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Lady Dank: Apr 30, 2009; But what are feelings, without emotions?"

Grabbed an alesis ion for about 450$ on ebay recently. Furthest thing from a noob, I own a Virus KB, an ARP Odyssey, and a Rev. 2 Prophet among a kurzweil ksp8 and other nice things, but I've never demoed one of these. Picked it up because i'm selling my vintage analogs for being vintage analogs and therefore unreliable. I got my prophet for like 200$ at a yard sale.

Plan on buying an XoXbox, already grabbed a DSI mopho, recently sold a Korg Triton and a MFB Synth II lite.

Wondering how the Ion competes sonically with the Virus. I've seen near universal praise for the thing on Gearslutz.

# ¿ Feb 6, 2010 03:57

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# ¿ May 25, 2013 14:32

Lady Dank: Apr 30, 2009; But what are feelings, without emotions?"

I just got some money from a land sale and am planning on getting a Voyager and a Future Retro XS

. That's about the closest to a modular I'm willing to go at this point.

Leaves me with a wicked setup for the hardware I use. Virus KB, Ion, Prophet Five, Mopho, Korg Trinity Rack, Future Retro XS, Moog Voyager. I just love how the mopho sounds for electro style bass and whatnot.

# ¿ Jun 19, 2010 22:20

Lady Dank: Apr 30, 2009; But what are feelings, without emotions?"

My virus KB died

.

I'm thinking of just getting a Nord 2x to replace it. Or maybe even a good VCO analog like a Polysix.

# ¿ Jul 16, 2010 23:35

Lady Dank: Apr 30, 2009; But what are feelings, without emotions?"

HotCanadianChick posted:

sell it to me for cheap

Might do so if the guy i'm having look at it can't do anything with it. I'm pretty sure it's a simple fix, but damned if I can't figure it out.

# ¿ Jul 17, 2010 00:39

Lady Dank: Apr 30, 2009; But what are feelings, without emotions?"

Essentially the keybed started having random keys die, and then when I opened it to clean the contacts, it stopped turning on at all. Wish I could just find a damned service manual so I could replace the parts myself, but Access insists on sending it to some expensive rear end tech that lives halfway across the country.

# ¿ Jul 17, 2010 20:40

Lady Dank: Apr 30, 2009; But what are feelings, without emotions?"

WanderingKid posted:

Have you opened a Virus keyboard before? Theres practically nothing in it. :|

Yep. It's two circuit boards.

This thing was NOT well taken care of before I got it.

# ¿ Jul 17, 2010 23:46

Lady Dank: Apr 30, 2009; But what are feelings, without emotions?"

By the way, HotCanadianChick, if you want to pay me for my broken virus, i'm down. You'll be helping me buy a Blofeld or a used Nord Modular to use in it's place.

Kind of given up on fixing it and I don't have enough gear to keep a broken synth around.

# ¿ Jul 20, 2010 03:15

Lady Dank: Apr 30, 2009; But what are feelings, without emotions?"

I agree. I care a lot more about making music than maintaining vintage synths.

I sold a rev 2 prophet five without loving hesitation.

# ¿ Jul 20, 2010 20:30

Lady Dank: Apr 30, 2009; But what are feelings, without emotions?"

HotCanadianChick posted:

Heh, that's the same reason my -106 is the only really 'vintage' piece of gear I'm hanging on to for now... it's drat near the only vintage analog with a seriously great, complete, non-buggy MIDI implementation. Hell, even if the VCF chips die on me (and that isn't that big a problem now that people are making new, not-gonna-die-eventually replacement chips), it still makes a great controller, since everything on it sends sysex and CC commands.

There's really only two pieces of vintage gear beyond my -106 that I'm still looking to acquire; a Korg DW-8000 and a Kawai/Tiesco 240SX, both of which are available pretty cheap, though the second one is incredibly hard to find since they're so obscure and not a whole lot of them were sold originally. If anyone knows where there's a 240-SX for sale, please, please tell me, as I have never seen one for sale anywhere.

Other than those, I'm moving all to newer stuff like expanding my Eurorack setup, and probably picking up a Tetra or P8 to go with my Mopho, and probably a Virus at some point. Combine with some good VSTs and that's all anyone really needs.

And yeah, the vintage JX-s are real love-hate boxes. I've got a borrowed Super JX-10 here, and while it does great strings and pads, it's a nightmare to program, or even to edit the performances on it, especially since I don't have the programmer and the JX-10 has the most fantastically broken MIDI implementation of any synth Roland ever released. And I say this as someone who also used to own a JX-3P as well. At least the 3P's kind of worked, even if it was incomplete.

A Nord Modular, you say... I'm still trying to sell mine. A G1 NM Rack version, to be precise... maybe we can work out some kind of trade+cash deal?

What's your email?

It's KingNicholai@yahoo.com

You could also PM me on the boards if you wanted. I'd be MORE THAN HAPPY to trade cash and my KB for a Nord Modular Rack.

# ¿ Jul 21, 2010 19:07

Lady Dank: Apr 30, 2009; But what are feelings, without emotions?"

Yoozer posted:

what the hell people i'm reading gearslutz and ml and the discussions blur together, up to and including the mk 1 nord for sale

uuuuhhhhh

You must be DiseaseFactory.

.....I Kid.

# ¿ Jul 21, 2010 20:20

Lady Dank: Apr 30, 2009; But what are feelings, without emotions?"

Thing has pretty awesome encoders on it

. I have and love the alesis ion.

It doesn't exactly cut through mixes well but it does great sounds.

Virus update: Ordered cable, cable was too short

Need to order another one.

# ¿ Aug 3, 2010 02:24

Lady Dank: Apr 30, 2009; But what are feelings, without emotions?"

