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ion micron microkorg

Post by agape » Tue May 20, 2008 2:23 pm

Hi everybody
I am new to this forum
I like the late 60's , early 70's psych, spacerock, krautrock sounds.
Until now I have only used a Moog Prodigy, and vsti's like Pro53, Arturia minimoog.
Since I don't have the money to buy a vintage synth which one would you suggest?
One of these micron, ion, microkorg or something else?

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Post by Stab Frenzy » Tue May 20, 2008 2:31 pm

Hi there, welcome to the forum!

If you have a look around you'll see there are many many many many threads discussing the relative merits of those synths. Please read these threads for a bit of background info first and then if you still have any questions discuss it in one of those threads rather than starting a new one. People around here get a bit touchy about people starting new threads to discuss something like Micron V Microkorg. ;)

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Post by clubbedtodeath » Tue May 20, 2008 2:56 pm

Hi there Agape.

If you use the search function

http://www.vintagesynth.org/phpBB2/search.php

And type in the words "ion" or "microkorg" etc. you'll find a wealth of topics on these synthesisers. It's a pretty handy tool for finding out information.

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Post by tim gueguen » Tue May 20, 2008 3:57 pm

And as far as the sounds you're looking for you should probably consider a rompler of some sort, as a lot of the late '60s-early '70s groups used organs, electric pianos, Mellotrons, and other non-synth keyboards.
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Post by th0mas » Tue May 20, 2008 4:10 pm

for the style of music you suggested, I would think of the list of synths you gave the ion would be the best bet, seconded by the micron, and thirded by the microkorg.

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