Vintage Synths

[The Barbarian]

The Korg '700' was far from Rubbish, Might be a tad limited but was a very favourable among some well know musicians Vangels & The Human League to name a couple.

The ARP 'Odyssey' was great but must be the last version for me the '2823' {Black/Orange with Proportional Pitch Controller Pads}

Probably my fav all time Korg was the '3000' series semi modular Poly jobbies. 'PS-3300' was a beauty, Keith Emerson had one of these

[Audio Advent]

"Connect output to heavy reverb to avoid disappointment!" - Should be emblazened on so many analogue synths, especially monophonic.

[The Barbarian]

Yep i used Roland 'RE-201: Space Echo' Awesome & transformed the sound of my synths..People that judge the sound of an old synth just naked will never be happy.. One of my all time regrets getting rid of it.

[Yomanze]

I owned two monos - The Sequential Pro 1 and SH101

Cool, I love the SH-101, silly money these days though!

[The Barbarian]

Cool, I love the SH-101, silly money these days though!

Yeh any of that range 'TB-101', 'MC-202' will fetch daft money..

As with anything may it be Vintage Instruments, Vintage Studio Equipment, Vintage Audio Equipment you have to ask yourself why people want these items badly regardless of how much they fetch. Quite easy answer really

[Audio Al]

Are you a keyboard player Mr Barbarian

[The Barbarian]

I am al.I like to play with myself best tho..

[The Barbarian]

My all time fav Roland

101 was the Synth
102 was the Expander {Basically the synth without Keyboard}
103 was the Four channel Mixer
104 was the 2x12 step Sequencer
109 was the portable speakers



I got this thing about the very early Grey/Black Rolands

[Audio Advent]

Yeh any of that range 'TB-101', 'MC-202' will fetch daft money..

As with anything may it be Vintage Instruments, Vintage Studio Equipment, Vintage Audio Equipment you have to ask yourself why people want these items badly regardless of how much they fetch. Quite easy answer really

Meh.... not such an easy answer in my opinion. If it's about sound then their ears need testing as so many analogue modelling synths and soft synths sound every bit as real as the real thing. Some of course will say that's rubbish but I bet they haven't compared two together and in a mix and with effects like reverb, and they'll be imagining it anyhow.

It's all about the knobs and the mystique and the image of the things - it's the tactility and direct control that can't be reproduced unless a manufacturer goes out of their way to re-make one. Korg made a limited edition full-size MS20 and reviewers said it sounded the same when compared directly except there were a few things on the new one which also meant it could produce a wider range of sounds too. Basically the high prices come down to nerdy gear-lust pure and simple. That and because they've grown up and got boring jobs and don't know what to do with their money now.

Anyway, in my opinion it's all about the filters and what goes before those filters can be re-produced by almost anything modern digital. So just need a good analogue external filter box with lots of knobs.

I even remember reading Herbie Hancock was using a Rhodes emulator on tour on a G4 mac about 10 odd years ago - he also said it sounded as real to him on stage in a concert scenario as any real Rhodes he's played.

[Audio Advent]

Normally when I love an analogue synth sound (often pads) I discover it was an 80s Fairlight (i.e. early digital sampler).