In today's market, with the price of 70s analogs heading to the moon, for under $1000 US any of the CATs are a steal and will provide you with a lot of hours of enjoying and exploring modular flexibility with a tight funky sound at a fraction of the price of Odysseys and Minimoogs. The SRM is the most coveted with its 2040 filters and extra gate triggers and if you even had to go to $1200-$1500 for one of those in excellent condition I would say do it. There aren't many. Maybe 3000 Cats, about 2000 SRMS and another few thousand SRMIIs.

CATs are notoriously noisy and if using it on a recording you will need to use a noise gate/limiter for sure. Unless you want it in there.

Sounds are everywhere from the ridiculously low to the ridiculously high. Great sub osc's on each oscillator and pulse width.

Everything modulates everything else with great sync and sample and hold functions so you can have a lot of fun. With the pedal and cv/gate controls it really is like having a mini modular.

It's what gts people so excited. It's absolutely beastly. It makes wonderous basses and leads. Some of the best of I've ever heard. I use it a lot for percussion as well. Very good disco basslines too. It has two phenomenal tight envelopes which can repeat themselves and can be modulated with S&H. you can also bybass the envelopes and not use the keyboard at all if you want to get your drone on.

Splendid filter with multiple LFOs and frequency control options. You can also modulate the filter with the envelopes or VCO1. Throw your drum machines through for vintage sounds.

One really great thing is that you can mix all the waveforms together on each oscillator as opposed to picking just one waveform. The adjustable pulse width in level and form is absolutely fantastic and makes things super phat.

Knobs everywhere so it is very easy to detune and play sounds. If ARP could go back in town I'm sure they would have used knobs.

if you find one BUY IT you will not regret it