Comments | freeze_etch: Alesis MICRON

freeze_etch

Alesis MICRON

Nov 22, 2007 03:22

JUST BOUGHT ONE!

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Comments 6

blaugirl November 22 2007, 08:44:42 UTC

SEXAY

certain_harbors November 23 2007, 04:56:21 UTC

I'm jealous...I'm in the absurdly infantile stages of a dance/electronic project and I wish I knew what equipment to buy/save for.

freeze_etch November 23 2007, 20:30:32 UTC

If you're looking for a first synth, there are a number of cost-effective options I would recommend investigating... I actually scored this (refurbished) Micron for $300 (that's down from $400 normally), and it has the same synth engine as it's older brother the Ion, as well as a vocoder and an onboard sequencer (the latter of which the Ion doesn't even have)! And for a digital synth, this is about as close to true analog sound as it gets, so if you want them phat as hell Boards Of Canada bass lines or warm old-school ambient tones this is not a bad instrument for that sort of thing. So a Micron would probably not be a bad place to start, though you can of course audition mine sometime if you're interested.

Other options might include a Korg microKorg ($400), a Novation XioSynth (25-key version: $300), or a Korg Electribe EMX1 (synth groovebox - $500) or ESX1 (sampling groovebox - $500).

Speaking from experience: I used to own an older generation version of the Electribe (the EA-1) in high school, and as my first experience with ( ... )

certain_harbors November 24 2007, 01:41:18 UTC

Wow, thanks! Lot of info. I'll point my partner in crime to this too and maybe we'll get out on the water ALONE for 2 or 3 days, make a decision.

willowperson November 23 2007, 15:45:56 UTC

wooooo!

carpe_jugulum November 24 2007, 20:29:11 UTC

That is one faggy keyboard. I love it.