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i've had 2 microns because they are portable, sound decent and were readily available.
they're great 'band' synths because they sound as good as the Ion and is a bit like a baby Nord Lead, but with a wider palette.
as pad synths they can definitely bring the chill, but warm...errr, well there's better solutions (see below, w/ exception of k5000r).
also helps to have at least a 5 octave keyboard for some things, particularly splits.
i sold them both because they are no fun to program, the presets are setup in dull controller schemes, and apart from the dual-filter models there are other digital synths that do much more interesting sounds for me...once you have a number of digitals and real analog to choose from, then the micron sound becomes rather blah, imho.
a matrix1000 w/ a decent fx processor is delicious analog on the cheap
JD990, MKS30 or if in range MKS7O will certainly do
kawai k5000r for shimmering ice. it's complicated to edit.
kurzweil k2000r another great ROMpler alternative to Roland
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