Hey mate, A bit of a forum search would have landed you here: http://forum.vintagesynth.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=44885 The issue you have is trying to get a JD-XI to sound like another synth. Can be done to a degree but you'll need a good solid understanding of how to program patches. My suggestion i...

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Thu Dec 12, 2019 6:09 am

Thanks for the guidelines and video that you share here, i'm going to buy new synthesizer.

Hey Madeleine! Congrats on taking the step! Let me know what you decided to get, and hope you subscribed to my YouTube channel - we do a live stream every Saturday at 2PM UTC time.

I own a Roland MKS-70 that used to belong to Nik. I've got a tweet from him confirming it.

2. The AFX mode is essentially turning this synth into a fully featured drum machine – on roids You are not the first person to suggest this. You can't have more than two notes playing at one time (and that requires paraphonic mode, so they share the filter and amp). Just a four on the floor kick p...

Get your hands on a Yamaha Motif if you can...the arpeggiator is insane. It's really a four-track sequencer that can interpret the chords being played. It does everything from drum patterns to melodic riffs and on most models in the family you can create your own arp patterns. That's the Karma mode...

A lot of people don't realise that the MicroKorg has a huge ARP - and it sends notes out via MIDI OUT.

Roland MC-505 has an amazing ARP section - and I never realised how deep it goes until someone recently pointed it out to me. Great stable MIDI clock on this machine - and the ARP sends notes out through MIDI.

Roland GAIA SH-01 has a really big ARP section - it also offers editing via a 3rd party computer application. Roland did have software for this, but have discontinued it - and it is difficult to track down.

The DeepMind12 has a really deep ARP with the pattern edit feature.

I've begun doing a series of videos on my YouTube channel about synthesizers with amazing arpeggiators. I tend to look for ones that have deeper editing and pattern/motif features and the ability to send ARP to MIDI OUT. I'll post the videos in the replies below. Do you have a synth with a cool ARP?...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKd2BYx498E Everything you need to know about getting your first synthesizer. Whether you’re a beginner, or an experienced musician: I give you all the purchasing considerations, plus I recommend and demonstrate 6 of my top pics. Watch the video from start to finish ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCa0kP4WLWU A quick run through the new firmware 4.14 for Bass Station II. This is a massive update and best of all it is free! I thought the last firmware update was huge – this is even bigger! Here’s the new features: ? AFX mode – multi patch overlay tables ? Exten...

I mentioned the XP-50 in the video. It was out of my reach at the time. I've come across them more recently and with all the Roland Cloud stuff out now, I can't really see myself getting one. But who knows, things often change

So many owned a Casio as their first synth. I think Casio must have made a lot of money in the 80s and 90s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN4Nr8qyjho A little video about my first synth - the Roland XP-10 (which I still own). I also did a small repair and then checked out some of the features. I talk about the personal journey that I've taken to get this synth and why I chose it in the beginning. What ...