I had the Taurus II, owned it for a few years, gigged with it. Tried the Taurus III and backed out from buying it. Currently own a Taurus I, already owned for several years, couldn't be happier. The Taurus I destroys the Taurus II soundwise. The II is more versatile than the I because it's a full Ro...

No offense, but this is kind of a silly comparison. The two synths are about as common as a Ferrari and a Bentley. Both high priced sought after cars but not at all similar. Wait! They both have 8 voice polyphony! :) That's right, they're both 8-voice polysynths, and they're both the top-of-the-lin...

Possibly the two most powerful analog polysynths ever made... One has a terrific ringmod and ribbon controller; the other has a superb arpeggiator. One was a 200 lb delicate (and by most accounts unreliable) monster; the other was a 60 lb more reliable warrior. What are their sonic differences? Has ...

From the very informative Genesis' Wind And Wuthering thread emerged Tony Banks' usage of the Roland RS-202. As mentioned in the thread's comments, this stringer was used on such tunes like "Many Too Many", "Down And Out", and "All In A Mouse's Night". The above shows a strangely beautiful capabilit...

Strange thing about the Gate Out - the 202 itself is fully polyphonic, but the Gate Out is a monophonic gate out that can be connected to the trig in of a synth (mono obviously). Not sure how useful I would find that. AFAIK it's upper note priority so presumably, you could play chords on the 202 an...

Did you notice that they look rather similar...?

Was Roland getting inspired on the Quadra's looks when they designed the JP-8?

Afaik, neither the mellotron nor the RS-202 was used on "Duke". The Yamaha CS-80 was apparently used a lot on this album so it might be the instrument used for the string sounds in question. On the other hand Tony Banks was also using a Roland VP-330 vocoder/strings and Polymoog on the album so who...

Thanks for your info on the RS-202 on this thread! I would have never believed that the RS-202 is such a versatile machine. Indeed, I was also wondering the structure of the strings from Wind And Wuthering and And Then There Were Three. I could have never thought that the organ on All In A Mouse's N...