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> There are some vst hardware hosts, but therey are either rather pricey, >or > lacking in something.. I was looking into this for a bit, same reason, > prefer hardware... but I wanted to put some vstīs that I had programmed >into > a little box... never found a good thing... The Receptor is good but expensive. Regarding the SMPro V-series: I haven't seen many reviews yet, but here's one. http://emusician.com/aux_hardware/sm-pro-audio-vmachine-review/index1.html I have been struggling with hardware vs software dilemma for a long time. Despite the fact that I'm a programmer , I didn't want to go laptop on stage because I was afraid of stability issues. Anyway, after almost a year, I have changed my mind. Stable operating systems do exists as well as stable VST or AU hosts and plugins and if you have the discipline to threat a laptop as a hardware unit and use it for music only, it works as a breeze. Keep in mind that "instability" issues can be caused by the VST plugins itself, which means a hardware host like receptor or V-rack will probably behave the same. > On the question of good sources of sounds ethnic or otherwise, I am >really > seriously loking at the Proteus series of modules.. they are OLD NOW, and > relitively cheap on ebay, plus the ROM cards are interchangable some if >you > get one model, you can stuff in some ROMS form another, so 3 rack spaces >can > be 1... I DONT have one yet, but have been drooling for a year or so >now... I have owned several Emu 19" modules but IMO, they sounds a little dated compared to more recent rack units. More recent alternatives are the Yamaha Motif ES rack, Roland XV-5050, Roland Fantom-X rack, Roland Sonic cell. The Roland have the advantage that they support the Srx expansion cards with additional wave rom and patches. I have used the SRX-09 World Collection Exp. Board and it sounded very good. Btw: SRX cards fit in many Roland synths and modules. -- Sjaak Overgaauw http://premonitionfactory.com/ http://livelooping.be/ http://euroloopfest.com/