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uralmoto2001 a \ufffdcrit :

>Two attempts at an "all in one" synth (at opposite ends of the price 
>spectrum) are the Alesis Fusion and the Korg Oa$y$ ;) My S80 with the 
>AN and DX boards installed is a pretty good 3 in 1 rig. A minimum 
>setup for me is 2 boards; I gotta have 88 weighted keys and a 
>clonewheel(CX-3). Hammond organ riffs are impossible to play on Piano 
>keys.  -Steve     
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For "alien1x" : i  missed something.... my own gear!
Yamaha AN1x, of course...
Kawa\ufffd K1, because of its basic "rough" approach of the additive (or more 
precisely wavetable*) synthesis.A funny joystick to mix the 4 waves 
added, but neither MIDI controlled, nor MIDI controller : it would have 
been great , sigh ...
Casio CZ : the phase distorsion is easier to program than FM, assuming 
it is very similar electronically speaking, and the 8 (!) segment 
envelopes are very powerful . One regret : once programmed, there is no 
real time control.... but for an early eighties digital synth....
Red Sound Elevata expander (virtual analog as the AN1x) : the sounds are 
"analog" too, but very different from the AN1x ones, more "raw" and 
sometimes agressive, 8 part multitimbral . And it's a collector item : 
only 250 made by a small british company.
Another "collector" : Evolution EVS1 expander, british "multimode 
synthesis" engine (FM, phase distorsion, additive) .You can assign a few 
external controllers to some parameters. Some sounds can be very "D50 
like", others are typically FM
The Kawa\ufffd is hooked to the Red Sound, because it has external signal 
inputs and i can use its VCF-VCA-LFOs to "post process" the sounds of 
the Kawa\ufffd which has no filter (!), or mix them to the internal classic 
"Saw - sine - square" VCOs.... it's like adding 4 more VCOs with other 
waveforms.
The AN1x usually controls the EVS1 : i can assign a knob or 2 as MIDI 
controllers for it.
The CZ is used alone (no velocity sensitive keyboard...) for soloing or 
pads.
Each synth was purchased second hand at a bargain price.... they're all 
now "obsolete", but not mythical and sought-after oldies!
Cheers !
J.F.
*The only real additive synth in mass production was the Kawa\ufffd K5 (64 
harmonics !). The K1 adds 2 to 4 complex waveforms, each with its own 
envelope and delay, that's all! Further Kawa\ufffd synths got a basic 
internal lo pass filter....