Thanks for the info aXL - in that case it seems important to find out what version you are getting before you buy.

JUGEL wrote:Felt flimsy.

Feels pretty solid to me.

Aren't the Prophet-10s a bit unreliable? I'm sure I heard that due to there being almost twice the components in less than twice the space, the Prophet-10s experienced all sorts of problems involving overheating. Anyone know more about that? A good investment if you can keep the thing running though...

Usually it's between 100-140. 120 is a happy medium.

Some clown might have glued them on - that happened when I bought my Octave Cat. You'll need to have them professionally removed, and destroyed in the process!

Sorry man but if that's the case it's the only way...

To be honest I think just about any VA and even many softies sound better than an ESQ-1. I’m talking sound alone. It has an easy interface (still not as fun as knobs though), on-board sequencer, and lots of modulation capabilities. It just sounds like s**t. Correct me if I’m wrong but its oscillato...

Whilst screwing around I found the PolySix to do a pretty decent TB-303 - let her rip!

Hey guys, someone requested I do a cover and although wanted it to fit into the "house" genre I came out with this. Loads of synths, a microphone, autotune and some drum + string section samples. Any feedback would be appreciated about the track - especially regarding my c**p production and headphon...

Probably a Juno. Most folks seem to have at least one.

The LP is great because it's simple, sounds fantastic and has a warranty. MIDI is a welcome bonus too.

There's always the MEK if you are looking for something a bit different of course...

It's gotta be said that as of late Alesis haven't been getting their act together with the current Ion and Andromeda synths. So I think it'll be a good while before they consider making a rack at this rate - correct me if I'm wrong but I'm quite sure you still can't even buy an Ion new in the UK tha...

Well done man, always good to see someone score a bargain.

Something easy to use, polyphonic that has character and sounds good to boot?

A Nord lead might be a good bet - like the G2 but simple subtractive synthesis with loads of knobs and no menu diving. :thumbup:

you may have gotten great vocal tracks, but the comprosser is not for effect value...its to have a balanced audio input. last thing anyone wants who mixing the records is vocal volume all over place on a track, thats why a comprosser is so crucial when doing vocal tracks. As mentioned by another po...

Hardly a guru myself but a decent studio condenser microphone should do you fine - cardiode pick-up pattern will be fine too. You obviously need a source of phantom power and a pre-amp too and people tend to make big fusses about all this stuff. :roll: I say, if you are starting out and doing basic ...