The Poly800 does not sound cheap,ok the Poly 61 sounds slightly
better ,I know I used to own one but it didn't sound that much
better,even retro fitted with midi the Poly61 wasn't exactly a classic.
The Juno106 is a classic but very expensive,have you got £600 handy
for a shitty one?
I wouldn't go near a Juno 60 unless it had been retrofitted with midi
and serviced,
The JX8P is a classic too,I have probably said this before but I used
to have a limited edition version in very dark grey almost black which
stupidly I sold for £150 It had no names on the preset buttons but a
magnetic strip containing the preset names you could stick to the top
panel.I bid £400 for a normal one a few months back but got outbid.
There is a Honda generator that will run on coconut oil on a desert
island ;)
http://youtu.be/SA_FLKHPR88;)
On 22 Aug 2013, at 12:15, Daniel Forró wrote:
>
> Probably because all voices share one filter, and because saw wave is
> not real saw wave here, but only its approximation from the mix of
> four square waves. This all makes it sound "cheap" and thin even in
> the comparison with Korg Polysix or Poly 61, and it can't be compared
> with the other synths of those times with more typical "analog" sound
> - Roland Juno 60, Juno 106, JX3P, later JX8P, JX10, MKS70...
>
> This doesn't mean at all it's a bad synth. It has it's own character
> and identity. But if I should decide if P800 or DX7, second one is a
> winner :-) The only problem with desert island is the missing electric
> power... so ukulele or recorder would be better.
>
> Daniel Forro
>
> On 22 Aug, 2013, at 7:49 PM, Jason Adkins wrote:
>
> > I cannot understand why certain people say the poly 800 is not a
> real
> > polysynth over 50.000 couldn't care less, My favourite patch is the
> > one with the Japanese percussion and the string coming in
> > underneath,if it isn't a true polysynth I couldn't care less
> too,If I
> > was on a desert island with a generator I'd rather have the Poly800
> > than an FM synth.
>
>
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