Ditto on the DX7 and Juno/JX pairing - add a cheap Mirage rack + a handful of string, brass, orch-hits, vocal disks - you'd be totally set.

I'm assuming you've checked the rear of your Prodigy and have the "Mk2" version with the full compliment of CV interfacing? Just thought I'd bring that up before you bought something that might not be able to interface with it at all

I think the most important thing would be whether or not you want a piano-style/semi-weighted keybed (M-Audio) or a more traditional synth key feel (Arturia). Even though I don't have one, this piqued my interest (I've wanted a controller for a while) and my vote goes for the Arturia. You also get a...

The difference between waldorf wavetable synthesis and the fizmo transwaves is that the waldorf takes the +side of the signal, duplicates it, and inverts it to make the negative side of the output AC wave. This is unnatural sounding as the + side of the phase isn't necessarily the same as the - sid...

Or, since you'll be modifying electronics anyway, why not make one?

Here's one of many out there.

http://www.birthofasynth.com/Thomas_Hen ... VCF-1.html

(addressing first question) The 1080 is completely digital, through and through - unlike the analog MKS-80/50/30s etc. So probably not. The only things I would think that might change over the 1080's run might be small, unnoticeable things like small changes things like PSU components, LCD inverters...

Don T wrote:Kevin Lightner:

http://www.synthfool.com

IIRC, his health isn't very good and I don't believe he's taking any new repairs right now.

http://www.synthfool.com/state.html

The sound quality and build seem very good - I'm seriously looking at this now to possibly replace my Little Phatty TE.

SKINNYPIG wrote:not sure if this is of any help: having never used a JX I've no idea as to weather or not you could set up a similar patch.

The Juno attempt is a nice try, but it can't really do it well due to the single oscillator. The brass patch requires two for that slow detuning.

Miles Powerhouse wrote:I can see why the TG-33 is going up; to me, it seems a better deal than the DX-7 (unless you just want to have it for the sake of saying "I OWN A DX-7!!!1!!").

Except that it's nothing like DX-7 - nowhere near close

You could get close - if it's the typical CS-80 brass patch. The CS-80's sound does have a unique sonic footprint due to its oscillators and filter while the JX is a good deal more "generic" due to the DCO and more polished filter. The real trick lies in a very subtle detuning between two sawtooth w...

space6oy wrote:what is that? i don't know much about PPG aside from the two here on the site.

It's the PPG 1003 Sonic Carrier

Not sure how many were produced, but this is certainly an enormous monosynth

A Moog CP-251 would do the same thing (albeit with a slower frequency) and even more for less money.

Wow - what a rat's nest of wires and foil inside - I'm assuming it was quickly assembled for Musikmesse.