Sherman Filterbank. Woo.

# ¿ Aug 4, 2010 17:23

Lady Dank: Apr 30, 2009; But what are feelings, without emotions?"

I'd go with an Axiom Pro or a Remote SL.

My Remote SL has served me rather well. If you have a good CPU you can really not worry about V/A's like the Viruses and whatnot, even though I have a few. lol. You can get good in-the-box options like Albino and Zebra cheaper and i'm really starting to notice just how much I DON'T need my V/A's and wish I had a Juno again.

# ¿ Aug 29, 2010 18:49

Lady Dank: Apr 30, 2009; But what are feelings, without emotions?"

HotCanadianChick posted:

Oh hey, I missed this.

It's a G1 rack, unexpanded. I've been looking for ~$700ish for it, since that seems to be the rough average those are going for on ebay lately, but I'm open to reasonable offers. I'm mostly looking to get rid of it since I haven't used it in well over 2 years and I'd like to get a Virus of some kind to replace it. I'm in no huge hurry though.

Some other goon had offered to trade his Virus KB for it, but that appears to have fallen through, since I haven't heard from him in over a month now.

As for that Voyager XL... well good to see that now that Bob's in the ground, Moog Music 2.0 will be handily run into the ground same as the last iteration of the company. If anyone wonders why I <3 Dave Smith so much, this is why - not only does he try to avoid just rehashing old designs of his, he also keeps the price reasonable so that normal people can actually afford them. The Little Phatty is pretty nice, but for the same price, I could get a P08 rack and have 8 times the polyphony and far better modulation and control options, including 1:1 controls instead of the simplified layout of the Phatty.

edit: and for the price of the XL, you could get a really bitchin' Dotcom or Eurorack modular full of Moog-clone modules that sound just as good as the originals, and will still blow the XL outta the water when it comes to modular-style patching and expandability.

Actually, being the goon in question, i'm sorry I spaced it

. I was waiting on some cables I had to order from the UK to come in so I could attempt to fix it again and I had lost your email.

The thing's keyboard is completely nonfunctioning, but I think it's simple to fix. The GOOD news is by changing out the cables with brand new ones, it's working fine aside from that and recieves midi. Seeing as the keyboard doesn't even SEND Midi, I'm thinking some kind of connector is hosed up.

# ¿ Sep 27, 2010 07:51

Lady Dank: Apr 30, 2009; But what are feelings, without emotions?"

spaceship posted:

Just ordered an Elektron Machinedrum SPS1 UW MKII w/ +Drive

I'm pretty stoked

You bastard.

I'd be pretty stoked, too. Last thing I got was Nebula and a couple of bundles.

Though next on the list for me is probably a Future Retro XS. I'm slowly replacing my outboard synths with versatile, easy to tweak things, and I firmly believe that aside from the Virus TI....that software synthesizers have basically caught up. I have been using ACE, Gladiator, Sylenth, and Omnisphere in the box, alongside a lot of fx plugins i've spent way too much money on. lol. So i'm looking at nice analog hardware now.

# ¿ Oct 18, 2010 19:58

Lady Dank: Apr 30, 2009; But what are feelings, without emotions?"

I'm selling that virus I was talking about a while back now. I tried to fix it, got the power working, keyboard still fails with new cables.

It's a virus KB. 400$+relevant transport poo poo. Just want cash for it so I can immediately buy a hardware or software replacement with my current funds.

It works just fine aside from the keyboard.

Lady Dank fucked around with this message at Nov 11, 2010 around 03:22

# ¿ Nov 11, 2010 03:20

Lady Dank: Apr 30, 2009; But what are feelings, without emotions?"

Hah. Man.

http://www.flightofharmony.com/prod...nd-alone-device

I want. This thing looks loving badass.

# ¿ Nov 22, 2010 22:50

Lady Dank: Apr 30, 2009; But what are feelings, without emotions?"

My loving remote took a poo poo. What's a good MIDI controller in the 200-300$ range? Preferable around 25-37 keys and able to fit well on a desktop.

Man......Novation do not have good build quality :/.

# ¿ Nov 24, 2010 14:37

Lady Dank: Apr 30, 2009; But what are feelings, without emotions?"

gently caress. Wish I had 800 bucks, I really need a new V/A and want to put off a PC upgrade.

# ¿ Jun 27, 2011 19:29

Lady Dank: Apr 30, 2009; But what are feelings, without emotions?"

Quoting this from the Gear Trades thread.

KryonikMessiah posted:

Selling my DSI Mopho, 300 bucks + shipping. US only, please.

Just tried to Ebay it and some ukranian dumbshit dropped a bid when I listed "Shipping only within the continental US".

Nothing's wrong with it, has PSU and whatnot. It being about the size of a -book-, well, I don't particularly mind shipping it cross country, I highly doubt it'll get messed up. Just drop a PM.

This thing owns a lot and frankly i'm damned sick of dealing with Ebay.

# ¿ Sep 6, 2011 20:03

Lady Dank: Apr 30, 2009; But what are feelings, without emotions?"

Always wanted an SQ80 actually. Plans for my Mopho are to invest in a new computer and go completely soft, and eventually keep a few analog synths outboard. Namely stuff like the Spectral Audio Neptune and the Future Retro XS, which are a pair of my current favs that I use a lot.

# ¿ Sep 11, 2011 14:35

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# ¿ May 25, 2013 14:32

Lady Dank: Apr 30, 2009; But what are feelings, without emotions?"

Still looking to get rid of the mopho. Want $275, ideally. gently caress ebay.

Planning on a spectral audio neptune. Demos make me love the thing.

# ¿ Sep 16, 2011 23:57

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