LimpyLoo Posted July 17, 2015 Author Share Posted July 17, 2015 The Microkorg is really powerful and there's nothing wrong with it. The interface is even relatively workable, but if i hear one more arpeggiated microkorg preset i'm gonna throw up (that's the main reason for the lol). Personally i think it's not that easy to make sounds with, though, because on the one hand you have really bright and buzzy sounds with a lot of presence, and on the other noisy, "airy" VA stuff which sounds as if you had run it through 20 effect pedals, and although you have different filters it all falls into these two categories somehow. However I'm pretty sure there must be few better synths for the price, and I also have weird taste in synths (the CZ1000 and DX21 being my favourites). i'm right there with you on the CZ-1000 super cheap (used to be ~$100) I had one for like a year didn't use it much sold it and then immediately wanted it back I've owned the MicroKorg for like 10 years and i think it's super easy to use (probably just cause i'm familiar with it) it did take me years to get comfortable with the matrix setup but now i find it to be the perfect little workhorse synth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haste Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Also, the reason I bought my Quaismidi Sirius is because it looks like Star Trek. i've never ever heard of that thing what it do? Unfortunately, it shat itself recently so I am a bit sad. Something to do with the main board - and the company isn't really around anymore. Just currently sitting on a bookshelf taunting me at how useless it is. What it used to do is make all sorts of cool noises. It's designed to be a 90s dance synth (when they came out), but it is so hands on and easy to edit (look at all the knobs!) that it's really fun to play. It doesn't really do all the traditional sounds in a pristine manner, but gets really dirty and and overdriven really easily. Which I like(d). Good digital all-rounder though, tonnes of bottom end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimpyLoo Posted July 18, 2015 Author Share Posted July 18, 2015 oh man, that's a bummer hope you get it fixed someday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lala Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 i had a dream last night there was a shop with loads of analogue synths and also the jxda or whatever its name is, and i liked that one the most Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 did it look like this place : probably the craziest analog synth store i've ever seen they literally had a stack of comestically perfect looking oberheim expanders in one corner the only time i got to visit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Ahhh I went there last year, so amazing. There was also a cute little synth store in Shibuya near Tower Records that had a couple of 303s just casually lying around. edit: oh hey a friend of mine from the chip scene made that video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 i was trying to track down a store the whole time i was there that had a lot of used yamaha gear but i couldn't find one. The analog fetish disease has infected Japan big time too. nice! edit: oh hey a friend of mine from the chip scene made that video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimpyLoo Posted July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 did it look like this place : probably the craziest analog synth store i've ever seen they literally had a stack of comestically perfect looking oberheim expanders in one corner the only time i got to visit oh man that place looks so amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 it is until you realize 'how much does it cost to ship back to the states, oh holy shit nevermind' the prices are sometimes slightly better than ebay prices and sometimes a little higher. I think many years ago before synth people from all over the world discovered it you could get really good deals there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimpyLoo Posted July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 we should all make a watmm pact that if any watmm designs a time machine first order of business is to go back 20 years and load up on $200 303's $400 jupiter 4's $700 cs-80's etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 it is until you realize 'how much does it cost to ship back to the states, oh holy shit nevermind' the prices are sometimes slightly better than ebay prices and sometimes a little higher. I think many years ago before synth people from all over the world discovered it you could get really good deals there I'm going back again in september, hoping to have enough money to pick something up. Maybe just something new though, like one of the new electribe samplers or a kaoss pad or maybe even an ms20 kit or something, since prices here in australia are fucked and I'll have space in my checked luggage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peace 7 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 we should all make a watmm pact that if any watmm designs a time machine first order of business is to go back 20 years and load up on $200 303's $400 jupiter 4's $700 cs-80's etc Then of course, sell them in the future for mad profit, so the money can be used to buy weed. Actually, forget the effort of the time machine and music gear business, just buy some weed now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psn Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 we should all make a watmm pact that if any watmm designs a time machine first order of business is to go back 20 years and load up on $200 303's $400 jupiter 4's $700 cs-80's etc Set time machine for 1989. http://myblogitsfullofstars.blogspot.no/2010/07/graphs.html?m=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chunky Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 rbox shut down, was a little shop near a nursing college, had to take private railway line to get there. he had a web shop and was willing to post abroad but not many knew about his shop. he had yamaha stuff, gone now www.digimart.net search engine for japanese music gear shops. 5g used to have 3 korg ps3100s, 2 rhodes chromas, minimoogs. on their old site it said afx had been there b4, harajuku is famous. osaka has a place called implant4, old and new gear modelessfactory.com old roland technical guy, ebayer in japan yahoo auctions is more popular than ebay china has had cheap yamahas, really random: tx816,tx81z,sy77,sy99,tg77(600-1000 yuan) on taobao.com but that site only works properly from a chinese ip address. changes all the time though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lala Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 so my dream turns in to more hurt. thanks watmm. oh that time i could have bought a CS80 and 2600 for 50 quid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimpyLoo Posted July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 so my dream turns in to more hurt. thanks watmm. oh that time i could have bought a CS80 and 2600 for 50 quid turn that frown upside-down and start thinking about what cheap synths will be future classics i can think of a few... ooh maybe this could warrant its own thread would love to hear some thoughts on this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimpyLoo Posted July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 edit: i did it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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