synth bargins off ebay

[nelop]

Over the last few years I have brought a Virus B ,Yamaha TX81z and an EMU E5000 and am totally happy with all of them.
Once again I am in the mood to buy another synth off ebay and am wondering if there are any synths that people believe are undervalued on ebay?

[lampmeister]

Roland Alpha Juno 1/2, JX8P, Oberheim Matrix 1000 and 6r are pretty good bets.

I just picked up a Studio Electronics ATC-1 for £350uk.

Price is directly related to the number of knobs, so avoid lots of knobs.*



*Please don't quote this out of context!

[JEBEQ]

About 3 weeks ago an Oberheim OB-X 8 voice nice condition sold on ebay for $450.00
I missed this opportunity and am still finding it hard to forgive my self for not having caught this.

[Reptil]

Originally Posted by JEBEQ

About 3 weeks ago an Oberheim OB-X 8 voice nice condition sold on ebay for $450.00
I missed this opportunity and am still finding it hard to forgive my self for not having caught this.

I missed one last summer for 800 euro. I was in a "I have enough crap" mood.

[Rogue Ai]

Originally Posted by lampmeister

Price is directly related to the number of knobs, so avoid lots of knobs

[ttown23]

Originally Posted by JEBEQ

About 3 weeks ago an Oberheim OB-X 8 voice nice condition sold on ebay for $450.00
I missed this opportunity and am still finding it hard to forgive my self for not having caught this.

Oh man that's a killer! Now I'm kicking myself for having missed that, too!!!

[FeelAudio(Matt)]

TR909 went for £875, 2 nights ago.

[CountingToes]

I just picked up a Roland r 8m for £120, I've yet to receive it but from what I've heard, I think I may have got a nice little unit at a silly price

[gsilbers]

i think the virus TI version 1 are a cheap bargain.

there is almost no difference btween the v1 and v2. supposly more dsp but i have never ran out of juice.

and the ti1 sell for 1000-1600 range while the t2 run at 2k-3k ($)

[golden beers]

Originally Posted by CountingToes

I just picked up a Roland r 8m for £120, I've yet to receive it but from what I've heard, I think I may have got a nice little unit at a silly price

thats a little over the going rate. i sold mine with 2 cards for £70 on the bay a couple of years ago

[Headz51230]

Little phatty went for $690 last week..

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[slippast]

Originally Posted by lampmeister

Roland Alpha Juno 1/2, JX8P, Oberheim Matrix 1000 and 6r are pretty good bets.

I just picked up a Studio Electronics ATC-1 for £350uk.

Price is directly related to the number of knobs, so avoid lots of knobs.*



*Please don't quote this out of context!

Yep. I just sold a 6r on the bay. It sounded great but was no fun at all. Sad that they'd lock up such a great synth in that little box.

So what synth replaced the 6r in my rack? A v1.0 Waldorf Microwave... lol! sigh.

[lestermagneto]

Originally Posted by slippast

Yep. I just sold a 6r on the bay. It sounded great but was no fun at all. Sad that they'd lock up such a great synth in that little box.

So what synth replaced the 6r in my rack? A v1.0 Waldorf Microwave... lol! sigh.

on the waldorf microwave:

Christ, used one of those in the early 90's in a high profile "alternative" band, and the only way we were able to coax decent sounds out of it (alpha wheel programming is NO fun), was to use the patch randomizer in Opcodes Galaxy librarian software, would spend an hour making constrained random patches and hope for the best..... it was too clean and would disappear a lot in mixes, but you could get some ok things out of it. I remember thinking the technology in it was more interesting then it's actual execution....

[projectwoofer]

Originally Posted by slippast

Yep. I just sold a 6r on the bay. It sounded great but was no fun at all. Sad that they'd lock up such a great synth in that little box.

So what synth replaced the 6r in my rack? A v1.0 Waldorf Microwave... lol! sigh.

Can the MW produce decent analog impressions or it's only good at the wavetable stuff?

[saw wave analog]

Originally Posted by projectwoofer

Can the MW produce decent analog impressions or it's only good at the wavetable stuff?

