But with a bit of work I managed to create a couple of semi-decent hammond organ sounds,

which is quite a feat for a digital synth. It's the effects that really make it. Up to

four channels of FX, and some of deepest, vastest reverbs I've ever heard.

Once I'd upgraded the sample memory to 2.5 MB, this thing really came into its own.

It took a while for me to sort out how to actually get it to play samples back (the manual is next to useless)

but once you get the hang of it it's very flexible and can be made to do almost anything.

came out- paid full list price for it. It is the first multi

timberal i own. Like everyone else here, i think it sounds

great. The interface though is somewhat confusing at times, takes

some getting used to.

There are some quirky things about this synth- some of which can

be used to advantage.

WELL worth the average $500-$600 used price.

for a higher price. But after a few days testing the SY85 I decided to keep

it myself. I really like the filters in this synth(24db with resonance-oh yeah),

they are very effective and you can easily control them from the panel.

I have expanded my sampleRAM to 2,5mb with two 1mb SIMM that you can almost

can get for free now (I took mine from fathers old Macintosh IIsi). I've sampled

a lot of old analogue synth sounds and combined with the SY85's

LFO, filter etc and they just sounds GREAT-very thick and nasty...

The only thing that really bugs me is the slow &�%#"# diskdrive, so I tried to

load samples via MIDI but that went even slower. So now I never turn off the

power...

But besides that, if you have a PC with Sound Forge (or Awave) or a converter

program (that converts samples from .wav to SY85 format .syw) you can

have a lot of fun with this thing.