The ES-1 is friggin awesome! Very fun. I suppose that makes sense, the bros. having used one.

"Well 8% divided by 128 : 0.6% It seems pretty accurate to me..."

Try using it and get back to me - you'll be nudging like a mofo trying to keep your mixes together ;) 0.6% of 125bpm is 0.75, nearly a whole bpm!

Maaan, i've been totally falling in love with the Access Virus TI Polar since today. It's gos such an amazing sound:

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But it sadly costs more than 2,000 bucks... :-(

Yeah the Access are great beasts :D

I made up I mind and I think I'm gonna save some money for the MS2000r, they're pretty cheap

@Afro88 : anyway most DJing software sync the bpms on their own so...

What's the MS2000r, Ben_J?

Oh man, i could pee my pants seeing all those synths and setups. It's always an optical orgasm.

Getting all the synths I want will take ages of saving money. There's not enough life time. Or I need to get a proper payed job.

Korg MS200r. The rack version of the MS2000, a virtual anaolgic synth

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EDIT : and I'll add that the MicroKorg is basically a tiny MS2000, as it uses the same DSPs, but the micro is harder to use since it only has 5 pots...

Ben_J I am proud of you. That was actually a great idea to follow getting the juno-106 first followed by the ms2000r. I know you were debating it about a year ago and originally i favored the other direction, but logically makes more sense cause the ms2000 is a bit more complicated. It becomes extremly complicated if you buy that damn microkorg!! There is a good computer editing program for it that i kinda wish worked on me ms2000r, but all in all the ms2000 is a million times better and appeals to those who actually want to make their own sounds (which is near impossible on the hard to read editing matrix of the microkorg). The microkorg was the second or third synth i got after my long lost JX-3p and I had no idea what i was in for... Didn't appreciate it too much and soon sold it on the grounds that i'd someday get an ms2000. I think those users will never understand the power of the engine on that 5-knob device. I mean theres 4 oscillators, how the hell to you edit that on that crappy red digit screen??

On an exciting (for me) note, I should be getting a Roland SH-101 in the next few days. Had one a few years ago but it had some problems. Bought it again for more money. Also had the MC-202 for a while (same engine), but it aint the same.. so hopefully this will tie it full circle

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I'm working out a deal for one of these:

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A Yamaha CS-15. The analog mono I drool over. Dual multimode vcfs that you can route external signals through... I have died and gone to heaven. I've been dreaming about this one for the past couple months, and suddenly, whoo! A good deal popped up and I jumped on it. I am soon to be in analog heaven...

Let me know if you get the cs15 and how much you like it. always been fairly tempted by the earlier wing of that series, kinda have a good drity filter sound that's cheaper than those Electric Dream Planet Wasps and Gnats.

Got my SH-101 today, man that is such a fuckin great synth, just the apreggios on it are hours of fun, and when I run it though my guitar effect set up, ooo man, sounds so nice. Now I need to solder some stuff to my polysix and hope I get her singing again and I'll have a good synth set up after selling nearly all of it off a year ago.

I sold my laptop, faster than expected, but I also got less money than expected, anyway I should get an MS2000R in a few days/weeks. It's hard to find one in Paris, for only 300 €.

Grrr, the guy with the CS-15 sold to someone local. Oh well. I'm getting a novation a-station instead!

@Ben_j... That's definitely not a very good price by US standards, especially for the rack version. You might wanna look into other VAs, for that kinda money.

I don't know how much euros transfer but I got mine (plus it's the BR version) for $300. I think it's well worth that and some due to it's openendness and the fact that once you buy that you have a million different types of sounds over some of the older 1-trick ponys (no offense tb-303s)

It converts to $404. 300 for a br is an okay price, but these days they're going for at most $275. Maybe prices suck over there, but if you're looking at paying the equivalent of $125+ more than you should, I'd look at other options. It could still very well be worth it, but I'm just saying...

well compared to other synths like Access virus, the nord leads, and what not the ms-2000's are better price by a few hundred. not to mention shipping in buying them always adds to the costs.

Designer : at the beginning, $1 = 1€

But now $1 = 0.8 € So it's good for europeans to buy from the US, but not for the US to buy from Europe... So you can consider that I pay the same price Biff paid ;)

No, actually, biff paid $300. You're paying 300euro. That equals $404. So, math says you're paying $100 more, no? Whatever, it's still probably a good buy for you.

no because everything sold in the US has the same price in € here... For example a Wii = $299 in the US and 299€ in Europe, got it ?

And buying the same synth from the US would cost me the same, with taxes, shipping (I'll wait 2 weeks and will worry about the parcel getting lost by tha magnificent French post, or being damaged) and then I'd have to get a proper power supply...

Wait, they prices are the same here and there? That fucking blows. I'd assume they'd be adjusted according to the currency difference. Whatever, man, go for it.

you definitly won't be getting a bad deal if you spend more than one might in the US, it's a great synth and worth a little extra