Clavia Nord Stage 88 - Audiofanzine FR's review
(Originally written by Septentrion/translated from Audiofanzine FR) I have to admit that I miss my Gem ProMega 3 but I sold it because of its weight, reliability problems, and because Gem h…
Roland JV-30 - Audiofanzine FR's review
(Originally written by jm16s/translated from Audiofanzine FR) Digital synthesizer. Five octaves. Small joystick for pitch and modulation control. Standard connections: - MIDI (in, out, th…
Alesis QS6.1 - phraseland's review
The Alesis 6.1 stands for the version with 61 keys (5 octaves). I has a couple of 'pitch wheel' controllers and four sliders for sound variations - all of which of course can be assigned to the param…
Yamaha DX27 - Audiofanzine FR's review
(Originally written by elriton/translated from Audiofanzine FR) 4-Operator Digital FM synthesizer with 8 octaves and MIDI 61 keys Pitch and modulation controls Sustain via footswitch Breath control …
Kawai K5000S - Audiofanzine FR's review
(Originally written by iSiStOy/translated from Audiofanzine FR) See previous reviews. UTILIZATION Classic configuration. Patch editing is rather complex. You don't have to know the FFT formulas b…
Yamaha DX7 - FP User's review
For being released in teh early 80s, this synth is by far and away one of the best of its era. Great sounds, but there are 10,000+ library files online to go through to find what you're looking for. …
Roland XP-30 - FP User's review
Im very satisfied Price paid $800 UTILIZATION It can be either really hard or really easy...if you dont have the software librarian Sound Diver 2.0 which should come with your keyboard, then inte…
Hartmann Neuron - FP User's review
Sick! Price paid $4,500.00 UTILIZATION I'm still playing with it, but so far so good! One the best sounding boards since the mini moog SOUNDS Clean or ghostly sounding you name it! OVERALL OP…
Yamaha SY22 - FP User's review
Plenty of features. I wish it had knobs. The Vector Control Joystick is very useful for creating ambient sounds. Price paid 900 UTILIZATION Easy to use, manual is good. Very robust, never had a …
Yamaha DX7 - FP User's review
I love digital synths. I am an industrial musician in a project called SCAB, my name is wrat. I wouldn't use anything else! Price paid $400 UTILIZATION May be difficult for beginners, but I can s…
Yamaha DX7 IID - FP User's review
I believe It is one of the first synths with midi, so there is room for improvement, the user interface could be made better (like having sliders / knobs etc.). there is no filter (accordig to my kno…
Yamaha CS2X - FP User's review
FIlters can't screech that well and synthesis ain't too strong. Envelope generators makes so little difference to the sound, and the layers are hopeless. I'll rather say it's ok! Can't stand the litt…
Roland XP 60 - FP User's review
I am very satisfied with the features it has. 16 track sequencer (MRC Pro), 16-part multitimbral, 64 voice polyphony,onboard effects, groove quantize, RPS, four wave expansion slots for JV series exp…
Roland XP-30 - FP User's review
Pretty good features--BUT they only hold 2 expansion cards! That's a negative! Price paid $900.00 UTILIZATION Pretty easy to use but can be complicated for a beginner-def. not a newbie synth. Bu…
Roland XP-50 - FP User's review
As a sound module nothing is missing, there are some filters, effects, etc. on it, but you have to go thu menues and mess with numerical values, which takes a lot of time, so that would b nice to hav…
Hartmann Neuron - FP User's review
Too many to mention. There are tons of realtime controls (knobs, joysticks, and continuous wheel controls galore). There are also a great deal of LEDs and status lights to let you really know what's …
Yamaha SY22 - FP User's review
Vector control is good if you spend the time. Price paid 850 CAD UTILIZATION Easy to use but then i've had it for 10 years this thing will never break SOUNDS Synth sounds are metallic. rhodes …
Yamaha S03 - FP User's review
The features, as i said before, mean the difference between songs sounding very "keyboardish" and trite to sounding very professional. The feature that adds character to the individual inst…
Yamaha EX5 - FP User's review
A whole world of synthesis (EX: expanded synthesis) lot of techniques to make sounds, but not very friendly to integrate as one. Sampling is very cool with the EX5, but the memory capabilities are ve…
Yamaha DX7 - FP User's review
It has pretty good features considering the age of this classic. Velocity and aftertouch. Breath control, portamento, sustain and modulation inputs as well. Not bad. 16 voices, 6 operator FM, 5 octav…
Yamaha DX7 IID - FP User's review
For the price it is really well specced. Compression on every channel, 2 effects busses, 16 inputs etc etc. Price paid £1000 UTILIZATION Really really easy. The manual is amongst the best I have …
Yamaha CS6X - FP User's review
All the right features are there. I feel the sampling is a little extraneous. The keys are nice and bouncy although a little narrow. Plenty of presets and sound control. Having the plug in board opti…
Yamaha CS2X - FP User's review
Playing a sound on a intrument without being able to change the sound is good if you like the sound and this keyboard can apply more reverb and effects to its sounds if you are uncomfortable with the…
Yamaha CS1X - FP User's review
My big dissapointment is that to use the good performance sounds, you have to be in performance mode, and that mode is monotimbral. Other wise you can use up to 4 XG sounds at once in multi mode. Ver…
Waldorf MicroWave XTk - FP User's review
Lots of features, much more depth than an 'ordinary' VA. A nine because i wish it had a vocoder. Price paid AU$ 1650 UTILIZATION The manual was alright, didn't use it much, still don't unless i'm…
