Why not do that now? I don’t mean pay someone to prop up your hands (), I mean - if owning and playing a Schmidt is the ultimate dream for you, then why not do it now whilst you still have your health? (And while they’re still being made)

my vote for that too

Did you just suggest Sean sell the The River, because because that’s f’d up!

Unless you’re buying it, than all’s fair in synth love and war?

nope, of course not. This would be an additional purchase.

I’d love to try one in the flesh, so to speak, but honestly I don’t have a lot of room at the moment. I’m sure I could find room if Sean wanted to donate one though.

That’s how he got his... by sending out a positive message into the matrix and, voila, za Rrivver appearred!

Maybe Sir Laurent will make “The Rapids”, a 37-key mono-para-dou synth for those with less space? Based on just 2 Moog Rouge circuits.

feliz cumpleaños primo!

Those little Yamaha keytars are rad for nostalgia's sake, we just repaired a kx5 that came to us looking like a jigsaw puzzle. I wonder how many people bought a second hand one and threw it away because they couldn't get it to make a sound lol (it's a midi controller for the dx7!)

anwho's we gots a non functioning Prophet5 Rev1 and are in the process of restoring a Prophet5 Rev2 shoot me a pm if your interested

Since people are still responding and I haven't ordered anything yet, I put the list at the beginning page. Thank you all very much for the suggestions, I'm reading all of them carefully

https://youtu.be/3Yi3HiXWjVI

Not in full production yet
But sounds promising

And what a glorious list it is! The only dearth I see is MPE. So I'll limit my earlier random suggestion list to one: fully spec'd full-size Haken Continuum, meaning also the 4 voice x4 CV breakout box, polyphony expander, road case, and the stand that looks like Zorak designed it. Well, I wouldn't buy a stand for over a grand, but the rest? I'm only waiting til I get settled in to my new abode.

That would take much of your budget. If that's not your bag, then the Linnstrument is so much less expensive, you could fit it around and to the side of your major purchase. As for Seaboard, after trying the Roli with the mini-keys (waves?) I would only be interested in one with the full-size 'waves'.

That's the only hole I see in your list, and the hole's natural enemy is the pile - in this case, a pile of money.

That’s what I said as well. You could really set yourself up with MPE heaven for $10k. Full bore Continuum or Rise Grand (I’ll definitely one day trade my Rise 49 for a Grand) Add an MPE compatible hardware synth like the 002 and go sick. They also hinted that the Moog One would get the MPE treatment as well, eh? Not sure I’d bank on that happening, but if it did, what a combo...

I’m telling you, the thread you start 25 years from now about what you should get rid of is going to be epic. I often think about the 75 year old me in a home with some Mac laptop with a Radiohead sicker on it and a Rise. I’ve got my headphones cranked so loud the nurses are complaining but I just grumble some obscenity at them and go on.

Maybe also check out Vintage Vibanet or whatever they're calling it. Supposedly it's much lighter weight. I've got hip and back problems. To move the D6, I have to take it from its stand (I don't think I have its legs anywhere) to a slightly lower table, so it's at the right hight that I can put the top cover on and then just barely gently slide it off vertically onto a hand-truck (dolly, wtv you call it) and roll it to the car, and then tip the top gently into the back seat and kind of lift/push the rest of it in. If there's stairs, or I need to lift it covered above my hips... forget it. I need a second person. Tuning and maintenance requires taking a couple breaks during the process - no matter how well planned, I always seem to need to bend or twist to reach stuff. But... it's not for sale. If you find one locally in good shape, bring a friend or two to pick it up. It's like a funky guitarpsicord, well worth it. VV even makes replacement pickups that fit the D6, I think. I never needed to replace mine, but that was always a concern before. The keys are fast and light, you can feel the strings vibrate through them, and it's immediate - you can set the buffer size to 0 with no pops or artifacts!

That's one of the attractions for me to the Haken Continuum - it seems to be extremely fast and sensitive, for an electronic instrument. For me, the less time between playing a note and hearing it, the better. With an electro-mechanical instrument, you hear and feel it instantaneously. Any latency through the amp depends I guess if you run the audio through converters and dsp on the way? IDK, simple analog fx are all I've needed with it. When I set it up again (in the process of moving right now), I'll have to try it with some trippy out there fx.

Good luck and enjoy the Hammond in the meantime!

If you mean the old Roli Grand, unless they came out with an updated one... I remember from the 'polychromatic music' woman's videos, it only does quarter-tones between the notes. She does slow glides so you can hear the quarter-tone stepping as she goes. The Rise 49 is smoother than that, no? I'd take a smooth 49 over a steppy Grand if those were my only choices.

