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10Dot4 · Post by **10Dot4** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 7:08 pm

I want to know which vintage synth is your favorite pick. Mine is the Roland SH-101 because of it's design and it's great for bass sounds or bubbly analog effects.

risome · Post by **risome** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 7:35 pm

My beloved ice cream bar --my MS-20

justin3am · Post by **justin3am** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 8:07 pm

I'm not a huge fan of vintage synths.

I had a Roland SH-2 for a while, it sounded nice enough but I used it as a CV keboard for my modular synth more than anything.

The Korg Mono/Poly is pretty cool. The Formanta Polivoks too. I always thought I'd love an OSCar but I've never seen one in person.

I prefer modern (analog or digital) synths mostly. Any synth I don't have to repair myself is my favorite.

Shy · Post by **Shy** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 9:14 pm

Moog 55A (55 without the sequencer modules) is really amazing. The tuning problems in the oscillators are much less terrible than in the earlier ones but still bad, especially compared to today's hugely better oscillators like Synthesizers.com's. The technology was limited back then, so let's forgive that, it's a real piece (many pieces, that is) of art, THE "vintage synth" as far as I'm concerned.

I personally can't decide between second and third place, since first of all, one of them is a phenomenally great, amazing polyphonic synth with great features and sound, Yamaha CS-80. It's the loveliest polyphonic analog synth, to hell with any Moog or anything else. The catch is as usual, it's far from "stable", very tough to maintain and unreliable. The other one is MS-20, even though it's quite a "simple" little semi-modular synth, it is revolutionary, has excellent features and remarkably awesome sound, THE "psychedelic" electronic music sound, truly great instrument. Again, not the most "stable" synth, of course.

My favorite synth is none of those, I prefer my little modular synth setup, the features are just right for me (obviously, since I set it up) and the sound is perfect, I can't get any better. I only wish I had a polyphonic (4 voice, at least) synth at least nearly as great as CS-80. There's nothing nowadays (na, an Omega 8 doesn't count either). Anyway, if there was, I most probably wouldn't be able to afford it. Oh well, I'll live.

zlatan · Post by **zlatan** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 9:17 pm

This changes from time to time .... at the moment I'm really into my Roland SH5 for mono and my Oberheim OB8 for Poly sounds .

bluedad · Post by **bluedad** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 9:23 pm

The DX7, which outlasted my Chroma Polaris (which still resides in my closet)

MIDICH1 · Post by **MIDICH1** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 9:24 pm

Moog Opus 3 and for vintage MIDI, ESQ1

Urs · Post by **Urs** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 9:46 pm

Korg 800dv. Most beautiful sounding synth.

Taoist · Post by **Taoist** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 10:03 pm

10Dot4 wrote:I want to know which vintage synth is your favorite pick. Mine is the Roland SH-101 because of it's design and it's great for bass sounds or bubbly analog effects.

My sentiments Exactly. Also like Dave Smith's Prophet 08 a lot. Not sure that qualifies as vintage.

But, yes, SH-101 is at the top of my list as well.

Taoist · Post by **Taoist** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 10:06 pm

Urs wrote:Korg 800dv. Most beautiful sounding synth.

I'll have to check this out. Im fascinated in finding out what kind of synth Urs considers the top of the line. Think Ive been secretly curious about that for a while now.

spirit · Post by **spirit** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 10:08 pm

Korg Mono/Poly (the Korg version!). This was also the first hardware synth I owned so it has a special place for me. The emulations nails the character 100% plus adds loads of extra features. Beautiful sound.

Sendy · Post by **Sendy** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 10:17 pm

Taoist wrote:
Urs wrote:Korg 800dv. Most beautiful sounding synth.
I'll have to check this out. Im fascinated in finding out what kind of synth Urs considers the top of the line. Think Ive been secretly curious about that for a while now.

Quite a rich tone. That suboscillator or whatever he's switching in is killer, too.

PatchAdamz · Post by **PatchAdamz** » Wed Jun 26, 2013 12:08 am

Yamaha CS-80

trimph1 · Post by **trimph1** » Wed Jun 26, 2013 4:43 am

My 2 faves right now..my Arp2600 and the Minimoog...both bought when they came out....

10Dot4 · Post by **10Dot4** » Wed Jun 26, 2013 12:20 pm

I also prefer the Roland TB-303 Bassline Synth.

What's your favorite vintage synthesizer?