Red Sound Systems VA synths

[jeebustrain]

http://www.redsound.com/miindex.htm

anyone ever used one of these? I found them on VintageSynth.com and they seem like nifty little boxes (with some cool sounds and features). Price seems really nice, too. I missed an ebay auction last week for a mint Elevata for $275 (valued @ $900 according to VintageSynth.com). So last night I said what the hell and did a Buy It Now for a like new Darkstar XP2. $160. Should be here within a week or so.


The design philosophy of these synths seems pretty cool. There are user upgradable and insertable EPROM chips that you can buy for about $100 each that can add features (i.e. a vocoder), or can drastically alter the way the synth works. I've been pretty impressed with the sound examples that I've heard, and for the price I paid, if I don't like it, it's not much of a loss. I could probably resell it for what I paid for it.

http://www.redsound.com/images/darkstarxp2.gif
http://www.redsound.com/images/elevatabig.gif

[jeebustrain]

woops

well damn.. this was supposed to be in Gear Talk..

where the hell is the delete post option in the edit section?


Mods, move please.

[Biospark]

I have a Redsound Darkstar Xp2 i picked up for around 75 brand new in the box. Its very easy to program and very knobby "if you catch my drift." It has a unique character and can be very balsy. It even has an option to put in a Vocoder eprom chip. My only complaint is the output is horrible. You have to run this through external monitors to get the real feel of this beast.

But trust me, for the price its very much worth it. Id suggest going to the Redsound website and listen to some of the demos "if its even still around."