Modal Argon8

There are many synths in the world, who knows which one you will really like the functions as of firmware 2.0 are quite amazing , make your own patches, sequences , sounds, and save them to the machine is easy , record your music to a computer, easy via a mixer or interface, amazing build and sound, as the makers are listening to users , i suspect this will become a trusted tool for composers and performers, plug in a sustain and effects pedal and really get some raw emotion. great keybed ,solid performance , i cant fault it buy one today and dont look back .

So, the build quality of this thing is solid, you get a lot of nice features, it's digital but most parameters are accessible by some combination of knobs+buttons and it comes with a lot of goodies (fatar keybed with aftertouch, a nice xy knob, good connectivity).
The wavetables are interesting, they have some character but most of them cannot be modulated easily. Still the sound palette they cover is quite diverse, i think the people at modal did a great job in designing them!
It has been updated quite frequently since i bought this, and every update came with something exciting (new wavetables, filters, effects, etc), although i'm afraid it won't get many more features, since most key+knob combinations are taken :D )
Now, the part i'm less happy about:
1) the synthesis engine is quite shallow and you soon reach a limit in the types of sound you can design. The modulation possibilities are limited (2 lfos with barebone capabilities and shapes, one of them global for all voices + 1 additional mod envelope). You can only do so much with this.

Finally, the encoders: while they are great for many reasons (infinite scrolling, smooth feel and everything).
Problem: they are super delicate, and if they get dirt inside they will lose responsiveness and start behaving sluggish.

Would buy again? Maybe, i would consider the full sized keyboard though to maximize expressivenes.

Quality sound!
Easy to to understand the the functions.
Only issue I have with the argon 8 is the save feature. Two ways to save, quicksave & normal save, neither of them seem to work for me even though the process of saving is done correctly, which is unfortunate, I can not save anything, unless recorded straight into a computer. Other than this problem, I'd still give it 5 stars it truly is a great synth.