SPECTRALIS by Radikal Technologies

I just picked up a Spectralis last month. It is really an amazing unit. The sound quality will blow you away and nothing on youtube can really give you an indication of it until you listen for yourself. Check out the Spectralis forum at spectralis.de to find links to other mp3 tracks from users. This is a true Hybrid meaning it uses high quality 32bit DSP in the parts that can benefit from it and uses true Analog section for the Low Pass filter for example. But the analog section can be modulated with the LFOs and the digital section. It also has a Fixed Filterbank with bands that can be modulated mixed with the other filters, sequenced using the really deep sequencers, step, realtime, chord tapping. Basically it is just very very musical. The creator Joerg Schaaf is a bit of a legend and used to work for Quasimidi. If you've ever used a Polymorph, you'll immediately get the idea of the Spectralis but I've owned a Polymorph and it is a toy in comparison. The Spectralis was designed to be his dream instrument and that really shows because it is made without compromise. This is something that maybe hurts it commercially because I doubt it is profitable to produce. It also suffers from lack of marketing budget and lack of having a big company behind it. There is however an active user community. If you are willing to put some time into this instrument it will pay you back big time. My 2 or 3 cents.

I am very jealous barnone.... :)