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What do you think of KORG DVP-1 ?

internal carrierwaves are very cool, are also used in Clint Mansell's Requiem for a Dream soundtrack. You can play it as a polysynth with those waves or use it as carrier etc, versatile piece of gear. They have a nice rattling sound to them

The vocoder is okay, nothing spectacular but not bad.

The DX and CZ you are probably looking for are the DX100 and CZ101. If it's really only to bring along for shows and sound doesn't matter so much I'd go for the DX because it's push buttons are better constructed than those of the CZ101. The DX keyboard also feels better but the keys are slightly smaller compared to the CZ, yet both are not really practical if you have big hands. Soundwise the DX100 comes very close to the CZ101, but the CZ is easier to edit and it's 4 parts multitimbral (4 monophonic parts if you use both oscs). The CZ1000 is the same as the 101 but slightly bigger with bigger keys and the buttons are better designed. Still, because both CZ's use 6 D-cell batteries to back up the user memory I wouldn't trust them for live gigs. Not unless you mod it.

Another option could be the Korg 707. Quite a challange to edit (well, at least compared to the CZ and DX) but it sounds quite in the same league (they used a Yamaha FB01 chip). It is bigger than both the CZ101 and DX100, with bigger keys and it seems pretty well build. I've never taken the 707 out to gigs (unlike the DX100 and CZ101) so I can't tell how well it actually is build, but it seems pretty sturdy.

In euro country, the CZ101, 1000 and DX100 will all sell for about 250 euro, more or less. The Korg 707 goes for less, I reckon 150.

Btw why not the MicroKorg? It is a very good little synth...

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that sounds like a pretty good deal.. it'll surely sound better than something like a behringer or other cheapo mixers.. and it seems pretty well spec-ed, inclusing subgroups, midsweep eq's and indeed a lot of aux sends.. nice long faders.. as far as i know, lem=gem=crumar=italy.. but it might be another desk with just the lem name tag on it..

get a DX21. sounds like a DX100, but bigger keys, split & double modes, chorus ect..

have a dx21 already, actually! hadn't even considered that as an option, although maybe that could work. it's still on the heavy-ish side - size and weight are the two most important factors here. we're doing some touring, and anything to cut down weight is going to be essential.

YOU WILL LOVE IT MAN!!!!

oh yeah, microkorgs are everywhere, in just about every genre of music right now. and to be fair, that's part of the reason i wouldn't want to be using one - just that kneejerk snobbishness :-P
but i've also spent more than a couple hours w/ one, and just never found it compelling. buzzy, tinny, and plasticky in all the wrong ways, shitty small keys, kinda cheap build, and a pretty unappealing interface, just really no charm. i honestly don't see what people find exciting about it, other than the relatively low price and the easy replaceability...

haha, that's hilarilous. i totally know what you mean, though. there's plenty of VA and other newer synths that you can get very good sounds out of, and plenty of records i love have been made w/ them. im sure opening my mind more to them would be beneficial. in the past i've enjoyed playing w/ the nord lead and micromodular. i know two bands that play live w/ a DSI evolver, and it sounds pretty good...
still, bottom line - why deal w/ a microkorg when, when playing w/ a juno 60 is more fun, more efficient, and generally sounds better? i just know if i had one in the studio, i would NEVER touch it. i even rarely reach for my poly800 because i find programming it too dull and slow, and that synth has a lot more inherent, albeit awkward, charm than the microkorg...

uh, anyway, still no word on the alpha junos - can anybody tell me about how heavy they are?

Alpha Juno 2 has aftertouch, but like with other Roland synths it sometimes isn't working that good anymore today.
Cleaning might help. In my case the small aftertouch-plug inside the synth was loose, but i still have to press very hard for the aftertouch to respond.

is there a significant weight diff between the 1/2?