MKS70

[Tony Hardie-Bick]

On 01/09/11 20:29, punkdISCO wrote:
> Hi
>
>> Is it an LA synthesis type synth ? from it's name it looked related to my
> mks50 but then looking it up it didn't
>
> No, its one of Roland's last analogue synths.  DCO's + analogue filters.
> Bi-timber so 2 synths in one box.  Loved by many, let down by the editing
> but this is nothing that cant be sorted with an external editor (either
> hardware or software).
>
> http://www.vintagesynth.com/roland/mks70.php
>
> I had one for a few years..  Nice synth..

Yeah - I actually used it solely for the Fender Rhodes patch I got out of it, 
which I just played today (no fx), and.... jeeez... what a beauuutiful synth :)

Have the PG800 programmer (somewhere), but even with that, it was quite hard 
work to get your head round the voice doubling/splitting/bubbling/thing... :)

Tony (HB)