System 700

It sounds like you could use this for the pro one...

http://www.musictechnologiesgroup.com/index.html

Or just get both like me

Ned Bouhalassa wrote:Thanks a lot for the suggestion, but I live in Canada, and have an opportunity to pick one up 20 min from my house. I'm not dying to get one, so I wouldn't order one built for me.

I think the point was more if you talk to them, it might give you ideas of things to look for/vs price points.

For reference, there is nothing wrong with powering it up with the keyboard not attached... It can be helpful to determine where the issues lie sometimes.

Here are some sounds the CS-80 are capable of. I recorded this all testing the functions of a CS-80 that I had just finished restoring a few years ago.

Hi everybody, I would love to finally realize my dream of owning a Buchla Music Easel which most any synth fan can relate too. It’s my dream instrument to put it lightly. To help do this I’m asking you to please support me in this endeavor by purchasing an hour’s worth of songs I have on Bandcamp fo...

Thanks guys! Glad you like them.

I uploaded a bunch of new (actually mostly old) songs to my sound cloud page. Some are synth demos and some are actual tracks. Stop by, have a listen and say hi.. Hope you enjoy.

https://soundcloud.com/heath-finnie

I have used and owned several CS-80's. They are probably my top analog polysynth. The last one I recieved I did a mild restoration on it as it was not working (had the PSU rebuilt, tuned, replaced a lot of the chips that were dead, etc). This is a sound clip I did of it the day I was finished sort o...

I'm in the Boston area too and could look at it for you

Same reason a 40 year old Gibson guitar could go for $15000 compared to a new one, and the same reason a 57 corvette is worth lots more than a new one. :-/

For around $1000 I would've suggested tracking down a CS-30 or Pro-one

Anyone use this granular synth? I'm loving it so far. So far it's one of my two favorite soft synths. (This and Aalto).

We have a winner. Buchla 200e. All the sound came right from the 261e oscillator.