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a poly 61 one with 6 not working keys? are it bad contacts? or does the poly61's te same problems as juno with its voices?

Non functioning keys is a common problem on Poly 61's, about as common as their battery leaking issue. Indeed, with the poly 61 a malfunctioning keyboard can be caused by either the keyboard itself (bad or dirty contacts) or the electronics. There's more info here: http://www.mik-music.org/tiki-index.php … -61+Repair

It's not like it's a steal or anything. 80 euro is a normal price for these 90s budget samplers. You could probably find them even cheaper, kinda depends on what extra's you get (memory expansion, discs, scsi card and / or drives, that kinda stuff).
If you can use a simple hardware sampler go for it, if not... well, don't go for it. The Emu was a tad better than its competitor, the Akai S2000, cause it came with more outputs (the Akai had an optional output expander), was easier to edit and (but that's a matter of taste) it sounded better. But I don't think it came standard with scsi connector, unlike the S2000.

Thanks guys, I'll keep my eyes open for better models then. Although they seldom appear here, and when they do, they are usually overpriced. I guess people don't want to part with something they payed a lot for in the past for dirt cash.
I saw an AKAI S6000 for 500eur and it was actually sold for that amount. Which in my opinion is too much.
I had my eye at E-mu because of the sound all the people are going crazy about on the interwebz.

i dont think 500euro is too much for an akai6000. consider what you get. a well build peace of hardware, wich works in every situation (unlike pcs and macs) and has decent ad convertors. the akai had a price like 5000euro and this was just like 8 or 9 years ago. i paied 3200 for my emu 5000 back in the days and it still hurts when i think about what they can do. ok , software is much cheaper but you still dont have exellent converters. imo an akai for 500 bucks is, maybe not a bargain, but very ok. i

hmmm the seller want 60 e for it. and says it has been in his garage. he thinks its only the contacts. what you guys think?

Personally, for 60 euro I think it's worth a shot. I would buy it, open it up, take out the battery (which really is notorious) and replace it immediatly. It can be a good deal if you don't mind spending a few bucks more on repairing it (or having it repaired). There's plenty of good repair people in Holland so that's not the problem, but be prepaired that it might cost you more than those 60 euro's.
With these kinda deals it is worth figuring out what you would really want to spend for this synth. Is it only 60 euro, then don't buy it. Are you willing to spend a 100 more on getting it fixed if it's needed, then go for it.

well i like the sound and would like to link it up to my kpr77 and sq01. fixing some dirty/bad contacts isnt a problem i think. but is the battery so hard to fix?

Hope a guy gets back to me. It's been about four hours. Roland D50 + PG1000 + card(s) apparently perfect for $350 Canadian. Saw it 10 minutes after it went up on my Blackberry but wasn't able to get on a proper computer until it was up for around 2 hours. Would be nice as he lives two minutes away from me.

They're not worth as much these days as I thought they were but $350 would still be a heckuva deal.

have had a d50 for a week now. didn't like it at first, but now i found some really good sounding presets from the internet and i have started to like it alot. there is still that really high digital hiss on every sound, but that can be eq:ed out really easy.
i really need that pg1000 since i think that programming your own sounds is really painfully slow.. it just seems that you have to pay something like 250 euro for the programmer alone here in europe.. anyone have a cheap pg1000 for sale?

hey septic. thanks for the tips. have to check that midiquest thingie. i have one editor but it is really crappy.
i didn't quite get that 92 rombanks thing. my d50 is updated with that m.ex extension (double memory and multitrimbality options, and faster interface something). but that's not it right? do tell me more!

i have a shitload of patches, so if you can tell me where the ravesounds are, let me know

@ Septic.

What DAW do you use?  When I try and run midiquest XL from inside cubase it won't let me access my MOTU midi express it says it's already being used by Cubase.