'Rip It Up' by Orange Juice

They're expensive because they're so friggin' awesome!

When I first played the Alpha Juno, the Cheesy Organ patch really impressed me. To this day I think it makes for an excellent Farfisa.

You really can coax a surprising amount of sounds from the EA-1, considering how few parameters it has. Lots of people view it as a pseudo-303 but it's so much more. Shame about the dodgy plug socket. It started misbehaving as soon as the guarantee ran out.

I don't think I'd call the Korg Poly-61 a bargain. Although it has a cool sound, the lack of MIDI (unless its an M model) and problems with key contacts reduce its usability somewhat.

Sorry, I was speaking bollocks about the 303 having a 2 stage envelope. :oops: I am more curious why anyone would care or need to know what else does have envelopes like that and why there might be some sort of significance to it or not. No real significance. Partly because I'd heard that it was a f...

I know that it's something that could be emulated on just about any synth but could someone please tell me what synths, apart from the tb 303, offer just a single, two stage AR envelope?

Breakbeats fed through the Korg EA-1's decimator sound cool and very Kid 606-ish.

Well, if you must have a synth with reverse keys then that's much easier to find than one of those special Poly-800 models.

I suppose you could just buy a Poly-61M. They're so cheap.

Here's a useful site for scales:

http://www.looknohands.com/chordhouse/piano

The SC DrumTraks sounds pretty industrial when you pitch its sounds down.

Aye, me grandad's doin' it.

Much as though I dig my trance, too many presets are dance-orientated nowadays if you ask me.

Nice one, matey.