Hi Everyone,
Just for fun, let's hear what you all think are the best looking hardware synths, any era, and why. For me, the aesthetic appeal of a keyboard is a major factor in my opinion of it which may be a little superficial, but that's the way it is!
I'll start:
#1. Waldorf Q, Phoenix Edition. Absolutely gorgeous! All that black, lots of knobs and LED's, perfectly laid out. A real breath taker.
#2. Access Virus TI2. Modern and sophisticated, those walnut endcaps add just the right amount of warmth to an uber-cool board. Number 2 only because of all that unused space on the top cover. A good place to set your Blofeld desktop?!
#3. Dave Smith's Prophet 12. Best looking new product, layout emulating the Q somewhat. Ribbon controllers a tad too "bio" for me.
#4. Dave Smith's Poly Evolver. Also very nice!! And those backlit mod and pitch wheels! Unfortunately its 4-voice polyphony is just absurd no matter how they try to justify it.
#5. Roland D-50. Very sleek! If they're going to do away with knobs for the 80's digital look, this is the way to go!
So there's five. Feel free to comment! Maybe next we'll do a poll on the ugliest synths out there. There's plenty of 'em!
Cheers!