I've managed to get an MPC 2000 and it's finally got me into proper sampling. I have an S900 as well and have just got rid of an S3000XL. I find the MPC really easy to use. The only problem is that 4 of the pads have stopped working. They are the last vertical set of 4 so that's pad4, 8, 12 and 16. ...

I'm interested in buying an Akai MPC. I'm thinking I should get the 1000 as it can take wav files and it has modern features such as a USB port. Does it have editing software for a computer? It seems to me that this is a series that suffers from overinflated prices in classified ads. I might be wron...

Continuing with the firsts theme. I was thinking what was the first synth with a spring loaded pitch wheel? My thoughts are that it could be early Roland synths like the SH3a. I simply don't know though, can anyone enlighten us on this.

At the moment I mainly do stuff in the box. I can't afford to interface my desk, synths and other pieces with my computer. My go to plugin for coming up with song ideas is the Korg Legacy M1. My second favourite piece would probably be the coffee machine.

The DX1 was released in 1984 one year after the DX7. I read in an old SOS article that the DX7/DX9 were the first synths to name patches. I think that the Kawai SX240 and the Obie Matrix weren't released till 84.

I got into this synth lark in 2005, since then I have spent a fair bit on equipment. At first I was spending money on synthesizers and plugins. Then I decided to get a very cheap studio setup together. I'm currently doing a degree in music tech so not much money for gear at the moment. Moog Phatty £...

Thanks for the infomation.

I'm going back to Huddersfield soon so I should be able to get some foil and leave it in the capable hands of the Studio Technicians.

My backlight has gone on my S3000XL. Does anybody know anywhere in Yorkshire where they fit new backlights for samplers? On another note i'm getting a little frustrated with the S3000XL, as I don't use it as much as I should. I find it quite an ordeal sampling into the machine. It's nothing really t...

Interesting stuff.

I was suprised to find out that the D50 was the second top selling keyboard of the 80's, I thought after 1987 it flopped. I suppose the prophet wouldn't be up there because it was very expensive and not as mass produced as the Japanese models.

Fist the worst (Korg M1), second the best (DX7), Third the one with the hairy chest (Prophet 5???) This is something that I have been thinking about for a while now. I know that the Korg M1 and the DX7 are the top 2 selling synths ever (the M1 at n.o 1. Does anyone know the third top selling synthes...

I have a problem with Logic Pro 7. I use Logic with a Yamaha DX7 II master keyboard and a Edirol UA25 interface. After doing something in Logic the MIDI Keyboard wont play any of the MIDI in Logic. The MIDI Still plays when you manually input things in the matrix editor. I have had this problem a co...

Thats an excellent deal you got on the M1.

I use the Legacy M1 plugin on just about everything I do. I find that it has quite a bit more on it then the origional such as the resonant filter and the combi insert effects.

Great Synth.

sorry, I thought i'd get more replies if I put it in the general synths box.

Hello to alll VSE forumers. I have a problem with Ableton live 5 and controling it with my DX7 II keyboard. The keys work fine with it, however I would like to use the 32 buttons provided to trigger scenes and to mute different tracks. I've tried using the key map switch but I think it is something ...

Alesis Must have sold a fair few SR16 drum machines. The've been making them since about 1990.