I've only owned an XT, but it is far from analog. It sounds like a synthesizer most assuredly, but not an analog one. I liked it quite a bit.

[projectwoofer]

Originally Posted by saw wave analog

I've only owned an XT, but it is far from analog. It sounds like a synthesizer most assuredly, but not an analog one. I liked it quite a bit.

Thanks! Well I was asking about his v.1 MW actually...

[dlmorley]

Originally Posted by lestermagneto

on the waldorf microwave:

Christ, used one of those in the early 90's in a high profile "alternative" band, and the only way we were able to coax decent sounds out of it (alpha wheel programming is NO fun), was to use the patch randomizer in Opcodes Galaxy librarian software, would spend an hour making constrained random patches and hope for the best..... it was too clean and would disappear a lot in mixes, but you could get some ok things out of it. I remember thinking the technology in it was more interesting then it's actual execution....

I agree
Sold mine. Interesting device but in a mix, I never used it. Just the way I mix music I guess, but I loved the nature of the synth and that 80's harsh electronic thing, but it wouldn't fit. Same with the Yamaha VL1 I had. Lovely sound, no use for it.

[projectwoofer]

Originally Posted by dlmorley

I agree
Sold mine. Interesting device but in a mix, I never used it. Just the way I mix music I guess, but I loved the nature of the synth and that 80's harsh electronic thing, but it wouldn't fit. Same with the Yamaha VL1 I had. Lovely sound, no use for it.

So you'd say the MW v.2 is better for your needs? Because I see you're using one...how you'd compare the two?

[Ossicle]

Originally Posted by slippast

Yep. I just sold a 6r on the bay. It sounded great but was no fun at all. Sad that they'd lock up such a great synth in that little box.

Well said.

[jaytranzmit]

There are a few editors available for them. It doesn't always have to be laborious if you like the sound of them

[dlmorley]

Originally Posted by projectwoofer

So you'd say the MW v.2 is better for your needs? Because I see you're using one...how you'd compare the two?

No, I had a MW 1 v2. The MW II I haven't had BUT I think I would prefer it. Ok, not an analogue filter but a much more flexible one and I like what I heard in demos.

[bluegreengold]

Originally Posted by lestermagneto

on the waldorf microwave:

Christ, used one of those in the early 90's in a high profile "alternative" band, and the only way we were able to coax decent sounds out of it (alpha wheel programming is NO fun), was to use the patch randomizer

That is how I made all my best microwave XT patches. I think waldorf realized this is how people were using the microwave, as the patch randomizer is built into the v2 and XT.

I made a couple of really jaw dropingly good sounds this way. A friend of mine later got an XT (I'd sold mine long past) partly for the reason of being so impressed with a certain pad sound I'd made on mine. Unfortunately, recreating a randomly generated (then tweaked) patch on a synth with as many parameters as a microwave can be tricky.

As for analog emulation -- the microwave 2/XT can do simple subtractive, but that's not where their magic is at. A little bland without wavetable action.

[plikestechno]

Originally Posted by JEBEQ

About 3 weeks ago an Oberheim OB-X 8 voice nice condition sold on ebay for $450.00
I missed this opportunity and am still finding it hard to forgive my self for not having caught this.

Unless there is one different than this one...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI...3#ht_500wt_961

I bought this. It actually "only" ended up being a 4 voice. It's in need of servicing. The power supply at least for sure. Cosmetically looks mint but doesn't appear to ever be serviced as the seal of the red paint on the screws has not been broken. Probably needs a good recapping, some resoldering of broken connections done for sure from what I've read and been told. It is an early one before the later cards with the gate light.

Will have it serviced after I pay off some Serge and then be on the hunt for an expansion board and voice cards. How good of a "deal" it is will depend on how much it will cost to service but it was still a crazy deal considering and it came with a great rolling flight case that would probably cost more than what I paid for everything.

It said "local pickup only" but he was nice enough to let me have UPS pick it up for me. I was first to the pole and paid immediately.