analog velocity sensitive synth?

[mustardeer]

does that exist?

just realized i bought the wrong synth.
was about to sell it and buy a juno-60 and just realized that juno-60 is not velocity sensitive either unless i get a pedal which is not what i want.

i'm looking for an all analog synth, don't need lots of features or midi. I need to be able to play all keys at the same time, or at least 8 at a time. I found an oberheim ob8 they say it's analog and it's $1800 so maybe it's as sensitive as a piano or would i just be paying for more filters and features?

thank you very much! this is my first post.
i'm in hollywood, california and will be looking for something on craigslist, possibly ebay unless someone can recommend a local shop.

[Synthigraphie]

Roland JX8P/ Super are velocity sensible, for volume, filter and also modulations (sync, cross).
Akai AX73 and 80 too...

[mustardeer]

i believe those are digital, someone will correct me if i'm wrong.

[maindeglorie]

Wrong.
Analog under digital control.

Also.... the Prophet 08 and Andromeda.
100% analog. Velocity all over the place.

[paugui]

The OB8 is not velocity sensitive.

I think that from the old VCO synths, only the Oberheim Matrix 12 and the Sequential Cricuits Prophet T8 have velocity sensitive keyboards (I am probably forgetting some...), as it was not standard at the time.

[Automatic Gainsay]

Wrong.
Analog under digital control.

Also.... the Prophet 08 and Andromeda.
100% analog. Velocity all over the place.

Don't you mean "at least 50% percent wrong?"

[V301H]

One of the first velocity sensitive VCO analogs was the CS80 (not to mention the GX1) which had a weighted keyboard and was, and still is, incredibly expensive. The Rhodes Chroma also was a VCO synth with a wooden velocity keyboard and it too is quite expensive if you can find one. On the lower end the JX3P DCO analog will respond to velocity over MIDI if it has the right EPROM installed. The MKS80 Super Jupiter VCO synth module also responds to velocity over MIDI.

[mustardeer]

I found a CS60 for $4000, i think i'll pass.
good info though, i have a feeling there are more models out there. $2000 is as high as i can go, but what i really want is something very basic with a little wood here and there and beautiful fat analog sound that can respond to my piano fingers differently than monkey's fingers. Now if i can find that for under $1000 without having to deal with MIDI (i wouldn't know how to hook that up or what to do with it).

the MKS80 doesn't look like a keyboard - not even sure what to do with a device like that.

[Solderman]

You mentioned Juno, so I thought I'd throw in the Alpha Junos. Only the Juno2 has the velocity sense keyboard, but the Juno1 and MKS-50 module will respond to it over Midi when the patch is programmed to do so. A few things on them also respond to aftertouch.
They are 6 voices just like the Juno-60, though, not 8. All the Junos and JX's are DCO, which essentially means the oscillators do not drift in pitch, but still require electronic components to shape the waveform.

The MKS80 doesn't look like a keyboard - not even sure what to do with a device like that.

Easy. You buy a used Kurzweil PC1X and hook it up to one of these Roland rack mounted modules. Or get any Midi controller that doesn't feel mushy or clunky. Monkeys begone.

As for what is meant by fat, it's a hopeless task to get a straight answer. Best listen to demos or play in person.

[Automatic Gainsay]

The CS-50 and CS-60 are pressure-sensitive, but not velocity sensitive.

As for "fat," you won't get a straight answer from most... but that is not to say that there isn't a straight answer... it's just that that answer requires knowledge of the synths which generated the adjective!

[Pro5]

You said you need 8 note poly minimum? Forget JX-8P (only six note poly) it also doesn't have 'fat analog sounds' in the sense you mean.

[Stab Frenzy]

$2000 is as high as i can go, but what i really want is something very basic with a little wood here and there and beautiful fat analog sound that can respond to my piano fingers differently than monkey's fingers. Now if i can find that for under $1000 without having to deal with MIDI (i wouldn't know how to hook that up or what to do with it).

You should probably be looking for a second-hand Prophet 08 or Andromeda then IMO. P08 if you want more of the wood end of the spectrum, Andy for more polyphony and a more vintage sound.

[Userfriend]

Rhodes Chroma and Chroma Polaris
Polymoog
SCI Multitrack
Siel Opera 6

[deanhanson]

how do you intend to use the hw-sequenced or played? gigged or studio? where will it go? what else do you have? do you want to go otb, or hybrid itb/otb?

[Sir Nose]

moog little phatty