need a nice synth board to compliment my mpc 1k

[The Bastard]

aright so im close to payin off my musicians friend credit card and i want a nice synthesizer to compliment my mpc 1k. theres the obvious trton le or motif but im not really lookin to buy anything in that price range im lookin for sumthin for about 500. i dont care bout new high tech chart topping patches im looking for sumthin the bread n butter shit ,gotta have nice pianos bass and all them good shits u know. i dont care if its older model or whatever i just need sumthin ill be able to get a lot of use out of. any ideas people

 

[Producer X]

Since you said it could be old, a Korg Trinity might do the trick. They're going for about 350 - 500 on eBay.

 

[SketchUp]

hey man im in the same situation as you im also lookin to compliment my 1k.i aint so sure what to get. id prefer to get an all in one synth but a cheaper option is to get a controller and a module in most cases.

 

[DJ Hoppa]

damn, im in the exact situation as well... im strictly sample-based, but i would like a nice lil module to use with the 1k for some added sounds

 

[erkl]

microkorg or the micron are all bang for your buck

 

[The Bastard]

tis the season to demo keyboards

 

[x-squizet]

well you can look at the roland xp-30, you got the yamaha so3 we use it at church it got some nice patches on it,

and you can all ways get some rack moduels to like proteus, motif, and roland.

 

[The Bastard]

From My Online Research Looks Like Im Gunna Cop The Roland Rs-50 61 ,i Still Want To Hear The Sounds From It Before I Actually Get It Tho

 

[SketchUp]

microkorg or the micron are all bang for your buck

Just wonderin, wot do u think of the microkorg. gotta say the price attracted me but i wanted to know what it is best for and is it worth gettin to back up samples?

 

[erkl]

its dope - its best for analog synth sounds, super fat.

go play with one at a store!

 

[SketchUp]

il do that

 

[The Bastard]

i dunno bout the microkorg as a bread and butter unit. i mean wouldnt all the beats u make it sound a little similar due to the type of sound it puts out,seems better as an addition

 

[ACEBEATZ]

microkorg dont offer a lot of sound.

If youre lookin for something analog and programmation check out the Korg Ms2000 Rack, I think the price dropped below 500 $.

A nice JV-1080 or any other roland expandable module can be a good choice, cuz you can get it for not much then expand it later with JV or srx cards, dependly on wich module you choose.

E-Mu's aren't made anymore so you can cope some for 300$-400$.

Mo Phatt is a reputed module from eMu for hip-hop.

Kawai 5000r is a bread and butter unit, with a lot of sound kinda GM but sounding different than GM. I heard dis a good unit and it can be found used for 400-500$ max.

My personnal choice would go with a Roland XV-2020 if I were on budget : already 64MB of great sounds and you can expand with 2 more SRX board. JV boards are nice and cheap (99-150$ approximately) but SRX are greater, built from the best patch of Jv's boards plus new actual patches.

Check it out.

 

[JPeg]

the micron sounds better then the microkorg to me so u may wanna check that

 

[SketchUp]

rite sorry for changin the subject a bit but i need to know the right connections for a mpc1k, a sound module (eg. emu proteus), a midi controller

i need to kno how i can use the controller to trigger sounds in the module, so that the sounds are played through the mpc sequencer(and recorded in a sequence).

help with this would b much appreciated(if it is possible wot i want to do)....... also, do i need a mixer for these connections.