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Recently, I'm going to purchase a YAMAHA MODX for daily improvisation / rehersal and live performance. There is a former thread: Should I buy a workstation workhorse or start with software? Some friends suggest me to add a Nord Lead 4R or Waldorf Blofeld, but I'm currently living in the metropolis and I don't want to take subway with second synth / laptop in gig bag. I found these waveforms in data list, seems there are several basic subtractive synth waveshapes sampled from Prophet 5 / SH-101 etc.: 2111 Sync Lead1 2112 Sync Lead2 2113 Sync Lead3 2114 Sync Lead4 2115 Sync Lead5 2116 Sync LFO 2117 P5 SawDown 0 dg 2118 P5 SawDown 180 dg 2119 P5 SawDown PhaseRndm 2120 P5 SawUp 0 dg 2121 P5 SawUp 90 dg 2122 P5 SawUp 180 dg 2123 P5 SawUp 270 dg 2124 OB Saw 2125 Saw 2126 1o1 Saw 2127 1o1 Sub 2128 Saw Square 2129 Square Saw 2130 Mg Ramp 2131 P10-1 2132 P10-2 2133 P10-3 2134 P25-1 2135 P25-2 2136 P50-1 2137 P50-2 2138 Tri Wave 2139 Sine 2140 Heterodyning Aside from FM-X part, of course there are no real variable pulse width / ring modulation / OSC sync things, and there is only 1 LFO per element in AWM2 part. Motion sequencers seems good and they can act like LFOs or cycled envelopes. Do anyone here have experience using ROMpler for analog styled sound design? What about make custom multisamples from analog / VA gears / plugins with SampleRobot? How do you feel the quality?

Seems MODX6 and MODX7 got the same keybeds.

Seems Casio PX-5S has been discontinuedâ¦

It's a bit complicated. The main reason I don't rely on INTEGRA-7 during gig is: it's too hard to change patch rapidly. This is somewhat indeed cause there are something like "little glitchy layered lead / vibraphone lasts for 2 bars" in our songs. BTW, these kind of patches would just drain out 64 studio sets quickly. Seems it's possible to send program change message or change MIDI channel from controller, but it's still painful to use and not every controller features these things.

Addendum: I thought I could use INTEGRA-7 on live performance, but it only has 64 studio sets (i.e 16 part multitimbral patch). Worst of all, you have to dive into main menu (or press button for several times) to change the studio set, and there is about 1 second lag⦠Maybe a controller with assignable (program change) foot switch could solve this? Any familiar scenario (rack module for gig)?

Hi! The condition is⦠I'm a keyboard player of a jazz fusion / alternative rock band and need various kind of sounds (multitimbral synth, vintage keys, piano, acoustic instrument mockeryâ¦). But I also do the electronic music production (probably DnB?) and song arrangement as well. I'm about to graduate from uni, and I've use school-owned studiologic digital piano for years (play with its inbuilt sound and use it as a controller for MainStage as well). I have to pick up my own keyboard now. The gear / software I already have: Roland INTEGRA-7. You may think it's a bit WTF to hold it if I don't own any keyboard controller and don't do much commercial composition:facepalm:. Yeah I unexpectedly got this with an extraordinary low price and I'm not sure if I should sell or keep it. IMO, It's basically a summit of 1990-2000s sounds and sounds good, got many out-of-box sounds for a keyboardist / EDM producer, but if I sell it, I could buy some squishy analog revival gear or software bundles like Ableton Live Suite or NI Komplete. MacBook Pro late 2013, with Logic Pro X and MainStage. Yeah it's currently the center of my workflow but it's getting old, the battery and SSD is dying, and it's performance is somewhat mediocre (2 Cores, 8GB RAM). I'm considering to save money for buying a new one. A Windows desktop. It's currently for gaming:facepalm:, got i7 8700 processor and 32GB of RAM. It could be my future production workhorse but I have to migrate to another DAW, and it's not for gigging. Maschine Mikro Mk2 (comes with some Kontakt libraries and Massive). I received it as a gift. Arturia V-Collection and Serum. So, I got about $1200-1800 to spent on gear. Should I buy: A workstation workhorse (like YAMAHA MODX7), and a budget tiny 32-49 keys MIDI keyboard (like Arturia Keystep) for production / solo / outdoor use Or Start with all-software workflow, purchase a premium controller like NI Komplete Kontrol S61 Mk2 and save money for software (like Ableton Live Suite or NI Komplete) and analog gear (like Korg Minilogue xd)? If I choose the MODX7, Pros: Overall good keyboard / synth sound for gigging, cut through the mix and easy to use, focus more on music and technique. Still a somewhat good controller with knobs, sliders and good keybed (no aftertouch, meh). Vintage keyboard and FM synth sounds are still competitive in production, and 8x16 parts ROMpler are interesting and useful in rehearsal / live. Cons: Japanese workstations are freaking overpriced and would eventually be obsolescence (YAMAHA: Yeah we've released MODX2! Worship gigging players and cover bands would definitely purchase a new one:facepalm:). Most onboard sounds are useless in production because Kontakt and software VA / analog synth can do way better. If I choose all-software workflow, Pros: Good VA and sample-based sound libraries, could use same gear for both gigging and production. MainStage and Live Suite are incredibly versatile and powerful. Analog gear like Korg Minilogue xd would not become obsolescence like it's workstation cater-cousins. Cons: Not very handy for gigging, especially on jamming / rehearsal scenario. It's a bit hard on mixing when use plug-ins from different vendor during live. And⦠There may be a third way: purchase a budget digital piano / entry level workstation (like Korg Kross) for casual use / rehearsal and then go to the second way. So what's your suggestion?