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Message: [QUOTE="happyrat1, post: 222890, member: 4476"] Like my Take 5, which I consider my most "Authentic Sounding" synth, compared to the Deepmind and the Poly D and the Hydrasynth and the Sledge,, I find the DSI/Sequential brand to be the quickest route to recreating some of those magnificent drones and arps we all heard in the 80's. Not to belittle the deepmind or the virus or the studiologic sledge, but the DSI synths offer hands-on, realtime control that's totally missing in most modern VA synths. It's hard to be creative on the fly if you have to dig 4 menus deep just to find a parameter. My take 5 has like 30 Pages of Menus TOTAL. Each one is exactly ONE LAYER DEEP. Turn a knob and you are THERE. It's very much a joy to work with. One knob per function is definitely the way to go. The Poly D has the same degree authenticity but lacks the ability to save patches making it a labor of love to set up for each tune. The sledge comes close to one function per knob and can save patches, but being VA it becomes easy to overdrive the D/A converters and create artefacts. My feeling is that the DSI and Sequential Synths operate at a whole different level of professionalism than most of the stuff you see on the market these days. Gary ;) [/QUOTE]