Recommendation for a vintage/warm/weird sounding synth?

Poster · Post by **Poster** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 4:14 pm

Machinate wrote:
Poster wrote:
Khazul wrote:" nice warm, maybe vintage sounding synth."

Then avoid Korg!
warm greetings from my MS-20 and Mono/Poly..
Poster, I would like to buy your MS-20 for 200£. No? Okay, then shut up

I'll trade it for your Lemur..

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 4:16 pm

Poster wrote:
Machinate wrote:
Poster wrote: warm greetings from my MS-20 and Mono/Poly..
Poster, I would like to buy your MS-20 for 200£. No? Okay, then shut up
I'll trade it for your Lemur..

Bah, I've outgrown it anyway... here:

Poster · Post by **Poster** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 4:22 pm

Machinate wrote:
Poster wrote:
Machinate wrote:Poster, I would like to buy your MS-20 for 200£. No? Okay, then shut up
I'll trade it for your Lemur..
Bah, I've outgrown it anyway... here:

deal.. does it eat regular dog food?

b.t.w. talking about huge generation gaps (Lemur<>MS20)
I finally got my Wii controller working to modulate the MS..

amazing!

Poster · Post by **Poster** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 4:27 pm

fatrabbit wrote:Thanks for the replies... but maybe it was obvious i'd get wildy varying answers.

Of course it would be nice, but I don't want anything expensive, modular or of a particular vintage nature that it requires maintenance every other day.

Nord Lead 1..
Simple, effective, great sound..

Robert Henke · Post by **Robert Henke** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 4:34 pm

cheap:

- Roland Juno 6, 60, 106
- Roland JX 3P
- Oberheim Matrix 6r

expensive & very sexy:

- Roland Jupiter 8
- SCI Prophet 5
- Oberheim Matrix 12

R.

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 4:39 pm

Robert Henke wrote:cheap:
- Oberheim Matrix 6r

I can definitely second this choice - for a newb this unit sucks, but if you have your wits about you the software editors are really good - true analog at a VERY low price.

Also DSI Evolver. My precious little box. Very good, too.

fatrabbit · Post by **fatrabbit** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 5:14 pm

Thanks for those recommendations.

Newbie question, but what's the difference between a normal version and a rack version (with no keys)? For example, the Nord Lead X2 and Nord Lead X2 Rack version? How do you control the rack version?

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 5:15 pm

fatrabbit wrote: How do you control the rack version?

Midi.

fatrabbit · Post by **fatrabbit** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 6:01 pm

Machinate wrote:
fatrabbit wrote: How do you control the rack version?
Midi.

Ahh... So would the new feature in Live 7... the External Hardware Integration thingy make this a lot easier? Presumably it's possible to control say the Nord Rack via another general external MIDI keyboard, either through Live or directly?

fatrabbit · Post by **fatrabbit** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 3:30 pm

Bumpety bump...

cosmosuave · Post by **cosmosuave** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 8:21 pm

JX3P can be had for cheap and an extra bonus if you can get the PG300 programmer... Also to note you cannot not tweak the programmer while the JX3P is in midi mode but with this hack you can use it in midi mode....

http://organix.inque.org/proj_jx3pexp.html

This synth is underated and is analogue except for DCO digitally controlled oscillators... I picked mine up for $75 since it was in a fire.... The plastic endcheeks melted off and the pitch bender control is a bit melted cleaned all the soot from the interior and it is still rockin 10 yrs later...