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offline swift_jams from big sky on 2006-01-26 15:12 [#01828032]
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Ordering right now. The 37 Key with Vocoder. Should be
nice.


 

offline dog_belch from Netherlands, The on 2006-01-26 15:12 [#01828034]
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Good for you.


 

offline ecnadniarb on 2006-01-26 15:13 [#01828037]
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Average.


 

offline sadist from the dark side of the moon on 2006-01-26 15:22 [#01828047]
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i would go for an alesis micron for that money...


 

offline Fah from Netherlands, The on 2006-01-26 15:31 [#01828061]
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hah, and you tell him now?


 

offline sadist from the dark side of the moon on 2006-01-26 15:35 [#01828062]
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retard...his girlfriend...sorry !


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2006-01-26 20:56 [#01828143]
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Yeah I have a Micron and I love it. Terrific thick rich
tones. The vocoder is for shit on it but everything else
more than makes up for it - drum sequencer, arpeggiator,
phrase sampler, splitting and layering patches and phrase
patterns... fuck yeah.

swift_jams should cancel his order and get a Micron instead.


 

offline futureimage from buy FIR from Juno (United Kingdom) on 2006-01-27 00:15 [#01828184]
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I'd save up, get the Ion before it's discontinued and then
buy the microKORG


 

offline paolo_p from behind on 2006-01-27 00:37 [#01828195]
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I must admit that there are times when I regret my Microkorg
purchase.


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2006-01-27 00:50 [#01828200]
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Yeah, I ended up selling mine and wishing I had bought a
micron. The microkorg is fun as hell to play with, but it
takes nearly forever to get used to the matrix and it sounds
kind of... rubbery?


 

offline cygnus from nowhere and everyplace on 2006-01-27 00:55 [#01828202]
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i hate the microkorg


 

offline cygnus from nowhere and everyplace on 2006-01-27 00:56 [#01828204]
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rather get a nord lead 2 rack or micron


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2006-01-27 01:01 [#01828206]
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the microkorg is one of the few synths ever created that I
would not want, even for free.


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2006-01-27 01:01 [#01828207]
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hope you enjoy it, though. :D


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2006-01-27 01:03 [#01828209]
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I feel kind of bad, because swift jams is all excited, and
everyone is trashing his purchase. Its fun, so at least he
will get some use out of it...


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2006-01-27 01:08 [#01828212]
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It's not that I intended to trash it just to take the piss
out, but I for one wasn't that impressed with the tones it
cranks out, and the minikeys (and the small number of them)
are a joke for actually trying to play most pieces. thats
just how I see it and I hope swifty has some sweet_jams with
it. :)


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2006-01-27 01:12 [#01828215]
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Understood :). I just feel kind of sorry for him. I wish
people would be more at to ask questions about purchases
from people who might be able to guide them in a better
direction first before buying one. But then again, I am
ready to spend money on a sh201 as soon as it is released,
because the gearlust has kicked in.


 

offline thatne from United States on 2006-01-27 01:17 [#01828218]
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good shot swift_jams.


 

offline sadist from the dark side of the moon on 2006-01-27 02:34 [#01828261]
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nord lead of course - but that't not really the same amount
of money we are talking about...


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2006-01-27 03:20 [#01828280]
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Yeah the sh201 looks nice. How well it works (and the
latency) as a USB soundcard/midi interface will be the
deciding factor on whether or not I get one. If it's useable
as midi keyboard and I can put my phat boy into it and the
output of a mixer to the sound in and get all that going
down the usb cable fast enough, as well as obviously its own
sounds, it'll be v. tempting.

Still, as someone mentioned here the other day, NI just need
to make a hardware unit for absynth that you can import
softsynth absynth patches into and it'll murder most other
synths.


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2006-01-27 03:29 [#01828288]
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the micron has fewer knobs, and that makes it inferior in my
book! however, for what I need, I'd probably get the
microkontrol, as I've got most of the synthesis I need
already.. I just want more knobs and sliders for tweaking.

anyway, congratulations swift!


 

offline Dannn_ from United Kingdom on 2006-01-27 03:30 [#01828289]
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hmm I always thought the microkorg looked nice


 

offline stilaktive from a place on 2006-01-27 04:17 [#01828312]
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hardware absynth would be insane.


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2006-01-27 04:25 [#01828315]
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Heh... that was me! Absynth is my favorite software
synthesizer, and I couldn't see any drawbacks to making it
hardware (aside from the pricetag).

As far as the SH201 is concerned, I don't really want an
addition to my DAW, since my DAW is not really used for
audio anymore. But the interface looks really simple. No
bells or whistles (aside from the LEDs around the knobs but
that should be manditory on everything), no menus. That is
all I really want in a synthesizer right now.


 

offline zero-cool on 2006-01-27 05:01 [#01828328]
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looks nice


 

offline CS2x from London (United Kingdom) on 2006-01-27 05:32 [#01828337]
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I love my microkorg. It's especially good for fat, rubbery
sub-bass sounds (something none of my other soft/hardware
synths do as well, imho.)


