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Hi everyone,
I have a Roland Alpha Juno 2 from the last 80s which has served me well through many bands, and apart from one minor glitch performs as well today as when I bought it. Mightily fed up with editing sounds through the alpha dial, which is a right faff. I can't find a Roland PG200 programmer for love nor money (Roland would sell a ton of these if they made them again, given the number of Junos and Jupiters still in existence)
I'm looking for something with easy editing capability, such as the Roland System 8 or JD-XA, one of the Nord Wave range, Studiologic Sledge V2, Korg KingKorg, Behringer DeepMind 12, or possibly even the Arturia MatrixBrute, though that last one looks a bit OTT.
Anyway, I'm sure anyone of these will fit the bill - though I need something reliable. It will always be moved in a proper made-to-measure padded flight case, but I don't want gremlins creeping in.
I have already read enough about the Behringer's reliability (or lack of it) to knock that off the list. Rolands are tough, though the two mentioned here are only 4 octave keyboards. I like Nord, as my main keyboard is the superb Nord Electro 3, though I'm quite drawn to the StudioLogic Sledge V2, not least because it's a lot cheaper than the Nords and Rolands.
Studiologic are Italian, though the Sledge uses components from the Waldorf Blofeld synth. Does anyone have any experience on reliability for these synths? Any other recommendations?
I have a Roland Alpha Juno 2 from the last 80s which has served me well through many bands, and apart from one minor glitch performs as well today as when I bought it. Mightily fed up with editing sounds through the alpha dial, which is a right faff. I can't find a Roland PG200 programmer for love nor money (Roland would sell a ton of these if they made them again, given the number of Junos and Jupiters still in existence)
I'm looking for something with easy editing capability, such as the Roland System 8 or JD-XA, one of the Nord Wave range, Studiologic Sledge V2, Korg KingKorg, Behringer DeepMind 12, or possibly even the Arturia MatrixBrute, though that last one looks a bit OTT.
Anyway, I'm sure anyone of these will fit the bill - though I need something reliable. It will always be moved in a proper made-to-measure padded flight case, but I don't want gremlins creeping in.
I have already read enough about the Behringer's reliability (or lack of it) to knock that off the list. Rolands are tough, though the two mentioned here are only 4 octave keyboards. I like Nord, as my main keyboard is the superb Nord Electro 3, though I'm quite drawn to the StudioLogic Sledge V2, not least because it's a lot cheaper than the Nords and Rolands.
Studiologic are Italian, though the Sledge uses components from the Waldorf Blofeld synth. Does anyone have any experience on reliability for these synths? Any other recommendations?