i'm sorry i like the dx9. i got mine with road case for $70 and it's a great controller for the road. I never have to worry about it getting hurt because it's so damn tough and if it ever did, i wouldn't cry. Also it's really good for programming simple FM sounds. Who wants to take the time to program a DX5 anyway!?!Analog Freak wrote:The Yamaha DX-9 gets my vote for having a crappy interface, while being nearly the same price as its hotter sister, the DX-7. Another vote for the Darkstar being a piece of c**p. It makes a good paperweight or doorstop, but not much else.
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give it a good go before selling it - your own opinion is the most important one. you might like it, you might hate it.EddieJ wrote:Dammit, why was this thread started an hour after I placed what landed up being the winning bid on a Darkstar XP2???
I guess I'll just sell it right away. I was reading reviews for a while before I decided to go through with it, then I get here and this thread has popped up. There was also another thread that I found which educated me on the fact that I'd spent too much on it.
Blast.
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I guess, but I just found out you cannot send the LFO to the filter cutoff, only the filter resonance(!). What genius thought that would be a good idea? I'm going to take a loss, but I think it's time to bite the bullet and just get the next Nova I see after payday.burnt toast wrote:give it a good go before selling it - your own opinion is the most important one. you might like it, you might hate it.EddieJ wrote:Dammit, why was this thread started an hour after I placed what landed up being the winning bid on a Darkstar XP2???
I guess I'll just sell it right away. I was reading reviews for a while before I decided to go through with it, then I get here and this thread has popped up. There was also another thread that I found which educated me on the fact that I'd spent too much on it.
Blast.
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yeah that sounds like a plan, i've got a nova and i love it to death. great little box - beats out the xp2 in everyway but i still find uses for the darkstar's odd sounds. but then the nova cost a lot more than the darkstar originally, not entirely fair to compare them - i'll check the lfo -> cutoff thing on the DS for you, i think you can set LFO 2 to it. yeah im sure you can. theres a knob for env mod of the filter and the shift function is the lfo mod. let me find the adaptor for you and ill double check.EddieJ wrote:I guess, but I just found out you cannot send the LFO to the filter cutoff, only the filter resonance(!). What genius thought that would be a good idea? I'm going to take a loss, but I think it's time to bite the bullet and just get the next Nova I see after payday.burnt toast wrote:give it a good go before selling it - your own opinion is the most important one. you might like it, you might hate it.EddieJ wrote:Dammit, why was this thread started an hour after I placed what landed up being the winning bid on a Darkstar XP2???
I guess I'll just sell it right away. I was reading reviews for a while before I decided to go through with it, then I get here and this thread has popped up. There was also another thread that I found which educated me on the fact that I'd spent too much on it.
Blast.
I was doing a Google for the XP2 and someone had posted a reply he'd received from Red Sound about the XP2.
I didn't receive it yet, so I haven't seen what sounds I can get out of it.
Are you aware of the software editor? I can't remember where I discovered its existence, and I can't find it.
I didn't receive it yet, so I haven't seen what sounds I can get out of it.
Are you aware of the software editor? I can't remember where I discovered its existence, and I can't find it.
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yeah theres a darkstar group on yahoo where you can get it from, tho i havent tried it. i havent been very keen on software editors but im warming to them since owning a micromodular so maybe i should give it another go. if you PM me your email address ill send you the manual as a pdf if you want.. and then we wont clog up this thread
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PMed.
So, moving on.
Can I mention the Yamaha DJX? I was fooled into getting one years ago. I suppose it's really a toy, but can I count it?
If not, I'd like to submit the RM1x's synth side. The sequencer is incredible, but it seems the built in sounds are for demonstration purposes only.
Both are ROMplers. If ROMplers are inelligible, I have nothing. I've enjoyed every synth I've ever owned (the Darkstar didn't arrive yet).
So, moving on.
Can I mention the Yamaha DJX? I was fooled into getting one years ago. I suppose it's really a toy, but can I count it?
If not, I'd like to submit the RM1x's synth side. The sequencer is incredible, but it seems the built in sounds are for demonstration purposes only.
Both are ROMplers. If ROMplers are inelligible, I have nothing. I've enjoyed every synth I've ever owned (the Darkstar didn't arrive yet).
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The DJX wasn't a synth.EddieJ wrote:PMed.
So, moving on.
Can I mention the Yamaha DJX? I was fooled into getting one years ago. I suppose it's really a toy, but can I count it?
If not, I'd like to submit the RM1x's synth side. The sequencer is incredible, but it seems the built in sounds are for demonstration purposes only.
Both are ROMplers. If ROMplers are inelligible, I have nothing. I've enjoyed every synth I've ever owned (the Darkstar didn't arrive yet).
I can easily see your point on the RM1X though.....as a synth, it was rather horrid.
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