Great early FM keyboard. Came out before the famous DX7, it has several of the same type sounds. If you want a preset FM synth, that's very well built, and has the interesting portamento wheel (looks like a pitch-bender, but it's not) then grab this one up. A similar keyboard, with a more modern look (no fake wood!) was the CE-25, also with the same portamento wheel.
Rating: 4 out of 5
posted Tuesday-Sep-27-05 at 02:10
James Walsh
a professional user
from Canada
writes:
This little screamer gets top marks for its unique control options.These include velocity, after touch, and the portamento speed control wheel. Located on the far left this non-detented wheel is perhaps the most expressive implementation of portamento/glide ever seen on any synth! This mod-wheel looking thing allows very fluid soloing in its mono voice with great breathy flutes, reeds and horns and passable strings which, though lo-fi, have a certain pleasant mellotron edge.Chorus is available as well as sliders for vibrato, filter, and initial and aftertouch sensitivity.
As an added bonus, this thing is the right shape and weight to sit perfectly on my Wurlitzer 200A being my live piano of choice. Get one if you can. Keep playing!
Rating: 5 out of 5
posted Sunday-Oct-24-04 at 21:15
Dean Fairweather
a part-time user
from USA
writes:
seems like a great little synth i liked the slide feature which gives it a whoooooooooooooop sound to the next notelike the old synths do...
the strings are good the flute is very breathy and the touch sensative keys are great and realy work well phone 785-357-1738 and make me a good offer as its for sale now or offer me a tube amp for guitar as a swap
Rating: 5 out of 5
posted Monday-Jul-02-01 at 21:44
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