As others have said, the synths you sold were all pretty underwhelming, so I'd say you did the right thing. Now you just need to get rid of the other underwhelming synths you held onto, and you'll be getting somewhere.
There are some classic analog polysynths out there which I'm sure you would like much better, but really, what's the point? If you're happy with software, just go that way. Its cheaper and takes up less space.
Sold all my analog synths- Insane or Freedom Fighter?
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I am not happy with software. If I were, I would have continued using my iPad Air 2 with my Oxygen controller and left the hardware on the attic. No, the idea was to make a self-contained little hardware studio. If everything goes as planned, I will soon replace my MP7 and then I will have myself a cute little Roland Studio consisting of the MC909, the JP8000 and the JD-Xi. A sequencer workstation with synth and sampler, A VA synth for thick basses , and a solo synth/vocoder. What more could I ask for? An analog synth? Nay, I do really like analog style sounds but for my needs I am satisfied with emulating them with VAs and Romplers. They do the job just fine.
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Double...thought I was editing
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Just received my MC909. Have been playing for an hour now, I must say this is the most wonderful self-containing piece of hardware I ever laid hands on. The digital 4 tone structured rom patches, the wonderful clicky sweeps of the digital filters, the digital 16 track sequencer with room for 1,4 million midi events, the digital sampler, the digital insert and master effects. Everything is just so digitally wonderful. How could someone prefer an old prophet 5 compared to this powerhouse 
Well good luck with those anal-logs anyway; to each, his own
Happy music making
Well good luck with those anal-logs anyway; to each, his own
Happy music making
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Full agreement from me. The Roland MC909 is the best "studio-in-a-box" for making electronic dance music that you can get. Nothing except perhaps the Yamaha RS7000 comes close to doing it all and being so self-contained about it. I like them so much that I have one at home, another in the post and I'll spend my next pay buying a third. I agree that it is nuts that people obsess about say the TR909 when the MC909 exists, and if you want focus you don't want a computer.
The MC909 solves the gear problem. Let me say that again; by being a one-stop-shop for sampling, synthesis, effects and sequencing it solves the gear problem that hardware and software both represent. I enhance it with other sequencers and samplers (four Future Retro Orbs for step sequencing and a Korg microSAMPLER for sampling ideas in) but it's basically just an MC909 studio. Couldn't be happier, such a productive setup.
The MC909 solves the gear problem. Let me say that again; by being a one-stop-shop for sampling, synthesis, effects and sequencing it solves the gear problem that hardware and software both represent. I enhance it with other sequencers and samplers (four Future Retro Orbs for step sequencing and a Korg microSAMPLER for sampling ideas in) but it's basically just an MC909 studio. Couldn't be happier, such a productive setup.
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Three MC909s? Man, you are in deep shit love with this thing 
However, I agree. This is the best self-contained solution at the market in it's genre. There are workstation keyboards with likewise features, but they take up space and do not match the groovebox concept (though it is the largest groovebox I have had).
True that the RS7000 comes close, but not close enough if you ask me. It has lesser sampling storage when expanded, 4mb + 64 MB compared to 16MB + 256 mb, and only 1 tone rompler structure compared to the 4 possible tones pr. patch on the MC909 and it seems to have much lesser sound editing possibilities (as far as I get the manual). Besides, it can "only" record up to 200.000 midi events, whereas MC909 can store 1,4 million events internally.
My EMU MP3 wasn't incompetent either: 300.000 events, 32 channels multitimbral (with two midi outs), 128 tone polyphony, 4 tone structured emu sound module (Mo'Phatt) with very deep modulation possibilities, and velocity sensitive pads with aftertouch, which is what I am going to miss with the MC909. The MP has no sampler and a very narrow display, so it doesn't win in the long run though.
Interesting with the four Retro Orbs for more hands on sequencer control. Usually i would think of expanding with sound sources, so this is a different take on it to me.
Cheers
Man, you are in deep shit love with this thing However, I agree. This is the best self-contained solution at the market in it's genre. There are workstation keyboards with likewise features, but they take up space and do not match the groovebox concept (though it is the largest groovebox I have had).
True that the RS7000 comes close, but not close enough if you ask me. It has lesser sampling storage when expanded, 4mb + 64 MB compared to 16MB + 256 mb, and only 1 tone rompler structure compared to the 4 possible tones pr. patch on the MC909 and it seems to have much lesser sound editing possibilities (as far as I get the manual). Besides, it can "only" record up to 200.000 midi events, whereas MC909 can store 1,4 million events internally.
My EMU MP3 wasn't incompetent either: 300.000 events, 32 channels multitimbral (with two midi outs), 128 tone polyphony, 4 tone structured emu sound module (Mo'Phatt) with very deep modulation possibilities, and velocity sensitive pads with aftertouch, which is what I am going to miss with the MC909. The MP has no sampler and a very narrow display, so it doesn't win in the long run though.
Interesting with the four Retro Orbs for more hands on sequencer control. Usually i would think of expanding with sound sources, so this is a different take on it to me.
Cheers