From ucivax!orion.oac.uci.edu!usc!rutgers!mcnc!rock!dg-rtp!rti!rga Fri Sep 13 12:11:53 PDT 1991 Article: 21642 of rec.music.synth Path: ucivax!orion.oac.uci.edu!usc!rutgers!mcnc!rock!dg-rtp!rti!rga From: rga@rti.rti.org (Randy Alley) Newsgroups: rec.music.synth Subject: OBIE Price Query Message-ID: <1991Sep9.181218.7825@rti.rti.org> Date: 9 Sep 91 18:12:18 GMT Organization: Research Triangle Institute, RTP, NC Lines: 11 Dear Analog Gurus, Would you guys please give a run down of current reasonable used prices for Xpanders and Matrix 12's. You don't often see such beasts in these parts. Also, is $750 unreasonable for an OBxa, or should one even consider this unit since an OB8 can be had with factory MIDI (albeit not for $750 usually). Thanks :))) (Smiling with triple chin.) Randy Alley rga@rti.rti.org (919) 571-9972 From ucivax!orion.oac.uci.edu!usc!rutgers!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!metlay Fri Sep 13 12:14:04 PDT 1991 Article: 21656 of rec.music.synth Path: ucivax!orion.oac.uci.edu!usc!rutgers!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!metlay From: metlay+@cs.cmu.edu (Mike Metlay) Newsgroups: rec.music.synth Subject: Re: OBIE Price Query Message-ID: <1991Sep09.225655.99912@cs.cmu.edu> Date: 9 Sep 91 22:56:55 GMT References: <1991Sep9.181218.7825@rti.rti.org> Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon Lines: 45 Nntp-Posting-Host: organ.music.cs.cmu.edu *ahem* Oberheim prices are a bit screwy these days... God help us, it's become HIP to won an Obie all of a sudden. But over the past few months, I've seen enough to offer the following suggestions: XPANDER: $1700 if it's in good shape with latest software. Or less. MATRIX-12: Under $3000, possibly as low as $2400. n_VOICE: Approximately $200 to $300 per SEM unit, add $100 to $200 for the keyboard/case/PS unit, esp. if it has a programmer or other dingus on board. OBXa: $800 or less; can't be MIDIed, not as many features as you may think. ALSO no guarantee it has 8 voices; some have six or only four. OB-8: Around $1000 with working MIDI. MATRIX-6: $450 if in PERFECT condition. Buy at your own risk. MATRIX-6R: $400 if in good shape. See above. MATRIX-1000: Safe buy, well-built unit. $300 used, $400-ish (??) new. Xk: $300 or less if in perfect shape. Buy at your own risk. PERF/X boxes (except Cyclone): $175 new, under $100 used. CYCLONE: Paperweight. DMX: $350 with MIDI. DX: $200-250 alone, $400 with Stretch, loaded. Warning: with the Stretch attached, this is a BIG unit-- as big as an Xpander! Expect high shipping costs.... OB-SX: $150 or less. No MIDI, limited control. Sounds good, tho. -- metlay | The good news is that he desires nothing xpander-loving old curmudgeon | more for his music 'rep' than a cameo in | SAVAGE HENRY COMICS. metlay@organ.music.cs.cmu.edu | The bad news is, he's likely to make it. From ucivax!jarthur!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!edcastle!dcs.ed.ac.uk!nick Fri Sep 13 12:15:01 PDT 1991 Article: 21701 of rec.music.synth Path: ucivax!jarthur!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!edcastle!dcs.ed.ac.uk!nick From: nick@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Nick Rothwell) Newsgroups: rec.music.synth Subject: Re: OBIE Price Query Message-ID: <17469@skye.dcs.ed.ac.uk> Date: 10 Sep 91 11:42:23 GMT References: <1991Sep9.181218.7825@rti.rti.org> <1991Sep09.225655.99912@cs.cmu.edu> Sender: nnews@dcs.ed.ac.uk Organization: Muriel Gray Fan Club (sole member) Lines: 23 >PERF/X boxes (except Cyclone): $175 new, under $100 used. > >CYCLONE: Paperweight. Interesting. The Cyclone was the only Perf/X box which struck me as even remotely interesting, and a lot of the rest seemed to be all but stillborn (the master keyboard emulator in particular: do you want a master keyboard that you program with 2 x 7seg LEDs?). Of course, the Cyclone doesn't work properly. But the stuff it does even in its deranged excuse for normal operation is actually quite interesting at times, and, being MIDI, it can be recorded into a sequencer and worked on from there. I'd say the Cyclone is worth paying $100 for if you're stuck for ideas. Nick. -- Nick Rothwell, Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science, Edinburgh. nick@dcs.ed.ac.uk ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ "Never lean backwards in a troika."