 

offline swift_jams from big sky on 2006-01-27 11:34 [#01828499]
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But, we have the ION version of the Alesis already. It's
like the Micron + better. The MICROKORG is going to be for
the analog-ish sounds and vocoding.


 

offline futureimage from buy FIR from Juno (United Kingdom) on 2006-01-27 11:36 [#01828501]
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But the Ion already does bloody good analog and vocoding.
It's MUCH better than the microKorg!


 

offline swift_jams from big sky on 2006-01-27 11:39 [#01828502]
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Oh well. It will be a fun travel device.


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2006-01-27 11:55 [#01828507]
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The Microkorg has a much better vocoder than the micron
imho.


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2006-01-27 13:30 [#01828546]
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Yeah. Its light, and the modulation routings are extremely
fun (very open, you can do that whole, Modulate LFO1 with
LFO2, then Modulate LFO2 with the mod wheel, then Modulate
the filter cutoff with LFO1 for really random sounding lfo
action). But seriously. If you want good analogue modelling
get a used nord lead rack or micromodular. They go for about
the same as a microkorg, and sound much better. Or try your
hand at getting a used access virus.


 

offline forck_02lynix from brooklyn on 2006-01-27 14:48 [#01828585]
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i have a micokorg and it's been great so far. i've gotten
some great sounds out of it, it's pretty easy to manipulate,
and it's great for portability! i could play it in the
bathroom if i wanted, cuz it can run on batteries! the only
problem i have with it (sorta, not a huge issue) is the size
of the keys. a bit small, but you'll get used to it. good
deal i say, enjoy it swift_jams!


 

offline paolo_p from behind on 2006-01-27 14:52 [#01828592]
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This reminds me of the time I dropped my Microkorg in the
toilet bowl.


 

offline obara from Utrecht on 2006-01-27 15:01 [#01828597]
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good luck


 

offline futureimage from buy FIR from Juno (United Kingdom) on 2006-01-28 11:19 [#01829087]
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It is absoultely great as a mini-synth, yes.
Great for major acid time round my nan's house, lol.


 

offline swift_jams from big sky on 2006-01-28 11:34 [#01829096]
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:D HAHAH!


 

offline zero-cool on 2006-02-15 03:13 [#01841570]
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now i want one


 

offline futureimage from buy FIR from Juno (United Kingdom) on 2006-02-15 09:18 [#01841737]
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No seriously. Every half-term, I'm at my nan's, with my
Electribes and the microKorg recording some acid. I've got a
whole album of this stuff. It's great.


 

offline evils on 2006-02-15 09:29 [#01841744]
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is a nord lead 2 still worth buying?


 

offline futureimage from buy FIR from Juno (United Kingdom) on 2006-02-15 10:31 [#01841779]
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Nope, and it won't ever be.


 

offline somejerk from south florida, US (United States) on 2006-02-15 11:14 [#01841829]
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i have had a microkorg for over two years. i like it a lot -
it's fun to play with and to jam out with, but the keys are
too just damned small to play anything too complicated.

however, the thing sounds amazing and the control you have
over the sounds is incomparable to say, a VST. unless of
course you have some sort of midi device to control the
oscilators/etc.

for the $400 i spent on it (over two years ago) i could have
bought a regular, full size midi keyboard and a few VST
programs, or just use the free ones that seem to work just
as well.

/2cents


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2006-02-15 11:38 [#01841863]
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Yes. Nords are always worth buying!


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2006-02-15 11:39 [#01841866]
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Anyone who is thinking of dropping 400-500 on a synth should
buy an evolver.


 

offline futureimage from buy FIR from Juno (United Kingdom) on 2006-02-16 12:06 [#01842559]
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I was put off them by the CPU overload sound I got from the
Polyevolver I tried somehow. It was seriously fucked up
somewhere.


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2006-02-16 13:43 [#01842661]
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The feedback distortion and resonance were probly set too
high.


 

offline pylonbitch from Samoa on 2006-02-16 17:04 [#01842845]
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got nms2000 today.

tight, thhough the presets are very uspeect.. euro trance
anyone?

didn't thhink so.


 

offline weatheredstoner from same shit babes. (United States) on 2006-02-16 21:37 [#01842912]
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MS2000? Those are really awesome.


 

offline futureimage from buy FIR from Juno (United Kingdom) on 2006-02-17 11:42 [#01843327]
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Alesis Ion>MS2000

@Taxidermist: It had nothing to do with that. I changed the
presets but it was still there. No effects, no resonance,
just pure CPU-like clicking!!!!


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2006-02-17 12:10 [#01843353]
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Hmmm. I have never heard of that. Maybe the transpose was
set too low. Maybe the upgraded the firmware wrong.


 

offline futureimage from buy FIR from Juno (United Kingdom) on 2006-02-18 00:33 [#01843669]
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No, the transpose was fine, I was playing a high string
preset at one point. Anyhow, it was definitely fucked.


 


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