Synthesizers

[QuarkSoup]

I'm looking to buy a synthesizer but I have no idea what's worth buying. I'm using it for a project that's in the same vein as Rush (La Villa Strangiato, Xanadu, Cygnus X-1), older Porcupine Tree, songs like The Sky Moves Sideways Phase 1 & 2. I don't really have a price range being that I have a good job and only 2 bills to pay at the moment but I don't want to spend an obscene amount of money. This project is just me and a friend who plays drums, so I don't intend on playing gigs or anything. Thanks.

By the way, I was a little unsure of where this should go. So if it's in the wrong place can a mod please move it?

 

[garcia3441]

Minimoog is what Geddy Lee uses.

Minimoog - WikiRecording

I have a Voyager, but the retail price is around $3200.

 

[QuarkSoup]

Minimoog is what Geddy Lee uses.

Minimoog - WikiRecording

I have a Voyager, but the retail price is around $3200.

Yea, I know the Moogs are expensive. I checked eBay and they had a guy selling a Voyager for about $1,300. I wish I could have bought it but I don't have that kind of money right now.

 

[Leec]

Hey man. The Korg Trinity is a very powerful keyboard. It's quite old now, I think it came out around 95-96. Derek Sherinian still uses his in the studio because of its really powerful M-bank sounds - which shaped a lot of what Korg did since.
It's got a great sequencer on it, too. A ribbon for effects, and a neat bar instead of separate pitch and modulation wheels.
The biggest drawback is I guess its limited expansion - you can't load samples on to it or anything. But that doesn't sound like something you need to do.
The huge plus is it's now really cheap, and you can find them online with all sorts of extras, like external HD recorders.

Try to get the V3 if you can, it had more sounds.

 

[QuarkSoup]

Hey man. The Korg Trinity is a very powerful keyboard. It's quite old now, I think it came out around 95-96. Derek Sherinian still uses his in the studio because of its really powerful M-bank sounds - which shaped a lot of what Korg did since.
It's got a great sequencer on it, too. A ribbon for effects, and a neat bar instead of separate pitch and modulation wheels.
The biggest drawback is I guess its limited expansion - you can't load samples on to it or anything. But that doesn't sound like something you need to do.
The huge plus is it's now really cheap, and you can find them online with all sorts of extras, like external HD recorders.

Try to get the V3 if you can, it had more sounds.

Wow, thanks man. I'll definitely look into that. I've been shopping around for a while but I'm clueless in the world of synths. I'd like something that I can load samples onto but it's not really a necessity.

 

[Desecrated]

roland xp-30. it´s a bit of a wildcard but, it works really well,

or korg triton.

 

[Sleeper]

Alesis Fusion? Fairly cheap, but surprisingly powerful. I'm a week away from buying one, hopefully.

 

[QuarkSoup]

Here are a few synths I found on Musician's Friend. I've never heard of the first one. Maybe someone knows something about it?

Buy Kurzweil KME-61 Synthesizer online at Musician's Friend

Buy Yamaha S08 Performance Synth online at Musician's Friend