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Looking for a sub $400 synth
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2018 4:07 pm
by bronzetalon
I have $400 in gift cards for guitar center and I wanted to get a synth of some form. What's the best bang for my money for the $400. I only have a microkorg and the midi controller currently.
Re: Looking for a sub $400 synth
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2018 4:11 pm
by jrfox92
Re: Looking for a sub $400 synth
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2018 4:15 pm
by Kacey Y
Arturia MicroBrute is around $300 new and you can find deals for open box or slightly used. You can also find different versions of the MiniBrute used within that budget.
Re: Looking for a sub $400 synth
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2018 4:44 pm
by tremolo3
Monologue, or 2 Volcas, Sample and FM?
Re: Looking for a sub $400 synth
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2018 4:48 pm
by D.o.S.
MicroBrute or Monologue are both great suggestions. What kind of synth do you want though?
Re: Looking for a sub $400 synth
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2018 4:58 pm
by 01010111
For that, I’d get the Roland JP-08, but to echo D.O.S., it really depends on what you want?
Re: Looking for a sub $400 synth
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2018 4:59 pm
by Ghost Hip
D.o.S. wrote:MicroBrute or Monologue are both great suggestions. What kind of synth do you want though?
This. You're not too far away from a Korg MS-20 mini too.
Re: Looking for a sub $400 synth
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2018 7:59 pm
by harpies
Call them and ask for at least 15% off. They’ve gotten a bit more amenable to it. Grab a minilogue
Re: Looking for a sub $400 synth
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2018 8:02 pm
by bronzetalon
Got a used JP-08, didnt know they existed but that will do it for me. Thanks guys.
Re: Looking for a sub $400 synth
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2018 2:44 am
by 01010111
Did I trade you that microkorg for a Dwarfcraft thing a few years back? Does the fourth encoder give ya fits?
Re: Looking for a sub $400 synth
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2018 8:26 am
by popvulture
harpies wrote:Call them and ask for at least 15% off. They’ve gotten a bit more amenable to it. Grab a minilogue
^^^ yup.
Minilogue is crazy for the price... you can probably find an open box one. Unless you're dead set on a monosynth, and even then the Minilogue has various modes which cover that territory, though not as well as a dedicated mono.
Re: Looking for a sub $400 synth
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2018 4:03 pm
by Faldoe
I assume the Gift Card works for used gear too, right? I’d search online and see what they have in the used gear section. Notation K-Station is a fun synth and they usually go for cheap. I got mine for $175 and seen them around that price locally.
Re: Looking for a sub $400 synth
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2018 4:05 pm
by actual
An Access Virus B or C would give you a whole lot of bang for the buck.
Re: Looking for a sub $400 synth
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2018 4:29 pm
by spacelordmother
actual wrote:An Access Virus B or C would give you a whole lot of bang for the buck.
When you find one for sub $400 let me know!
Re: Looking for a sub $400 synth
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2018 4:32 pm
by actual
Here's one for 410eur. That's 508usd, but I've seen them go for less.
https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anz ... 90-74-6471
