Step sequencers, for the most part, are designed to output control voltages to control the pitch of monophonic analog synthesizers or any other modulation destination that accepts control voltages (ie, filter cut-off). What sort of INPUT does the sequencer your wanting to use have. Most step sequenc...

Yes, definitely a Juno 60

Another question, sorry but I've seen in your YouTube videos that you have/had a V Synth, I'm in the same position, again two totally different synths but maybe there is a bit of "overlap" on the digital side, how do they complement together or maybe the JDXA will make the V Synth "redundant"? As a...

OK: A program (patch) on the JD-XA can contain up to any of the following: 4x dual oscillator monophonic analog synths 4x triple oscillator polyphonic digital synths So my original comment was saying that instead of thinking the analog section is 4 voice polyphonic (It CAN be when "POLY STACK" is en...

Please stop thinking of the analog section being 4 voice polyphonic. Instead, think of it being 4 dual oscillator monophonic synths. I'm mostly happy with the JD-XA. The sequencer is a disappointment, though. I was hoping it would work like the JD-Xi's sequencer, which it does in most ways. However,...

I have the Latin and Jazz carts for $50 each.

Manuals for nearly all Roland instruments are available for free download from their website. Just type in the model number into the search bar on their website and you should be directed to the appropriate page.

stf-ran wrote: Now how many presets does the new Roland System 8 hold?

64 for System 8 mode and 64 for each plug out. That'd be 256 if you have all 3 plug out slots filled.

Akai made a "Vintage Synth" module (can't remember the model #), but I don't know much about it and it's kinda rare. Roland made "Vintage Synth" & "60s & 70s Keyboards" expander boards for their JV series of synths and also made a 1U stand-alone module for the "Vintage Synth". Both of the a fore men...

minime123 wrote:why does it stop at only 36+?

No doubt. Where's 100+?

griffin avid wrote: They just killed Analog synths....drum machines.....controllers....what's left?.

WHAT? I love my MiniBrute and MicroBrute and now my DrumBrute. I'd love a MatrixBrute, but not sure it's worth $2k. Damn fine synth, though.

Sounds like good choices to me. Of the bands you listed, I'm only familiar with Daft Punk which used samplers quite a bit in the past, but I think they're getting more into synths-only (not my type of music). I recommend getting a small mixer (8 channels should be sufficient to start but might outgr...

Sounds like the dreaded "red goo" problem that plagues early 90s Roland keyboards. The epoxy that Roland used on weighted keyboards on the U-20, D-70, JD-800 and I'm now assuming the JV-80, liquefies over time and drips into the keybed and makes the weights fall off. You might search "red goo" here ...

When I think of Berlin School, I think of monophonic sequences through a delay/echo. So for your first synth, I'd get one with a built-in sequencer. The Mother 32 will probably get closest to the big Moog modular sound. I've got the MicroBrute which has a very unique sound - different than Moog stuf...

Without knowing what synths you already have and the type(s) of music you make, it's hard to make a recommendation.

But, yeah. The ESQ-1 is a gnarly (in a good way) sounding synth and is highly underrated.