[A6] only just OT

[Richard]

Hi people

I have just purchased a Buchla Lightning midi controller and I think at long
last my purchase of the Andromeda is justified. I'm not a keyboard player
and a year of programming has left me with dozens of patches which i love
but until never really used for actual music making... (largely because the
A6 is pretty lousy as a windsynth which until now has been my main
instrument...) at last I have access to all 16 A6 voices at once routed to
an eventide eclipse and I am as happy as pig in shit... :)

of course nothing is perfect: I do a lot of small, low paid gigs and i can't
drag the A6 with me on trains and planes (too old for that!), I really need
a small kit. Partly out of snobbery I've avoided VAs (except for the nord
modular) and romplers... but now I think I need a small 1U, or even 1/2U
module for performing... I need a real allrounder and it must be sonically
inspiring...  although I'm interested in the yamha FSR, Alesis micron and
nord G2 none of them are really right for this job... I'm thinking some
roland thing is probably the best bet, maybe there is even a laptop
solution...?

I doubt a perfect solution exists, but what would you be looking at in my
situation?

Richard