I think it's because of cumbia sonidera and Cumbia villera music. They use the staccato heaven and horns a lot. Also probably why the XPs by Roland are expensive (XP-10 and XP-50 anyways). I don't play Latin music, but I know of a few guys who do. They ususally use Korg M1 or similar ROMplers. I ha...

I don't think this has been posted already, and it is my favorite Reface video so far: http://captiongenerator.com/49055/Hitle ... aha-Reface

According to Matrixsynth, price for the 008 is $5495.

http://www.matrixsynth.com/2015/04/moda ... -mini.html

The SK20 I'm currently using went for around $200 (I think) with case and in near perfect condition. About the reliability, I never thought I'd use a 25+ year-old synth live again but we needed this kind of old stringer sound and this thing was surprisingly stable and resisted a lot of moving. Of co...

Does anyone remember exactly when synthesizers began to replace parts of live symphony orchestras? I worked as a pit musician for a while and I just hated the idea of synthesizers doing orchestral parts. Died a little inside everyday, specially when I had to do it. Fortunately, that kind of crime o...

Psy_Free wrote:No Wendy Carlos or Bebe Barron. Hmm

No Else Marie Pade either!

Wow, I was away from synths for a while but this... just... wow. A great time to get hooked on synthesizers again.

Please, please Korg, give us a full-sized keys version.

I'm thinking of buying this just because it would look so beautiful under a Mopho.

http://www.studiologic-music.com/sledge.html

Here's a short Sweetwater video.

Hammered Action, on everything, all the time.

I try to control everything from my master 88 keys.

The jazz/fusion side:
Chick Corea (RTF/Elektric Band/etc)
Herbie Hancock
Tribal Tech
Esbjörn Svensson Trio
Joe Zawinul
Medeski, Martin & Wood
Hermeto Pascoal
Thelonious Monk
Bill Evans
Miles Davis
Pat Metheny

The prog rock side:
Pink Floyd
ELP
Porcupine Tree
Jordan Rudess
Dream Theater
Yes

Yamaha EX5. Any complex patch and/or MIDI setup would immediately screw up everything.