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Anderton
12-27-2008, 07:54 PM
Go for it...
Anderton
12-27-2008, 11:43 PM
Dave Smith Mopho is really cool.
I also like that Yamaha did a new OS for the Motif and Korg did a major update to the M3, and both were free.
The Roland Fantom G for seamless switching in live mode. It allowed me to shrink my rig down from 3 keyboards to one keyboard and an organ module.
Claude
12-31-2008, 11:22 AM
What an incredibly capable keyboard! You can spend every day for a year exploring all it can do - if you want to - it's got the most flexible architecture ever. The factory programs nail pretty much every classic synth sound, too.
Binkeys
01-01-2009, 01:12 AM
The Kurzweil PC3X. It's an incredible sounding board. The action feels great. It's a player and programmers board. Awesome onboard sounds, the next generation of VAST synthesis, and a great VA synth section.
I also have to mention Kurzweil's incredibly responsive support, including R&D's active participation in the forum on Sonik Matters. They've added new features requested by users in the OS updates that go well beyond the original design specs.
Oh, and it does patch remain/seamless switching too.
MuzikB
01-01-2009, 09:18 AM
Korg M3 Expanded Update. :thu:
tonyrobbins
01-01-2009, 10:31 PM
Korg M3 Expanded Update AND PC3X form what i have heard
Spybar
01-04-2009, 02:58 AM
This is my choice:
Roland Fantom G.
It's a wonderful powerful synth, workstation & sampler.
Creating songs, recording external loops, external guitars etc is so easy. Most sounds are great (though they should improve the Pianos sounds).
I love it!
DSI MoPho looks like a small beast... I wanna get one. :cop:
Mmm... and I love the funky portable Korg Kaossilator (though it was released in the end of 2007)
SpyBar
hogberto
01-06-2009, 05:31 AM
my vote has to be for the Moog Voyager Old School.
i think this was an early 2008 release.
aesthetically it's what the voyager should always have been, imho. no bells and whistles. just a classic panel o'knobs. :)
just look at it:
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc107/hogberto/os_7b.jpg
no memories, touchpad or MIDI. just a good old fashioned analogue mono-synth. it's built beautifully and it sounds great. it's a joy to play. it's an instrument like this that reminds me why i fell for synths back in the late 70's, though i've never even seen an original Minimoog in the flesh, let alone played one.
it was the perfect successor to my Pro-One and an ideal complement to my modular.
so i bought one. :cop:
Goofball Jones
01-09-2009, 09:24 AM
Hands down, the Kurzweil PC3
stellaguy
01-10-2009, 05:27 AM
I think I'd have to go for the The Kurzweil PC3X without a shadow of a doubt, it's versatility is what wins it for me.
electro5
01-15-2009, 03:50 PM
Fantom G...powerful and easy to use
hogberto
01-17-2009, 06:16 AM
my vote has to be for the Moog Voyager Old School.
i think this was an early 2008 release.
aesthetically it's what the voyager should always have been, imho. no bells and whistles. just a classic panel o'knobs. :)
just look at it:
no memories, touchpad or MIDI. just a good old fashioned analogue mono-synth. it's built beautifully and it sounds great. it's a joy to play. it's an instrument like this that reminds me why i fell for synths back in the late 70's, though i've never even seen an original Minimoog in the flesh, let alone played one.
it was the perfect successor to my Pro-One and an ideal complement to my modular.
so i bought one. :cop:
ironic then that this now also qualifies among the first gear discontinued in 2009. :facepalm:
homestudio12345
02-03-2009, 10:10 AM
I agree with Moog Voyager, it would look very nice in my studio!
Posted earlier about the Fantom G, but I have also added a PC3 to my rig! Now I'm torn between the two. Both are incredible.
futureretro
02-28-2009, 05:50 PM
Futureretro XS
anand4happy
03-02-2009, 10:43 PM
best of all keep and go run