Blown away by that thing.
Very rich analog tones.
BBD Delay and Chorus are the sweet spot effects I have to say.
Definitely a keeper 
Although not many direct access knob per function, I have set it up on my DT with 8 additional CCs shortcuts (mainly FiltEnv, AmpEnv, LFO and WaveShape).
This is going to free up my Deepmind 12 for Bass/Leads patches.
Now on to that GR-1 for granular⊠MODEL1 just got sold so I might consider it seriously
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Let me know if you go for it. Iâm still considering it too. But Iâm on a less is more tip at the moment to enable me to focus.
Awesome. Someday I will have to do the same. This is my Momâs piano (made in early 1900âs) that will be passed on to me (hopefully not for a long time). It resides in Tucson Arizona, and will someday be relocated to me in Seattle.
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Awesome!
Beautiful! 
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I keep telling people itâs the best analog under $1000. Had quite a few synths side-by-side and it just sounds better.
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Piston & Donut are a constant source of temptation!
I managed the Cyclebox and itâs expander for just a bit more than the AH one so happy enough with the outlay.
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Score! Its expander is almost impossible to find!
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Yeah I totally couldnât afford it but zero hesitation, there wonât be another for ages.
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Another âspecialâ module is the Malekko Richter Megawave. Used ones usually sell for peanuts, much less than the similar Piston Honda. Itâs actually a waveshaper using wavetables, designed to be driven by an upward saw, but drive it with Synchrodyneâs imperfect saw and then filter it with SynchrodyneâŠnever heard anything like it. Itâs got most of the wavetables from the Waveform City, Maddox Monowave, & Blacet Miniwave and a bunch of others. 8-bit with no interpolation. Yum. It can even be used as a scale quantizer or CV modulator.
That Cyclebox is a keeper! Jealous.
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That looks fantastic - â audio wave shaper, complex LFO function generator, stage quantizer, random function generator, non-linear waveform distortion unitâ
Another for the wish list 
Gotta learn that synchrodyne/expand first. As much as that can be learnt, from what I hear!
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You havenât mentioned your intentions with it 
I read that it was possible to swap the regular voice card to have a dedicated drum machine for the 6 voices. Do you know more about it ?
Intention: space noises
Havenât heard about that voice card swap, but pretty much have drum sounds coveredâŠ
With the latest SMR Pi cards in it, I canât imagine changing it up unless I end up wanting a Polivoks one for variety.
Edit: er, filter boards. Thanks @Airyck
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My man! Thatâs an awesome bundle of creation youâve got there. But you gotta full screen Live and make that dock automagically disappear for maximum music making
(Youâve just reminded me that my Live 10 trial runs out in 3 weeks, then Iâve gotta pony up 
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The cards are filters instead of full voices.
Itâs possible someone got creative with them but I havenât heard anything about a drum machine in place of the filter cards before.
You have 1 output for each filter though so you could still use the synth as a 6 voice hybrid drum machine with individual outputs if you were so inclined.
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I found an old article when the Ambika was announced. It was only a prototype (based on the Shruti engine). That article mentioned the will to have a dedicated card for drums:
« Other voicecards are under development for the Ambika, Mutable Instruments announces in particular a multi-channel ROMpler and an analog module of 2 instruments, both drums oriented. »
Maybe it was just a will but was never released.
I found a thread about it on the Mutable forums but to my understanding it needs to write an dedicated OS⊠actually it confused me even more so I havenât dig further 
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Yeah, they must have had other plans they never got around to.
Iâm pretty sure Mutable peeps wanted to get away from the whole DIY thing after Ambika and moved heavily into modular stuff.
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I catch myself saying the same thing all the time. They do allow you to have more voices so itâs not totally wrong.
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I hate it for sounding so good!
I spend so much time with two AS-1âs and the AR. Then I look at all my other keyboards (including the P6) wasting away.
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