Have they updated the Grand? You'd think they would have. They must have by now, right?

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EDIT: Hey! I would tell more, but that might inflate prices because one famous timeless musician once used a synthesizer. We are cousins in fact. His grandma and my grandma are two grandmas.

But, but, but.... I was looking forward to getting the synthesizer

Don't worry i will reveal who he was as soon as i get that synth.

why a synthesizer .. why not a ferrari .. the harmonizes much better with hookers and coke

Prophet 6!

Happy Birthday then!

I guess not. I’d not heard of the stepping issue on the Grand... that sucks, actually. I guess I’m currently the owner of the best thing they make, as they don’t even make a bigger version. I guess my only recourse is to buy a Rise 25 and get a 74 key version... hey now... that does seem like a good idea...

From the looks of your avatar, you went with the nip and tuck. Good move, always invest in yourself first

Thanks for the tips Pugga, I’ll check ‘em out. Yeah, back problems seriously bite! But, I won’t be touring any time soon, if ever, aside from local stuff (when I’m healed!).

I’ve been wondering about how often D6’s require tuning. And, actually interested in installing the whammy bar, which I’m sure would be great for maintaining tuning!

The immediate nature - feeling the strings through the keys - is what I’m craving. I’m also interested in the Haken Continuum!

But, I don’t think there’s ever been a funkier instrument made than the D6... guitars, basses and drums notwithstanding.

Love me some Strings! Still waiting on a stringed synth.

Thanks for the well wishes, much appreciated! I’ve tried the software Hammonds for so long, it’s really wonderful having a brand new B3 and Leslie. I’m so happy and grateful they upgraded these to where they are now.

Good luck with your riggins!

Selfishly because I’d love to see what you would do with it as I am an owner or the River and I will still enjoy your vids. I don’t have space for both so I’m a Moog one guy for the foreseeable future.

Re-perusing the A section of the list, I don't see anything from Analogue Solutions.

Early in the thread I went to suggest the Polymath or maybe Vostok Deluxe - something along the lines of their bigger semi-modular/modular offerings - until I saw those showing on the company site as discontinued.

But it seems there are some still showing in stock at some retailers here, so there seems to be few still around new.

Then again, they're not really the sort of thing that gets knocked about regularly in a backpack or roadcase, so used units have probably mostly been sitting in studio settings and are not decades old.

Even so, some current offerings like the 3 VCO Fusebox listed for a hair over 1000 quid aren't exactly lacking in stampeding volts.

from the vostok at least v1 is not recommended, is a misconstruction.
it is actually possible to cause shorts through patch connections ..

Didn't read all 20 pages so forgive me if repetitive....

Happy Bday.

Synclavier

or

Fairlight

would be my walk down memory lane.

Thank you , I already got Synclavier and Fairlight but yes, looking for high ends suggestions - thanks

Just looked at “the list”!

A few hardware “holes” I would fill...


Akai MPC-X
API anything (eq’s, comps, mixers)
Arturia MatrixBrute
Baloran The River
Black Corp Deckard’s Dream
Bricasti M7
Burl B2 Bomber
Dunlop Cry Baby Rack Wah
Eventide H8000
Eventide H9000
Ensoniq DP/4+
Hammond XK-5/A3 or B3 MKII
Hoener Clavinet D6
Korg MR-2000 DSD Master Recorder(s)
Korg MS-20 (OG FS, KIT or M)
Lexicon PCM-42
Lexicon PCM-70
Lexicon PCM-81
Lexicon PCM-92
Marshal Plexi style amp
Moog Moogerfoogers (ALL of them)
Neve (or BAE) style preamps (1073 or 1084)
Neo Ventillator II (Leslie emu)
Oberheim TVSP
Oberheim/DSI OB-6 (or 6+6 )
Roland RE-501
Sansamp PSA-1 (or two)
Sequential Prophet-6 (or 6+6 )
Tascam DA-3000 DSD Master Recorder(s)
Wurtlzer

For some reason I thought Paolo had one of these.

https://reverb.com/item/19330790-arp-quadra

I have the same problem!

Think I'll just make my own, when the time comes.

It's The Hippie Way.

Hehehe The River is non disponible at the moment, but will keep it in close consideration for the next b-days.... speaking of which... is your recommendation for 50 y o, or also for 51, 52, 53, 54, 55........funeral party?

An ARP Quadra... I wish - not yet... used by New Order and a bunch of other cool peeps - but there are other polys that need to come this way before that one... thank you for the suggestion, it's a good one!