BassTractor

Not much help, I know, but on a synth forum I just saw one of the Korgs lauded and the other being called lousy, so maybe find out more before the plunge. I'll see if I can re-find what I read, but deemed it best to post right away. I was surprised to not see the Bass Station 2 on your list. People are raving about it. Price, maybe?

Wow! Yeah, I might be willing to guess you're chuffed with that one. Not that I've even seen one IRL, but just from how the UDOs are being talked about. Enjoy!

£ 6,304 now! That's 90%. I don't think the EgoChat folks would do likewise.

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£6,135 donated up to now - - 87% of £7K target. Together we can make a change. Well done, BC!

95% of £6K target reached. Looks good!

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Money is still coming in yay bump

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Just for the funds record, I too owned an MS-20 that I sold for peanuts. There is a fun bit too though, in that its ownership travel, disregarding caveats in the story, may actually have been like this: Cesar Zuiderwijk (Golden Earring drums) -> yours truly -> Alex Roelofs (The Nits bass) -> Robert Jan Stips (The Nits keys) -> Robert Jan Stips (Golden Earring keys) So there sits Zuiderwijk: "Demn, demn, demn, demn ..." 😁

No need for concern that you might have to thank him. Just curse him safely right away. Synths are fruitful and they multiply and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the bass of the sea and the land.

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Nice! Melurves synthporn, me, especially with wooden side panels. I notice what I assume are four output pots on the virtual patch bay, but also two input pots on OSC 1. If correct, does that mean that the machine spawns more "hidden" flexibility necessitating this doubling up? As you can see, I don't know this synth. Admittedly, I haven't studied the panel in great detail, and not Thought This Through Thoroughly either. 😄

Also: £ 5,000 now reached! Yay! Well done, folks!

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Woh??? Pure coincidence, I promise you. Nice car!

Aw! An MS-24 ! 🥰 No, I've changed my mind. It's a 420G ... * 😀 Lusted after it at the time (probably in its rack version), in part guided by my love for the MS-20 and the fun I'd had with the VC-10 vocoder. Yes, please report back. Good to read hands-on experience. *) for those not in the know, a 420G is really a Mark X, Jaguar's very, very expensive model in the sixties.

Cool, @Rich! Tried one in a shop, but don't remember more than that it was attractive, its simple layout belying its width. Can I just ask: Does this thing have full-size keys like the BS2, and does it spawn a sub-octave? At any rate, the Bass Stations were/are attractive synths, and, from reports, Novation seem to have released some classics over the years.

YESSS! Great Halloween success when this thing stood howling and yammering like a set of zombies, and the neighbours' kids axed me: "Are you torturing them?" 😂 Of course I was, and for clarity's sake: I have no idea why it worked so wonderfully. Tried to lag the LFO output in the Envelope Follower, but that (initially) seemed to do nothing, etc. Must read.

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BTW, again as to build quality, this one receives favourable remarks ... ... the Behringer Pro-800 not so much - - quite the opposite in fact, one synth guru remarking its bad build is indicative of Behringer's quality the last one to two years.

Thanks, for the comments, folks! For brevity, I (misguidedly?) decided to leave the different Chineses out of this, but the very thought of those languages made me think that probably a listener's response is not only influenced by the intervals per se, but much by what one is used to in that language. As to @Hellzero's comment, I think he's right in that I used the wrong term. For attempted clarity, I wonder both about the total pitch range in a certain culture and about individuals' ranges and intervals. I've always had the feeling that Brits are more welcoming to pitch ranges and intervals than say the Dutch or the Nordics ... and then came this linguist's comment. As to the two examples I mentioned: Here's an example of Northern-Sami, which is one in a North-Western group of Finno-Ugric languages, and this footage starts with the regular use of it. Segment 8 (clickable below the vid), shows the less regular version I mentioned by a journalist named Kaisa Aikio. https://tv.nrk.no/serie/oddasat-tv/sesong/202410/episode/SANY70102924 An Annie Hulley example from the spin-off series Celebrity Yorkshire Auction House (embedding disallowed) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cYO-qRi3rE I couldn't find a good Series 1 example ("in beautiful North Yorkshire, in the pretty town of Kirkbymoorside ..."), but to my ears, by seaon 5, she seems to have mellowed somewhat (sounding more "reasonable" to my ears) :