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63 comments
total stars: 299
total votes: 67
added: 13-Dec-98

Novation SUPERNOVA

Lastpost: 05-Dec-11: After a decade of comments sadly these gems are no longer made - Novation only now make one 'true' synth now - the Ultra Nova - but their MIDI/USB control keyboards are making ...

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total stars: 31
total votes: 8
added: 19-Dec-98

Casio VZ8M

Lastpost: 05-Nov-11: Very good for pure synthetic sounds. 8 operators (oscillators) per voice and long envelopes (one for each op) ables the sounds to be complex over time. There are many patches (1000...

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total stars: 216
total votes: 55
added: 03-Feb-01

Roland D50

Lastpost: 22-Oct-11: Someone just donated a D-50 to my church. The thing looks like it was left outside for a couple years. I am not kidding. I took the bottom cover off and there is rust and mold in...

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total stars: 63
total votes: 18
added: 18-Dec-98

Alesis NANOBASS

Lastpost: 11-Sep-11: Excellent sound module for the money. Excellent range of preset bass sounds....

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total stars: 5
total votes: 1
added: 13-Jul-04

Alesis MICRON

Lastpost: 11-Sep-11: The Micron is amazing. I gigged one for over a year in an alternative rock band. The encoders are so nice and solid - they don't 'skip' like the encoders on some other synths do. T...

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total stars: 15
total votes: 3
added: 06-Jan-99

Roland SH-3A

Lastpost: 05-Sep-11: [quote] Luis Fernando Alvarez Montes wrote: hi!i just want you to know that roland is my tool for work...i play in a band called THE HONG KONG BLOOD OPERA from Hermosillo M�xic...

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total stars: 114
total votes: 32
added: 09-Mar-02

Roland XP60

Lastpost: 26-Aug-11: I also have this keyboard and it still is a great keyboard. However, as others have mentioned, the LCD display is not blank, but very dim. I noticed that there is no knob on the ...

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9 comments
total stars: 25
total votes: 10
added: 20-Dec-98

Yamaha DX-27

Lastpost: 20-Aug-11: I have one and I think it has some awesome sounds, but the problem is 8 keys don't make any sound and I tried cleaning all of the dust out of it and the results are the same. D...

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total stars: 267
total votes: 63
added: 18-Dec-98

Roland JD800

Lastpost: 08-Jul-11: yes, soundcards is hard to get a card adapter to the jd800 or atleast some blueprints to build one myself to use with whatever card is working with the jd800 threw an adapter....

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total stars: 77
total votes: 18
added: 13-Dec-98

Moog PRODIGY

Lastpost: 14-Jun-11: good...

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total stars: 19
total votes: 4
added: 09-Mar-02

Alesis QS6.1

Lastpost: 02-May-11: consegui el qs6.1 porque me debian un dinero y me pagaron con el yo toco con un roland gw7 pero me gustaria sacarle mas jugo al qs6.1 necesito el manual urgente como lo consigo? ...

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total stars: 294
total votes: 80
added: 11-Sep-99

Novation NOVA

Lastpost: 14-Apr-11: Necesito el manual en ESPA�OL del MODULO NOVATION NOVA, o datos acerca de donde obtenerlos. Hay 2 personas que he contactado y que lo tienen pero lamentablemente no lo comparten ,...

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total stars: 106
total votes: 25
added: 14-Dec-98

Yamaha DX100

Lastpost: 11-Apr-11: [quote] JE:5 wrote: Mines broken (the led comes on but it doesnt make any noise) Anyone know of a place to get it fixed? [/quote] Yes, this often happens when the thing has been...

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total stars: 106
total votes: 25
added: 14-Dec-98

Yamaha DX100

Lastpost: 11-Apr-11: An awesome little synth in every respect - versatile, bombproof and always sounds fresh as a daisy. It has consistently managed to fit in with every composition I have created over...

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total stars: 54
total votes: 15
added: 19-Dec-98

Casio CZ-5000

Lastpost: 10-Apr-11: I'm looking for the manual of cazio cz 5000 synth. Can you please help. Many thanks. Paulo...

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total stars: 216
total votes: 55
added: 03-Feb-01

Roland D50

Lastpost: 09-Apr-11: excellent string sound...

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total stars: 135
total votes: 30
added: 13-Dec-98

Roland JUPITER 8

Lastpost: 28-Mar-11: A truly unique synth!Great sounds, (the apreggiator is really the best), I love it!Maybe that's why I love Duran Duran's Rio album.Most of the songs were done with a Jupy.I've trie...

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total stars: 58
total votes: 12
added: 29-Mar-99

Waldorf MICROWAVE

Lastpost: 28-Mar-11: I have the original Microwave and all the sound cards...THE BEST MACHINE EVER!I also have the programming interface written by someone fro my Novation Remote 25...meaning I can pro...

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total stars: 21
total votes: 6
added: 19-Dec-98

Oberheim OB-1

Lastpost: 26-Mar-11: [quote] Beverley Wood wrote: I own a OB-1 bought it over 30 years ago, not sure what to do with it now, been stuck in the attic, down now and willing to sell to a serious buyer. ...

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total stars: 298
total votes: 77
added: 17-Dec-98

Yamaha CS1X

Lastpost: 24-Mar-11: [quote] hannah massey wrote: [quote] Joel wrote: Does anyone know how this would go out of tune, and how to fix it? recently bought one used and all notes have moved down 1/2 step...

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