That's a good price, I'll watch out for one. There are a few Orbits out there at the moment.

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Phil

The Nord 4 Lead is certainly on the wants list, but I'm thinking sub £100 units at the moment, just for a mess about.

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Phil

I've enjoyed playing around with some rack units and a module recently, and would like to try out a few more. The rack units I currently have were quite cheap, and worth owning to add to my collection and have a play about with. Any recommendations for rack units /modules to try out? A list of some ...

So it's basically a cut-down NL2x at twice the price Nope, only about $250 more street in USA and $500 less than NL4 I don't think we have the equivalent of the NAMM in England, which would be an excellent place to check out all the latest offerings NAMM is not for normal humans...dealers, industry...

I used to spend ages creating sounds, then tweaking them on my SX2000, CS-01, Juno 6, but not so much these days. The Triton, for example, takes an age to create a new sound, having to scroll backwards and forwards through the menus. The desktop editors certainly make this process easier, but it mea...

Looks interesting. Alas, I don't think we have the equivalent of the NAMM in England, which would be an excellent place to check out all the latest offerings. Interesting opening comment on the Nord site " with a simplified yet hugely powerful front panel interface ". Would be interesting to see "si...

There is a sticky thread on synths in films. IIRC, Queen mostly used Oberheim (OB-Xa?) on the Flash Gordon soundtrack. EDIT: I thought it was a sticky thread, but it is not. Here is the tread: http://www.vintagesynth.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=32984 2nd EDIT: I just performed this search on VSE:...

Just flicking through the television channels, looking for something decent to watch, and noticed the 1980 Flash Gordon film was on.

I've seen it a few times, but forgot that it contained some good synth tracks and infills.

Anybody have and idea of what synths were used?

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Phil

I do fancy a Nord myself, but find anything less than 61 keys too limiting these days, so I'd go for the rack version.

Also takes up less space and is a little cheaper.

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Phil

Once upon a time "keybeds" were freely available from suppliers such as Maplin (in England), but no longer. I was after one recently, but couldn't find them anywhere. I also tried an Internet search, but all I get are computer keyboards, despite trying many descriptions. As such, I am sure many woul...

I have only ever had two items in a rack case before, and just bolted them from the front. I have, however, just built a 6U case which I am starting to populate. By the time I get all 6 spaces filled I expect there will be some weight on the front rails. I appreciate that the weight of individual mo...

I've just completed my Rast rack, and will be populating it shortly. Came to about £25 all in, which isn't bad considering how smart it looks, and I did pay little more for the fittings, rather than getting the cheapest. I've left it in its original finish. The wood is a bit soft and marks easy, but...

How about an E-mu Proteus 2, an orchestral synth which may have the sound you are looking for. There are some examples on YouTube. Last one I saw went for a shade over £80, about $115. They are, of course, rack mount however. The Solina is an incredible sound, though I have not touched one since the...

I used to have my DX7II on almost daily, then I moved onto a Korg X5D. Most of my keyboards were packed away when the family came along, but I recently set up a 3 tier stand in the "computer room". I now have a Korg Triton LE on tier one, and have put shelves on the other two tiers which I am slowly...

I take it you've tried the obvious Jean-Michel Jarre Oxygene and Equinoxe albums?

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Phil