-----Original Message-----
From: Cary Roberts [mailto:
Cary.Roberts@...]
Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2000 5:49 AM
To: Analogue Heaven
Subject: Re: [AH] MKS-80 and Virus - the final word
>I know this may seem like a tired issue, and it was to me until I came up
>with around 800$ and started to think about which synths to buy. Does
>anybody own both an MKS-80 and a Virus? What are there relative strengths
>and weaknesses? If you only had the money for one, which would you go
>for. . .or rather, which would you go for first?
MKS80. Autotune button. 'Nuff said.
Well, almost. While I believe the Virus is the most realistic
sounding VA on the market right now, (not necessarily the best, just
the most realistic) it can't hold a candle to a MKS-80. I have
and love my MKS-80 rev4. The thing is almost as fat as my OBX,
and the longer you leave it on, the fatter it gets. Well, up
until you hit autotune..... I had my MKS-80 at AHMW2000 being
triggered from my Prophet2000 arpeggiator - it really sounds fantastic.
It certainly ranks up there with the memorymoog, P5, and OBX.
I'm sure there were some others at the event that can attest to
its fatness.
-Cary