Shit, that’s a good deal! How do you like the sound of it? :)[/quote]
Obviously it is a pad/atmospheric beast. Even more obviously, it sounds slightly dated at first, but with all the controls at hands reach, it is pretty easy to venture into some crazy sonic territory with little effort. In this day it’s nothing ground breaking, but it is very rich and lush. It has some great great dynamic range, the filter is a typical “silky” roland filter and it sounds great. It is quite large and heavy. Hah. Some of the physical modeling stuff is beautiful. Bells that will cut you in half, and some very very great sounding wood / percussive sounds. Strings for days!
The keys feel great, and will probably become a main controller for most of my rack synths. Be warned of the “red glue of death” with this model. Apparently the weight glue melts over time and gets red glue everywhere. This one has had the keys replaced, so I’m sure I shouldn’t have to deal with it. Hopefully. I hear it can be a pain, and lead to a lot of people removing the keys and just using the top section as a sound module. See below video link for a kick ass example of this.
Overall, if you can find one for less than 500$ I’d go for it. Just be prepared for an early 90s roland synth with great parameter control. I assume you can imagine the sound from that sentence alone.
