<div dir="ltr">I loved the V8. The best sounding analog in my collection past or present. I actually had a new in the box keyboard for it too. I wish I knew you wanted one, more offers are better than less! ;)<div><br></div><div>However, it was a potential service nightmare even by vintage analog standards. It was full of unobtainum and the thought of having a $5,000 - $10,000 door stop (even with the weak US dollar) was terrifying to me. Also while it sounded great and had a decent synth engine, the interface was absolutely horrible and I have a high tolerance for such things. The MIDI implementation was akin to the Chinese Bureaucratic State- undiscernible, ineffectual, maddening, byzantine, soul crushing, and brutal. Nothing short of a custom controller box with lots of custom bit twiddling would have solved the problem and while I thought of doing such a thing, it was a project that just kept on slipping and then I had an offer. So I took it.</div><div><br></div><div>I also have way to much gear. If I sold half my stuff, hell 2/3 of my stuff, I'm sure I would make more and better music. Also, there was a smoking deal on the Harpejji that got me a totally custom one for the same price as a used base model.</div><div><br></div><div>James </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 4:03 PM, random variate <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:randomvariate@hotmail.co.uk" target="_blank">randomvariate@hotmail.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Argfghhhhhh, you sold a V8 and I didn't know about it.<br>
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What made you sell it? Too much of a dinosaur? And was it rather warm to the touch?<br>
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<div dir="ltr">So, who bought themselves what this year? Gert picked up the SC4. I'm pretty pumped, I bought myself a Harpejji with the funds from selling my Voyetra 8. If you are unfamiliar:
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<div>The 90 day wait for the build is going to drive me nuts!</div>
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