Old modules by the bushel

This studio is selling a bunch of old modules. Don't know if any of them are really good deals, but I thought I would share:

http://www.ebay.com/sch/pdlxtech/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=

The Ensoniq MR Rack has some great sounds in it, but I'd be surprised to see them fetch $300 for it. That's a 1996 design. I still use my MR76 keyboard, which this is the rack version of. For such an old piece of gear, the piano is remarkably good. When it finally bites the dust I'll replace it with a better piano, but I'll miss the SuitcasePiano rhodes patch, which is particularly musical (though still not the be-all-end-all of Rhodes; it doesn't bark when you dig in.) The stereo vibrato on it is inauthentic, but is way cool. It triggers independently per note, so you can have different notes all over the room.

Other sounds on it that I like include marimba and vibes, and it has a lot of drum kits, some really quite good. Some use the GM MIDI keyboard map, but I prefer the ones that don't, where it has multiple sounds for the same instrument on successive keys, which makes a rhythm track a lot more natural. (Later drum machines and software based ones often have a list of samples per key for some, where you get a round-robin, and that works well too and is simpler and makes it easier to read the MIDI piano rolls or scores. It's also better in being GM-compatible for canned drum tracks.)

Don't know much about the rest, though. My guess is the prices are hopes, and many will come down later.

Definitely some good stuff there. Some prices are decent, others are a bit high.

I've got a number of those in my studio. A few months ago I picked up a Korg Trinity Rack and am extremely impressed with the variety and quality of sounds in it. I'd definitely recommend that one out of the bunch, although I also like the Wavestation SR and Kurzweil K2000R.

The Alesis QSR is a really nice piece. Light and compact, too. I think price may be a bit high, though, even though he's including a nice expansion card with it.

Doesn't ship to Canada.

Prices are definitively on the too high side. It asks 150 USD for 03R/W, and gives no PCM card with it. It also has misleading statement that runs the same patches as 01W, which not entirely true.