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

Roland D50

A classic old skool digital synth from Roland...

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total stars: 52
total votes: 13
added: 20-Jun-00

Waldorf Q RACK

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total stars: 59
total votes: 12
added: 17-Feb-00

Waldorf MICROWAVE XT

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total votes: 6
added: 17-Feb-00

Waldorf MICROWAVE XTK

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total votes: 1
added: 17-Feb-00

Waldorf MICROWAVE 2

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total votes: 3
added: 16-Feb-00

Waldorf Q Synth

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total stars: 36
total votes: 14
added: 19-May-99

Roland JV1010

The famous JV2080 sounds in the cheap 1010 version - big 64 note poly, and it takes one Roland expansion card too - worth a good look for a classy but cheaper digital synth module....

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total stars: 11
total votes: 3
added: 29-Mar-99

Emu VINTAGE KEYS

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total stars: 13
total votes: 3
added: 29-Mar-99

Emu PROFORMANCE

If it's quality piano you're after on a budget, look no further than the EMU Proformance... a small microverb sized sample player... check it !! ...

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

Waldorf MICROWAVE

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total stars: 70
total votes: 21
added: 29-Mar-99

Evolution EVS-1

An interesting synth module, utilising (if I remember right) , additive synthesis.... It's 16 part multitimbrel (plays 16 sounds at once) ...It needs an editor, but people usualy s...

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total stars: 95
total votes: 22
added: 19-Dec-98

Korg Wavestation / SR

Korg's Wavestation and Wavestation SR were developed with the help of legendary ex Sequential owner Dave Smith, and thanks to his ingenuity the Wavestation provided something n...

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total stars: 102
total votes: 24
added: 19-Dec-98

Quasimidi Quasar

German indy company Quasimidi released the Quasar

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

Alesis NANOBASS

cheap mini bass module from Alesis...

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total stars: 103
total votes: 23
added: 18-Dec-98

Kurzweil K2000

can be had cheap now, not much polyphony by todays standards, but one of the most comprehensive editing interfaces and a huge stock of digital waves & partials makes this a techno ...

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total stars: 54
total votes: 12
added: 18-Dec-98

Roland JV1080

the classic roland JV1080 probably the worlds most popular rompler synth....

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

Roland JD800

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total stars: 126
total votes: 34
added: 17-Dec-98

Roland M-VS1 & M-DC1

Here's a couple of little gems, now discontinued, they use sounds from the Roland JV1080 expansion cards....One's a "Vintage Synth" model, the others a "Dance" model which also has...

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

Yamaha CS1X

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total stars: 276
total votes: 67
added: 13-Dec-98

Quasimidi 309

Quasimidi are now defunct but this under-rated unit sold by the hundreds of thousands. Lots of dance sounds and plenty of realtime control makes it an item worth looking out fo...

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