I'm a guitar player who got a gig playing guitar synth in a funk band. I have a Roland GR-20 Guitar Synth interface and a Triton Rack. I want to be able to select patches on the Triton via a midi footpedal and the easiest way (to me anyway) is to have the patches that I use close to each other so I ...

A friend has offered to sell me a Triton rack for $400.00. This seems like a pretty good price based on the evil bay. The Triton is a sampler isn't it? Then couldn't I just find some samples of the sounds I need and load them in the Triton? Or maybe it already has the sounds I need?

Where can I find a Proteus for $50.00 or less?

I know there are a lot of options out there and being new to synths I'm overwhelmed. Let me ask this; If I'm looking for a particular sound, like as I mentioned before "Jungle Love" by Morris Day and the time, do I have to find the exact keyboard (or sample), or is something like the JV-1080 or JV-2...

Because I'm going to be playing live with it, I'd prefer rack, but a kybd isn't out of the question.

I've been designated the keyboard player in a funk/disco cover band which is a change for me. You see, I'm a guitar player and I'm using a Roland GR-20 guitar synth. Believe me, I know it's a next to impossible task to cover horn sections and keyboard voicings on a guitar synth, so spare me the "You...