Recommend me some hardware rack synths w/ knobs/etc.

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I'm looking for hardware rack mountable synths that have lots of neat fiddly knobs and sliders and buttons and 'stuff'. Add your own two cents to the list I've briefly come up with that you'd like to have or already own.

Waldorf Q Rack
Roland JP8080
Korg MS2000R
Access Virus C/TI with rack kit

etc...?

Anyone?

Devon
Last edited by DevonB on Sat Jan 26, 2008 1:57 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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microwave xt
nord lead 2/3

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roland MKS 50 with pg300
mks 30 with pg 200
mks 80 with pg ???
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nord 3 with doepfer meq16.
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How about the new Prophet 08 Rack?

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I have a Korg MS2000R, its lots of fun. And fairly cheap too.
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ms2000R is quite affordable(and good), but i want to add a jp-8080 to my rack

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Studio Electronics Omega 8
Future Retro XS
Vermona Perfourmer
LL Electronics RozzBox
AnalogueSolutions Red Square
Elektron Monomachine (you can get a rackmount kit for $50)

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nord modular nm1 rack and elektron monomachine. nm1 is really cheap now. its my best purchase ever..

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rosllow wrote:microwave xt
OOOOHHH! Yes!

The only hardware I ever owned, and loved every moment of owning it!

... and then I had to give it back. :(

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If you need only knobs and sliders get a Behringer BCR/BCF controller...

If you need a rack synth for it's sound and with a lot of knobs get:

Moog Voyager Rack
Prophet 08 Rack
Waldorf microwave XT

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Muzik 4 Machines wrote:roland MKS 50 with pg300
mks 30 with pg 200
mks 80 with pg ???
Maybe I should have specified knobs and twiddly bits ON the rack mount unit itself. ;) I'm out of room for something like that.

Devon
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Yamaha EX5R .. old and cheap and twiddly too

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OK, what I am about to propose will most likely not be what you're looking for... but here goes. The TX81z. Seriously. Get yourself a good software editor (with midiquest everything can be automated inside your DAW, I think). It's dirt cheap and does basses and leads reeeeeally nicely, not to mention bells, pads and keyboard sounds.

But, yeah, you NEED an editor for it.

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bluelife wrote:Yamaha EX5R .. old and cheap and twiddly too
That's a thought. Not much to twiddle though with 6 knobs and one jog shuttle wheel. :?

Devon
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