and another one

[amnesia]

I am looking to buy another synth I am looking at the Pro 8 or the Roland MKS 80 and programmer version 4.
I know the A6 can cover most basses so what would you get?

I already own an EMS Synthi, Serge modular, Planb livewire modular,,,,im thinking of selling the Waldorf Pulse to help pay for the next purchase.
Id like to say analog

[Peake]

The MKS80 is pluckier than the A6, and has that 6dB bass boost circuit. It makes nice, woody plucks.

I don't know how the P'08 will do for bass, but I'll bet that it has it's own thing going as well.

[sunny pedaal]

mks80+programmer, or jp8 +( groove) midiinterface

[3vcos]

I know I wouldn't buy a polysynth for basslines...

[soundwave106]

Personally, I had an MKS-80 at one time. Never really liked it.

For a start, the sound is kind of on the softer side of analogs, which of some course is what some people are attracted to. Not me I guess.

For bass, I never liked its envelopes -- they are software if I recall, and in the era it was made software just didn't snap like hardware did. That isn't to say you can't make good bass on the MKS-80, it just won't be that snappy tight bass you can get on modern software EGs, and especially hardware EGs.

I think the Prophet '08 sounds, at least from the samples, more different than the A6 than the MKS-80 does. MHO.

[amnesia]

I ended up buying a MKS80 and programmer for US$1779 version 4.
I use to own a JP8 so I was hoping to get that sound again without the space of the JP8.....I tried the P08 and whilst it is good it felt a bit thin to me, but I had just played a CODE minutes b4

[soundwave106]