I had an Ensoniq VFX-SD in my rig for years, thought it had some very well designed features and worked great as a sequencer work-station, the sequencer was so easy to work with (only things it was missing to my mind were groove quantize and a tempo map)...BUT for reliability it had to be the worst piece of gear I've ever had, so many crashes, freezes, stuck midi notes, I remember it caused me many an embarrassing moment at gigs. I still have it in a closet as about my 4th-string emergency backup keyboard but fortunately I've never had to go to it.

richforman