love my old '61. The basic parameters are a bit limiting as are the

excrutiatingly annoying button controls, although

opening the lovely early 80's casing (which is thoughtfully on hinges)

and playing with the pots can generate some amazingly unpredictable

sounds. By altering each of the 6 voices you can get the arpeggiator

to do some interesting acid lines as well as hypnotic melodies.

Be warned though- mine tends to cut out and rarely has the same

sound twice!

As an atmospheric synth and as a (incredibly alien) sound generator

i'd recommend it wholeheartedly (especially at the usual prices),

but as any kind of instrument you'd do better to whistle.

I even got some strange but cool percussion sounds out of it (even though it has no noise generator) , but I spent a LOT of time with it (It was the only machine I had at the time) You CAN get good sounds out of it, but it takes LOTS of time. If you spend more than $250.00 for one, don't admit it to anybody