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i've owned my sixtrak for a year and a half. Bought it on impulse while on the way to my ex's house, a buddy and i dropped by the local music store. Fooled around with it a bit, figured out how to edit sounds right there in the store. Got it for 150. I remember thinking "wow what a steal...analog for 150..."
Anyway, This thing rocks. It's my main synth, I have a 1500 dollar nord modular sitting next to it just looking pretty. Best part is that it's an all around good sounding synth, unlike others I've heard. For example the modular is great for really fucked up noises, signal processing and pads/atmospheres, but sucks when it comes to basses. Sixtrak does it all, and perfectly.
Thanks to the midi on it, I make up for my white ass timing...Some people bash it for the lack of knobs, but I've fooled around with enough archaic software (remember that digidesign soft synth?) to get around the lack of knobs.
unfortunately my bandmate dropped my theremin on it and it broke one of the keys, but that's nothing a little superglue can't fix.
It's good that this machine is overlooked, so us broke college kids can get great analog sounds for cheap.
pick one up if you find it!
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