otisroom wrote:Man, fuck Alesis. I used to work for that shitball company.

any interesting/funny/persuading stories?

I vote Micron for the full size keys alone.

I love the way alesis keyboards play, too. I've used weighted and unweighted versions of the QS series, and they are fantastic.

the korg feels like a cheap piece of shit.

fuck that thing.

Yeah, old wishy washy Charlie Brown here is leaning back towards the micron now after listening to some samples. I like the way it sounds. YouTube is funny: ever searched for gear demos on YouTube? There's a lot of boring/funny/cringeworthy-type stuff out there.

Plus, it looks like something you'd buy at Ikea.

I kind of like Ikea... well, for about 20 minutes anyway.

yeaqh. the Alesis sound library is pretty great. it helps to run it through a fuzz or a distortion to make it sound less sterile, but the quality of sound on their products are solid.

"my alesis is one with the rainforest"
-O. T. Layton

very nice knobs and sliders, too. I had the desktop reverb (the Wedge), which was actually a great little unit.

the R3 looks nice.

I'll second that Novation, too. powerful little fucker.

I vote for the Alesis because if I had a vocoder I'd just walk around talking through it all the time.

Get a kurzweil k2000,k2000s,k2000v3.

you can score them on the fee bay for the price of a used micron or mini. Those are some of the best synths ever especially for the market value you can get them at.

Also if your thinking about the R3 look at the alesis ion

I always say k2000,korg ms2000, or anything Nord

I am not saying the micron or mini is bad for the price. Would I pay for one new? No. But you should research the k2000.

Antero wrote:I vote for the Alesis because if I had a vocoder I'd just walk around talking through it all the time.

do they make a vocoder that automatically adds an italian accent?
I'd like to install one in my phone.

endofanera wrote:I have only one word to say on this subject: vocoder.

Come on.

the Micron has a Vocorder, you just have to get a mic for it. Sadly the (fake or otherwise) Italian patch never works from what I understand...

The Hi-Fi have an Ion, which is a big version of the Micron, Board member Choppy is really good with that thing, if you have questions on it contact him, I am sure he will be happy to answer anything...