Dotcomformat

Hear, hear! I'll second that vote of confidence in the Korg MS2000 
-- I have the rack-mounted version and it's a cool little synth. 
Great analog modeling, and best of all you can save your custom 
patches.

I especially use this synth for comping and other chord work, but 
also for some lead lines. The bass section is good, too. Don't 
care too much for the factory presets, but I've wiped many of 
them away, and replaced them with what I like better.

You can pick the rack-mounted version up used, for as low as 
$300.

Cheers,

 - Dana


--- In dotcomformat@yahoogroups.com, "Rich" 
<morbius001a@y...> wrote:
> --- In dotcomformat@yahoogroups.com, "analogue_ip3" 
<analogue@i...> 
> wrote:
> > Hi Morb,
> > 
> > Thats a nice pic.
> > 
> > Have you used the sequencer in the MS2000 with the 
Dotcom (via 
> midi)?
> > 
> > I have had my eye on the MS2000 for some time, it would be 
nice to
> > know if its horizons could be expanded.
> > 
> > All the best,
> > 
> > Clive.  
> 
> Hey Clive -
> 
> To be quite honest... I consider the Korg MS-2000 to be a pretty 
> bitchin' little synth. Yes... it'll MIDI to my dotcom quite well with 
> sequencer or apreggiator. It's considered an 'analog modeling' 
> synth... and kinda reminds me of what the ARP Oddessey was 
way back 
> then. It's somewhat patchable (internal patching), and gives 
you the 
> best of both worlds of analog and digital.
> 
> It's got onboard phasing/flanging and delay; 2 osc.'s, one with 
DWGS 
> wave; 3 x 16 sequencer (assignable pots for alot of stuff, 
including 
> timing); Korg's famous arp; reversible pots for most everything; 
2 
> LFO's with multiple waves & S/H; 2 EG's; +24/+12 
> lowpass/bandpass/highpass filters; digital memory & presets; 
mic & 
> line level inputs (which I actually use a good deal); vocoder; 
stereo 
> outputs; pitchbend & mod wheel; keyboard octave switching 
(four voice 
> polyphony); and you can set it up to play as two seperate 
synths for 
> very complex live patches and sounds... and a slew-gobble of 
more 
> stuff.
> 
> Ya know... if I was only allowed to have just one synth, or had 
very 
> little room and/or money, but wanted to have an extremely 
versatile 
> synth, or for playing live and for experimentation... I would 
> probably go with the MS-2000. The newer model has a mic on 
a 
> gooseneck built-in, but I'm not sure what other goodies have 
been 
> added (if any).
> 
> It's a way-kewel little synth, and I say that being an owner of 
both 
> a decent sized dotcom modular, and a Yamaha Motif ES-8 
workstation 
> (among other things). I would really recommend it for live gigs 
> (quick and easy to transport and nearly zero to set up & strike), 
and 
> also for also those who can't really afford a modular, and want 
a lot 
> of bang for the buck. If you check one out a music store, just 
play 
> the demo songs... that will give you a good idea of just some of 
it's 
> potential.
> 
> ~Morbius~