced by it. It's very CPU intensive and can come to a staggering halt at times (and I have a 3 gigahertz machine with a gig of ram) but the sounds are just amazing (just floating through the presets). It seems to offer everything you could possibly want even down to an amazing ribbon controller which is incredibly expressive. The only thing i would have reservations about is it's ability for screaming leads but I'll take GMedia's impOscar for that (awesome). The Moogs are likewise superb, giving deep, thick bass lines and pulses that are just progtastic. Here's hoping their Arp 2600 is just as good - instant JM Jarre here we come

The minimoog is wonderful. Not as impressed with the CS80V, but then I'm no musician.Not had any CPU related problems, although I have similar spec to Arcer-3.06 ghz P4 and 1024mb ddr mem. However I have an Audigy Plat' soundcard is that the diff?

Any other sites with synth demo downloads?

arcer wrote: on the softsynth front, also check out Arturia's Mini-Moog V, their Moog Modular and they also do a wicked version of the Vangelis special - the Yamaha CS80. They've also just released a version of the Arp 2600. Pretty cool. I've auditioned all their emulations and they are all superb if a trifle CPU-heavy. http://www.arturia.com/en/default.lasso

Wow a mini moog for my desktop!

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on the softsynth front, also check out Arturia's Mini-Moog V, their Moog Modular and they also do a wicked version of the Vangelis special - the Yamaha CS80. They've also just released a version of the Arp 2600. Pretty cool.

I've auditioned all their emulations and they are all superb if a trifle CPU-heavy.

http://www.arturia.com/en/default.lasso

have you checked out www.sonicstate.com ?

$300.00 seems pretty low, though...I haven't seen one under a grand in a long time (in one piece, that is).

The Studio Electronics SE-1 is pretty darn close to a minimoog, but even those tend to go for at least $400-500. 

Does it have to be hardware? There a a couple of really good software minimoogs out there, for less than half of what you're looking to pay. The Steinberg Model-E is a good minimoog simulation (and polyphonic too, unlike the original!). There's even a demo of it with Wakeman sounds.