It looks like a very modern...thing!!!
What is it? I see many knobs but no instrument...

But 'XT' sounds good...wasn't it Yamaha who built the 'XT' first???
I know a friend of mine who was riding a Yamaha XT 500...

Hm, the vendor looks unexperienced to me but what are the minds behind his head? It's not easy to justify wether the vendor is Good or Evil...
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Okay, Zoners!

The third song of my little Album Lost In Space wasn't ready before the long break. Now, Planet Outpost is in progress again. All synths and effects are re-connected to the mixer and I'm really glad to say to you: "YEEEAAAAHHH!!!!!!!!"

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It sure does look very yellow....
Orangie yellowish and big too....
Features wise it is the best of Waldorf Wave and Q synths in one box.
With all the knobs. ALl those knobs that might break and since Waldorf is no more I'll be screwed!
Darn, I'd go for this baby in no time if it wasn't for the fact that it's coming from the States and has no tech support what so ever.

I've got the Micro Q which has about half it's features and that's what I should probably stick with.

OH, this is a heart breaking decision man.

-ED-

Oh, ED! I feel with you...

Maybe we should build our own synth with transistors, oscillators and tubes!?!

EDIT: ...and many, many knobs and faders...

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I made up my mind. I'm sticking with my Micro Q.
I'm quite happy with it's wavetables, FM and analog modeling capabilities.
The XT is basically the same thing but with more waveforms to play with and ability to organize them into custom wavetables.

Man, I sound like I'm trying to convince myself that I've made the right choice.
I think I'll debate some more.
The bid ends in about ten hours.
Ahh!

-ED-

-ED-

Get it and you'll have some more good wave tables but no support (only by user groups). Maybe you'll have luck and get a good device which will keep on working for many years. But then the shipping costs and the shipping risk...

On the other side...
...do you really need it? It would be a Waldorf size more away from your Steinway grand...

Steinway shall be there anyway.
I do not think of the two with the same part of my brain. :.
Now, as lady luck has shined on me again another XT appeared locally.
The seller is just a few blocks away.
Right now I’m trying to talk them into selling it to me ASAP without me having to bid. Might cost a hundred bucks extra but what the hell!
It’s an XT and it is literally around the corner!

-ED-


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Cool, ED!!! A Waldorf XT in sight!!!
I'm curioused to hear some sounds of it...

Yeah! I'm drifting away now because Planet Outpost seems to grow to an really good grooving song with some mystery elements in harmony and arrangement. I think I'll get the WOW effect!!!

In such moments I really know why I has become a composer. Every time when I'm composing a song I don't know at the start where it will lead to at the end and so I'll reach the point where I'll surprise myself again and again...

Planet Outpost?
Cool! Do you first come up with the name of the track and then later add the music?
I used to do that but after a while it has proven to be deceaving. I'd start writing a track called "Acid Trip" or whatever and then end up being influenced by some very attractive and strong willed female vocalist with her bizarre and self centered ideas and as a result end up writing some stupid pop track.
Okay, the hunt for XT continues. THe seller hasn't yet replied. This could either mean that I pressed something wrong on my PC again and the message didn't go through or it simply means that I will have to bid like the other mortal ones. Bidding sucks!

-ED-

Yes, mostly I do so! Well, it's a mannerism since I'm composing on a computer. I've lost two or three times a whole new part because of power cuts caused by some construction workers outside on the street. So, I have to save them before any datas will be lost. At this point the song needs a name for saving and so I'll name it...

I don't really drift away while composing because I've a complete imagination of what I want to reach for my songs before I start doing so. That's one way of composing that I'm going. The other way is taking my guitar, playing some tunes for self-satisfaction and then reaching the point where I decide to compose a new song. The first way is a more classical based road and the second way is more based on blues and freestyles. That's the way of classics and jammers...