18 replies to this topic

[Adamwah]

yay or nay? we are looking at buying one, talking with the person selling it, its going for pretty cheap thought id ask around first

[ehsan]

Yay for $500 or less s/h.

Yay anyway if it's a newie. Good enough for Trentemoller - good enough for the rest of us.

[audiogeekzine]

I once rented one for a month, its a fun little synth, but I wouldn't pay 500 for it, definitely not. $250-300 maybe.

Save up for a Little Phatty.

[ehsan]

Little Phatty is a total rip dude. If you wanna dump that kind of cash on a crippleware interface then that's your call - but for anyone looking for either something far more sonically diverse without blowing their load on a mid-feature not-quite-there synth the microkorg is gold.

Little Phatty! What a waste of more than half the price of a real Voyager. Not to say it's not a good synth, but it's there to milk the middle ground and cash in on unconvinced buyers.

[ehsan]

Also AGZ, are you in the USA? Don't forget we talk in AUS $$$ round here...

[Adamwah]

its 350...

[pan_down]

I'll take it for 350 if you dont

[Spectrum]

Quote

Also AGZ, are you in the USA? Don't forget we talk in AUS $$$ round here...

Good point. And not a bad idea to stick a AUD in front of those random numbers to assist our international members/visitors (and my anal retentiveness  :-[ ).

BTW, AGZ is Canadian from Ontario, Canadia.

[ehsan]

Quote

its 350...

Buy it straight away. Total no-brainer at that price dude. Good score!

[Adamwah]

yeah me and the guy i produce with are gona go halves.. but its on ebay grr and theres no buy now. we messaged him and said we'll take it for 350 cash this weekend.. and he hasnt replied yet, we might have to try win it, but it could blow out to 4 maybe even 500 as theres already a fair few bids

http://cgi.ebay.com....1QQcmdZViewItem

[Adamwah]

nahh no way! we spoke about bidding, but we didnt wanna pay more then 400 for it, even if it was only gonna cost us 200 each..

oh well no great loss

[Luka]

not at all
microkorg sounds plastic imo

[neo]

The secondhand prices for them are ridiculous. And you know the only reason is because of that promo shot of Trentemoeller hugging his - all the cool kids wanna be like him ;D

[Cheyne]

yea under $500 for sure ...  they're fun , but still pretty "toyish" ,  and the sounds you'll get out of it you will of heard 100 times before ... but still a great toy for filling up a live set ...      Dont expect to play anything amazing though .. those bloody keys !

I saw one sell for $300 on eBay not to long ago ..

[tommygun]

im thinkin bout gettin one, but ive heard from a few people that they're un reliable, breaking and just not working for no good reason. anyone else heard anything about relyability issues?

[ramos]

Good enough for Legowelts live act?  and he has every vintage synth under the sun.



this guy is a genius though.  have not heard about reliability issues.

[Luka]

but they sampled all their classic synths into the rs7000

im still sticking up for the micron, i think it is much better for the money
engine is tighter, more oscs, fm and routing capabilities

microkorg was okay, i shouldnt get so snooty about it. i played on the one in my old house for hours and hours, but i guess my synthesis at that stage was pretty piss poor. i only got 1 or 2 sounds from it that seems unique and worthy all the rest seemed like a trance riff or bassline.