Members Awake77 Posted June 14, 2006 Members Share Posted June 14, 2006 For adding some vintage goodness to the sonic pallette - what do you think is a better choice? Ive listened to samples of each, and while both sound great - at least to my ears I almost think the 990 sounds nicer. The pads definitely sound thicker/bigger - but then again I havent had a chance to hear everything the ION can do and Im biased, already owning a JD800. The ION aint no joke though, thats for sure. This isnt an impending GAS purchase or anything, just wondering what you thought. - (seriously, Im all GASsed out) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bax Posted June 14, 2006 Members Share Posted June 14, 2006 Depends on if you want analog synth tweakness or more versatility... I have both and for the plain old VA stuff I'd definitly go for the Ion just because of the ease of sound design - knobs and sliders do help for more interactivity and feedback on making sounds - especially when you are trying to duplicate something from an analog. I've tried to use the Ion side by side with my MKS-80 or Matrix6R to duplicate sounds and those knobs really make a difference. The JD is the pad/otherworldly/ethereal/etc monster. Sounds amazing, does some really wild things and is just quality through and through. It's a rack, but you can always use that JD-800 to control that JD-990 Or maybe the ReMOTE SL. It's one of the better rackmount synths from a programming perspective, but it *is* still a rack... That said, I'm running out of room and something (a board) probably has to go soon. Since I have enough other stuff to cover VA, the Ion is probably moving to the basement for a while. The JD can do much more than that and I would agree that it probably sounds better than the Ion, so she's not going anywhere. Hope that helps...thanks! bax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members eminor9 Posted June 14, 2006 Members Share Posted June 14, 2006 You don't need another pad monster if you have a Z1 and a JD-800. After using Roland & Yamaha romplers a totally new world opened to me after purchasing an NL2x. Think Ion has roughly same capabilities but much less voices (only 8 I believe) whereas NL2x has 20. Needless to say a rompler stacked with a VA = Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Don Solaris Posted June 14, 2006 Members Share Posted June 14, 2006 Originally posted by Awake77 The ION aint no joke though, thats for sure. You should get rid of GAS. This will cheer you up: http://sites.gizoogle.com/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Facapella.harmony-central.com%2Fforums%2Fshowthread.php%3Fs%3D%26threadid%3D1276079 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MarkShovel Posted June 14, 2006 Members Share Posted June 14, 2006 Don, the translation is very funny. Thanks for a good laugh! Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members eminor9 Posted June 14, 2006 Members Share Posted June 14, 2006 Originally posted by Don Solaris You should get rid of GAS. This will cheer you up: http://sites.gizoogle.com/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Facapella.harmony-central.com%2Fforums%2Fshowthread.php%3Fs%3D%26threadid%3D1276079 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Awake77 Posted June 14, 2006 Author Members Share Posted June 14, 2006 You should get rid of GAS. This will cheer you up: Righteous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 13ghostsofscoobydoo Posted June 14, 2006 Members Share Posted June 14, 2006 why not a little vintage analog mono? for around the same money you could get a Korg MS-10 or Yamaha CS-15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Awake77 Posted June 14, 2006 Author Members Share Posted June 14, 2006 Ive thought about that too...the CS-15 looks pretty sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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