aen wrote:Arturia MiniBrute, or Moog Minitaur, or Slim Phatty, if you have a midi controller.
These! Also, DSI Mopho, Analog Solutions Semblance, Doepher Dark Energy, or maybe one of those old Roland SH-##'s. The Teenage Engineering OP-1 seems like a lot of fun too. These are all the synths I considered when I was looking to drop similar amounts of cash. Now I think I'm going to go modular instead.........
You could get a couple microkorgs. LAWL! Actually, I really wanted a Korg MS2000, that thing looks legit, and it's not in vogue right now, so they're pretty fuckin affordable.
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jskadiang wrote:I'd say try to get a used Minitaur somewhere (or even new actually, they're well within your price range). 100 presets, HUUUUUGE bass, compact as compact can be, very user-friendly. Moog. Can't go wrong.
hmmm, this increases my "want factor" again dramatically...
If it helps as justification, I was under the impression you already bought one.
No, no money. And other priorities (speaker, overheads, fuzz etc. you know it...)
you really haven't given us much to go on, but in that price range i'd give a serious look at used alesis ion. cheap, flexible, sounds pretty good, flexible... tbh from the way you are talking yiu don't really know what you want. Which of course is totally normal (or maybe I'm reading this wrong). So what I would reconmend is a flexible VA or try some soft synths, until you have a real solid idea of your favorite sounds, then come back and ask for more advice. The trouble with the softsynth route is that you probably need a keyboard, so again, a flexible VA is a smart first choice.
If you are looking for a general all-around synth, maybe check out the Roland Juno-Di, Juno-Gi, or GAIA SH-01. The GAIA SH-01 is a VA with a lot of sliders, but the modern conveniences of USB and 64-voice polyphony. The Junos are performance synths with tons of presets and a few knobs to modify the sounds. I mention them as non analog and crazy alternatives to all of the great suggestions already.
