I have played vArranger for a few days with two differnt setups, and I am throughly happy with it. My first setup is an MS Surface Pro with a 28inch screen connected to it. I use it as my desktop PC. I have a Korg Microkey 61 always on my study desk so that I can play a tune or two during a break or play along with Youtube. I have all kinds of devices and even my Android phone connected to it wirelessly so that I can respond to send text messages. So, it is a pretty bad evnvironment for any audio/midi app to run under, and yet vArrnager was saling along fine and it was fun and convenient to play vArranger while reading on the internet! The 1st generation Microkey 61 does not have a sustain pedal input, but by connecting a USB converter with a regular sustain switch, I was able to sustain notes.

2nd setup; Lenovo Yoga Pro, Roland accordion, and iConnectAUDIO+ interface. My, it sounded good, and no hint of delay through the audio/midi interface. I was pretty impressed with the perfomance of vArranger and the clean layout. It was particularly sweet to change styles and sounds by touch the screen wiout using the mouse at all. I know that I have hardly touched the surface. I spend a long period of time overseas all toether every year and it is good to know that I can take vArranger anywhere with me and I can use my little Aki keyboard controller, Korg, or any other midi keyboards with vArranger. Being able to use my favorite VST plugins through vArranger is a big plus also.

Torch,
Lee here in Ocala,FL....glad you like vA2.

Glad you have good times with your vArranger

Yes this is amazing to have a serious arranger in your pocket ready for any situation

As soon as Varranger comes with its own high end soundsources... it will be the perfect module to add on top of a Synth workstation, Digital or stagepiano, or anything else that comes with a midi interface...

Glad to hear a happy customiser overhere on Synthzone.


Dan, you need someone to put up some high quallity Demo's one day.. showing the true potential of Varranger in combination with other instruments...

There is so many ways to use vArranger that it is hard to decide what to show on a demo video

The fact that vArranger is always being upgraded with NEW features is a Big Plus also besides it's versatility.

Let me decide for you...

Wayt till Montage is around, and then go big time for Varranger in combination with the brand new Montage... It should be a match made in heaven

I remember having read your post concerning Mega samples put together by Norbert. I have the hard drive and all other sounds on DVDs that I had purcahsed from him. I will be using some of them in vArranger, but I hear that the four sound banks that Dan devloped are even higher quality sounds. I have not connected my Ketron SD4 yet, but if I use the SD4 for the backup instruments and combine in with some VST plug-ins for solo voices, I'd believe I would get pretty rich sounds.

The fact that vArranger is always being upgraded with NEW features is a Big Plus also besides it's versatility. [/quote] You are exactly right about that. Talk about versatility, I've got tons of styles in different formats, and vArranger can play them all!

If you’re going to use vArranger with the Montage, then use the Steinberg Halion Sonic 2 as your sound source, as a lot of the voices in it were programmed by the Motif designers, so it will integrate beautifully.

Bill