On Tue, 1 Jan 2008, Michael Hawkins wrote:
> I just spent the entire evening playing around with my Poly 800 and EX
> 800 in the bug tested cascade sync mode and the sounds were fantastic
> (!!!) with the stereo left being the Poly 800 and the stereo right being
> the EX800. Since the clocks in the units are not exactly the same, the
> envelopes and MG VCF/reso sweeps sound fantastic (!!!).
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did you see god when you did that? that's absolutely sick!!!!
> Soon we'll be reintroducing the Poly 800 and EX800 back into the
> mainstream with a kick ass sound that should make it highly sort after
> and will finally settle the question as to whether the Roland Juno 106
> is better. Even if it ever was, it's not anymore!
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1) it never was. especially for 4-5 times the price.
2) the voice chips on them are starting to die of old age, en masse.
hhmmm... and how will these two factors combine to affect the price of the
p800...? mike, maybe you can offer a discount on the kit if people send
you their old JUNOs... and you can make extra money selling juno parts ;)
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