Any of the synths you mention should do dance music reasonably well, though from what I've heard the Korgs tend to be better at the modern synth-type sounds used in dance music than the Rolands, which generally have the edge on acoustic instrument sounds. Have you considered the Trinity Rack, or if the Supernova's too expensive, how about the Nova?

Bearing in mind, here in the UK at least, for the cost of an XV5080 you could just about buy a Roland JV1080, Novation Nova AND a Korg TR-Rack which would give you much more flexibility than the XV5080 if you don't need the sampler.


[This message has been edited by pstares (edited 06-15-2000).]