advice wanted

yo ekters.

was wondering if anyone could suggest a nice synth for performance?

criteria...

not too heavy... a midi slaveable box would do, it doesn't need to have a keyboard.

decent analog modelling

multi oscillator sounds... wave manipulation etc.

maybe on -board effects.

throughput would be nice.

i'm really just looking for multiple suggestions to check out..

i might spend as much as £1000, i might not.

i was thinking about a nord.. not sure. also, maybe one of the little korg analoguey things with the vocoder... microkorg.. that's the chap.

anyway, info would be fun, and helpful to boot.

shoot.....

the korg ms2000r is nice, and pretty cheap too. i'm trying to sell one now as a matter of fact.

it might have sold but i don't know yet. it's on consignment at a local shop.

anyway, it's probably worth checking out if you can find one in a store some place.

  noradrenalin said:

the korg ms2000r is nice, and pretty cheap too. i'm trying to sell one now as a matter of fact.

 

it might have sold but i don't know yet. it's on consignment at a local shop.

 

anyway, it's probably worth checking out if you can find one in a store some place.

ms2000/microkorg are essentially the same synths.

i'd suggest the access virus ti - polar edition is particularly natty. had a play on one the other day for about an hour...pretty impressive, though not as straightforward as a lead iii or lead 2x.

juno-d is another option. just a fairly bland one, and very cheap and nasty feeling buttons...and fairly standard modern roland sound set...but very digital. nowhere near as phat and aggressive as a real juno. it's cheap though at 350odds.

or..i'd always reccomend the novation K-series. either the KS-Rack which is about 249 now or a KS4/5 (i have a KS-4). Great versatile synth - good action, great rotary and button quality...decent arpeggiator and some good fx...particularly the delay and distort which are all definable. has audio throughput too..which u can of course effect. going cheap also. u can pick up supernova ii rack/tabletop units for cheap on ebay - same engine basically.

thats my thoughts for what little they are worth pb.

  ~ism said:

  noradrenalin said:

the korg ms2000r is nice, and pretty cheap too. i'm trying to sell one now as a matter of fact.

 

it might have sold but i don't know yet. it's on consignment at a local shop.

 

anyway, it's probably worth checking out if you can find one in a store some place.

 

ms2000/microkorg are essentially the same synths.

 

i'd suggest the access virus ti - polar edition is particularly natty. had a play on one the other day for about an hour...pretty impressive, though not as straightforward as a lead iii or lead 2x.

 

juno-d is another option. just a fairly bland one, and very cheap and nasty feeling buttons...and fairly standard modern roland sound set...but very digital. nowhere near as phat and aggressive as a real juno. it's cheap though at 350odds.

 

or..i'd always reccomend the novation K-series. either the KS-Rack which is about 249 now or a KS4/5 (i have a KS-4). Great versatile synth - good action, great rotary and button quality...decent arpeggiator and some good fx...particularly the delay and distort which are all definable. has audio throughput too..which u can of course effect. going cheap also. u can pick up supernova ii rack/tabletop units for cheap on ebay - same engine basically.

 

thats my thoughts for what little they are worth pb.

ta mark.

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