Need some other options for module

[nanaman]

Ok, so it's like this, as it stands for now, I'm waiting for my Doepfer LMK2 to come (which will probably drop in sometime at the end of the week), but I have no module! I was at first thinking of buying a Roland XV-5080 (and still would), but I can't find anywhere to get from where I live, my only hope was used and I found one ad but it got sold before I got to buy it :( So I'm looking for some other option of a module. I want a good module, but there's so many different modules and I'm not really sure about what brand I want to get or prefer as I don't have too much experiences with different synthesizers.

I want a synth with overall good sounds, I guess something with good piano and good lead is preferable. Also maybe something with a good organ sound if that's possible. I'd pretty much want a synth with alot of good sounds cause I will use a variety of sounds. But I can probably not spend more than 500-700$ so something workable in that price-range

[Grey Loki]

Pretty much any of the Roland XV-xxxx racks would cover that, though they don't really hold anything spectacular.

You might want to look into the possibility of picking up a Kurz rack - they usually go for more than your budget (by almost double, as I recall), but you might get lucky.

Also, check out the nord rack - it's a lot more synth oriented than real world sounds, but it's still rather nice.

Maybe a second hand Korg Trinity rack, or a Triton if your budget'll stretch to it, though I prefer the sounds on the Trinity.

There's also the Kurz ME1 (which doesn't do any synthesis, if I recall), the Radias rack (which is $300 over your budget, or so), or a second hand Roland Fantom rack.

Hope this gives you some ideas :)

EDIT: For that sort of money, you might be able to build your own rackmounted PC system (A Mac would be too expensive, I think), load a VST host of some sort onto it (Ableton Live), then download some trial versions of commercial synths (if there are such things), and buy the ones you want when you can afford to add them.

Only condition of that is that you don't use the PC for anything else, at all, going to the point of disabling the network card, any unneccessary services, and only installing the bare essentials.

[Staccato]

Used motif racks, I have found a lot of them quite cheap!:)

[nanaman]

Ok so now I found an used Nord Lead 2 rack for a pretty good price. But what kind of synth is it? I have certainly heard about and seen Nord stuff before but I haven't really put my finger on what kind of synth it is. Isn't it some kind of analogue synthesizer if I'm not wrong? What kinds of sounds does it have?

[Staccato]

It´s a VA, vituell analog synth. And it is damn good, at what it does. But you wanted pianosounds and organ sounds and stuff, the lead is mostly for lead, bases and pads. It is not a samplekeyboard but a waveform keyboard, so it is not what you are looking for.

[Airspeed]

I also would recommend a Motif Rack. : )
http://cgi.ebay.com/Yamaha-MOTIF-Es-Rack-Module-Used_W0QQitemZ250116437930QQihZ015QQcategoryZ23792 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[nanaman]

As it stands now, I'm thinking of getting either a Triton Rack or a Motif ES rack. But as I live in Sweden it's kinda hard to get this stuff I'll have to find someone selling it used otherwise I won't be able to get it. One week there might be one available and the next it won't so it's hard to get what you want. The market for synths is not that big in Sweden. Therefore it's also very expensive compared to like the USA. I hate it.

[Staccato]

IT should not be that hard to find used motif racks or triton racks, I see a couple of them every day. Just keep an eye and you will find some.

[nanaman]

Yeah, I have found some already, it's just that the ones that are out now compared to those I saw some days earlier I find a bit too expensive/overpriced (saw a Motif ES rack for 8500SEK the other day, now I can only find one for 11000SEK). I could try bargaining a bit with them though to see if I can achieve some good results :P But it seems like I'll be going to spend more than I intended to in the first place after all, cause I just can't keep myself from buying the better stuff that you can get (even though I really can't afford it, without stretching it of course). Ah, well, I guess I'll manage somehow ;)

[Staccato]

Yeah, I have found some already, it's just that the ones that are out now compared to those I saw some days earlier I find a bit too expensive/overpriced (saw a Motif ES rack for 8500SEK the other day, now I can only find one for 11000SEK). I could try bargaining a bit with them though to see if I can achieve some good results :P But it seems like I'll be going to spend more than I intended to in the first place after all, cause I just can't keep myself from buying the better stuff that you can get (even though I really can't afford it, without stretching it of course). Ah, well, I guess I'll manage somehow ;)

Haha, I recognise that last feeling!;) Though, I think you will be perfectly satisfied with the original motif rack, it is still a kick ass synthmodule. I have found them for about 6000-7000 sek.