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How is the casio cz 101?

and how are casio cz synths in general?
what are the good ones?

focusrite saffire 6 usb??

Yeah fresh batteries and a well fitting, up to spec psu should get you all set with that CZ101. It is indeed exactly the same as the 1000. They are actually all the same when it comes to sound but when it comes to features the flagship CZ1 is the nicest. CZ101 is the most expensive generally, probably cause it's so small.
Ow and as for sound, it reminds me a lot of the 4 op DX synths. Great for weird metalic sounds but also for nice warm basses or mid cutting strings. They're very all round, they just have something unique about them... They can be very noisy too, especially when you play deep bass sounds which just don't get amplified enough.

This track has some CZ in it, the kinda sound why I love mine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzjzra0fj9g

the portamento lead is CZ101 and the Sitar like sound near the end is a CZ1. The stab sounds are DX100, but I'm sure you can make them with the CZ too. The bass is a DW8000.

I never really go on with the Jomox 999 and sold it.  The OS is pretty flakey and there's lots of menu diving.  Also if you're updating the OS it only works with certain midi interfaces so check on the Jomox site.   

I sold mine and got a Vermona DRM.  It hasn't got the memories or the sequencer and it doesn't sound as "909/Techno" as the Jomox but I prefer the sound and it's always nice having lots of knobs to fiddle with rather than having to read the manual each time you want to edit something.

Yeah I love my Vermona.. A lot of Bang for the buck (lol no pun intended)

don't forget the DSI/Roger Linn Tempest is scheduled for release in June

watwatwat? half of my post is missing? goddamnit!

Ment to say that ...deliver the 909-808 style "basic oldschool" drumsounds. Which i've understood MD does pretty well.
Many say that the MD sounds very digital while the jomox machines are true analogue and sound much better.

I'm not so needy about the true analogue sound but if the MD sounds TOO distinctively digital, maybe its not the right option then.

Opinions?

I have a jomox x-base 09 and elektron machine drum uw-1 (mk1).

Both are great in many ways. The elektron definitely is digital sounding, but the sampler is so effing awesome, it's 12-bit very punchy, and raw sounding. You can get some 606/808 style kicks and snares (last night I was playing between a sample of modded 606 and the a synthesized sd and was struck by how similar they sounded.

But by far the coolest part of the machinedrum to me is the parameter lock function. It is really quick to get a grasp of and can be used to create some really interesting tones, and rhythms.

The sequence is quite machine like so the rhythms tend to be more clockwork sounding than imitating a real drummer (which is fine for me, but if you are into doing rhythms that aren't 4/4 it can be difficult  to get them programmed into the sequencer)

had one here for a while a long time ago.. it seemd like a pretty uninspiring machine with some weird quirks, but it is an analogue polysynth. kind of matrix 1000-ish..

@ Revok, if you're interested, I'm selling an MPC 2000 in the Trade/Sell forum here

do you only want the gritty sound? then you can buy an old samper for a lot less.. or is it the mpc concept youre after?