Dream Sam XR

Rack expander, rather than synthesizer sound module, synth part consists only stack sounds and adjust some basic settings. In fact for those who know Roland, nearest U-110 as D-110 (about the same time), the slot cards less.
For the rest, See what Lux inferno (judging a little harshly this machine) said.
No utility has never existed, except those that were fun to program themselves some users. There are hidden features or not accessible by keyboard, but no doc on it today. The EPROM is a slot and the curious can always disassemble. I had found one that was very useful, but it's been so long ...

UTILIZATION

The use configuration is simple compared to what is done today "Today, but I must admit that at the time it was quite dark. Editing sounds is not very convenient for those who want to use the machine background. For just use the basic sounds, there, no need to book. Going further, it is necessary. manual itself is pretty average.

SOUNDS

Sounds have aged, but the organ that has a color that I still love (I kept only for this). At the time, let's be honest, the sounds were good, there were better, but we can not compare with, for example, a D50. The problem is that this is boiboite output when a revolution took place in the field of synth sounds. She found obsolete even 6 months. Why? Simply because it used what was best at a time when you had to go ahead and propose new. Dream that was not so bad was then made by laminating concurrency.
Sounds proposed correspond to the needs of the release day, but not needs a few months later.
So good, but not enough and too late ...

OVERALL OPINION

The quality / price ratio at the time was good. I did not have the means to take me a Roland at that time. Today, for 50 to 100 €, it is better.
This machine is that its relative rarity. This is a museum piece.
For a collection of old synths, go for it, it's still cheap. For musical use, take something else.
In 20 or 30 years, this thing might be worth much more.
The beast is robust. To change the battery, the manual is essential because there is a procedure to restore the sound. Do not worry, they are in EEPROM, so unless a helping unfortunate 15 volts in the circuit, they will never be lost.

EDIT: Regarding utilities, the company Dream had planned to release something, but she had to drink the broth before. The unit remained incomplete, like the Roland VariOS which were provided lots of stuff and stuff that never emerged.