and I'll use it on future albums. It is pointless trying to compare it to

other synths because the SX1000 is unique. OK, so the knobs are crap and it

has no memory or CV inputs, but it was never intended to be a high-end

synth. I have recently fitted a Kenton Electronics CV interface which I

link up to a Kenton ProSolo MIDI-to-CV unit, and it has given the SX a new

lease of life. The CV kit actually replaces the oscillator with one which sounds

even fatter AND gives you an extra octave below and above the original,

it also allows you to alter the filter via MIDI. My opinion is that if you

think the SX1000 is crap then you haven't bothered to experiment with it

- it's too easy to be put off by those crap knobs! Remember, a bad workman

always blames his tools.

for it's price. It can make brilliant sounds for a one osc machine, and is

certainly worth the $120. If you get a mod done by Analogue Solutions it

gains cv/gate inputs (costs about $75) which lets you sequence it easily.

You can also mod it for external input to the filter very easily which is

always useful

All in all it's a sexy little thing with nice colorful pots