Me want one of these
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Fezant Pluckah said:
Seems synths have come down quite a bit in price since I last invested in one (A Roland Juno 2, so really showing my age).
Depends which ones you buy. New ones tend to plummet like repmobiles but some of the older ones are on a steady rise. I bought a Roland TB-303 for £350 about 11 years ago. Literally overnight demand for them went crazy and I saw them selling on eBay for as much as £1,800. They've dropped-back quite a lot since but they're still going for £600+! Old analogue stuff seems to be very valuable, but older digital stuff like the DX7 and the D-50 can be picked-up for peanuts compared to what they cost new.My first synth was a Casio CZ1000 (or was it 3000 or 5000, I don't remember!). It had an 8 (I think, may have been 6) track sequencer built in, but it did not have touch sensitive keys, so that went right ooot the window.
There was a Juno 2 on fleabay a few weeks ago for about £80 which I thought was good value considering I bought mine for about £700 20 odd years ago.
I'm many years out of date with the technology now, it'd take me a year to work out what all the buttons do on something like a Radias.
There was a Juno 2 on fleabay a few weeks ago for about £80 which I thought was good value considering I bought mine for about £700 20 odd years ago.
I'm many years out of date with the technology now, it'd take me a year to work out what all the buttons do on something like a Radias.
Fezant Pluckah said:
I'm many years out of date with the technology now, it'd take me a year to work out what all the buttons do on something like a Radias.
You may know all this, so forgive me if you do!Most synths are 'soft' these days (run by and stored on the hard disk). I use about a dozen outboard rack synths, but to be honest 90% of what I need is achieved without turning them on. I use a prog called Kontact, and if I need a piano, I can choose between several Steinway grands, a couple of Yamaha's or a Bosendorfer - the trick these days is having LOTS of big hard disks (I bought some violin samples recently and they arrived on 4 DVDs!)
Parrot of Doom said:
Never understood the popularity of the DX7, it always sounded shite to my ears.
I bought one as well!
Ended up just using it as a controlling keyboard for lots of other lovely kit...
Roland JV1080
Roland Super Jupiter
Korg M1R
All now long gone and replaced by a very sensible piano.....
Mind you, I still have a fully working Sequential Prophet VS which is allowed out to play occasionally.....
Parrot of Doom said:
Never understood the popularity of the DX7, it always sounded shite to my ears.
Yep, the presets are mostly naff and getting your head around programming it requires reading the manual from cover to cover - there's a large section explaining how FM synthesis works which you need to read before the instructions for the synth make any real sense. If you've got your subtractive synthesis head on you simply won't 'get' FM, but if you clear your mind and see FM for exactly what it is you can start to be really creative with it. The DX7 is capable of some stunningly unique sounds that you simply won't hear from another synth, but cultivating the relationship that you need with the DX7 to actually be able to work intuitively with it, and get the best from it, is not something many people have time for. I do 'cause I'm a mad scientist of sound synthesis, but I can see what puts many off the DX7.Edited by MitchT on Saturday 22 December 11:50
MitchT said:
Parrot of Doom said:
Never understood the popularity of the DX7, it always sounded shite to my ears.
Yep, the presets are mostly naff and getting your head around programming it requires reading the manual from cover to cover - there's a large section explaining how FM synthesis works which you need to read before the instructions for the synth make any real sense. If you've got your subtractive synthesis head on you simply won't 'get' FM, but if you clear your mind and see FM for exactly what it is you can start to be really creative with it. The DX7 is capable of some stunningly unique sounds that you simply won't hear from another synth, but cultivating the relationship that you need with the DX7 to actually be able to work intuitively with it, and get the best from it, is not something many people have time for. I do 'cause I'm a mad scientist of sound synthesis, but I can see what puts many off the DX7.Edited by MitchT on Saturday 22 December 11:50
Meeja said:
Mind you, I still have a fully working Sequential Prophet VS which is allowed out to play occasionally.....
Lucky you, that's a bit of synthesizer porn if I ever saw a bit.I reckon my Xmas pocket money will still be going on a Radias. Saves me going to the pub a wasting money on beer, much to my wife's delight, I am sure.
Gravy said:
Just had a listen to your stuff on Myspace and was very impressed! Good stuff!
Cheers! 
Fezant Pluckah said:
Meeja said:
Mind you, I still have a fully working Sequential Prophet VS which is allowed out to play occasionally.....
Lucky you, that's a bit of synthesizer porn if I ever saw a bit.Fezant Pluckah said:
I reckon my Xmas pocket money will still be going on a Radias. Saves me going to the pub a wasting money on beer, much to my wife's delight, I am sure.
A worthwhile purchase I reckon. I wonder if the OH realises that you'll effectively disappear off the planet once you have this to play with? I could pass on my phone number so your OH and mine can grumble about their relative states of synth-widowship 
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