For your modern analog at that range I'd go for a used Andromeda or Prophet 08. Diff'rent synths with different strengths, so I'd try and test them both out, listen to a lot of demos, see which suits you.

first up, those pseudo-violin sounds you're hearing on lonnie liston smith and herbie hancock records...'tis the sound of vintage 70s analog string machines that never really sounded like violins much, but had that nice warm vibe. The Solina 's the most famous for this ( but not the best in my book)...

Hi Halo, nice to see another 70s jazz-funk and fusion fan I'll have a think about what you're after and be back..

if only my setup was as tidy as that .. Happy new year everyone

~obviously more 'size' and space with the P5, but equally the P8 actually sounds punchier and more aggressive to me.

'Twasn't envisaged as a p5 replica to begin with, though ~ it's a different synth.

i'd love to see a new synth from both tom oberheim and alan perlman of ARP. ..& from what I understand they're both still interested in the field =).

great collection of posters you get o' this site - the synth's designer himself on this time, the keyboardist from "billy jean " on the other thread, half the staff of DSI plus the original Andromeda techs earlier the year....

in some kind of way, this has a 'british' sound that reminds me of the EMS synths. looking forward to more:

http://www.johnbowen.com/MP3demos/MiniLP+OBNotch2.wav

The 80 's! Yeah, all the music of that time... Particularly Harold Faltermeyer's "Axel F." That and Jan Hammer's "Crockett's Theme" and the rest of the Miami Vice music. Also, can't forget Van Halen & Depeche Mode. :) it's weird , but synths were much more 'in the public consciousness' on the cusp ...

carbon111 wrote: Steve, just buy one already.

well.....OK

megawatt wrote:still?

sorry, know it's already been covered but just thought others would want to hear

any more new demos from docT ?

re ARP , I always reckon it's sad that alan perlman hasn't got some of the credit he deserves. Lots of uncanny paralells with moog .. both of them started innovating with electronic sounds at exactly the same point way back in the early 50s, both from the same New York-jewish background, etc...

its sound might not be as current now as was, but in a funny sort'o way, I've always found this synth to have more of its own 'character' than plenty of other VAs . The viruses , nords & ions of this world sound much more like jack-of-all trade 'imitators' next to it, to me anyway.

> The 80's!

>Yeah, all the music of that time... Particularly Harold Faltermeyer's "Axel >F." That and Jan Hammer's "Crockett's Theme" and the rest of the Miami >Vice music.

now, that brings it all back - made an impression on me at that age too.