Thanks Russ!

The most synth-like I possess is -- apart the VL-1, of course -- the great Casio MT-400V. Probably nobody of you pro's will have heard of it, but it's quite cool. It has an analoge resonance envelope filter that can be used to modify the accompaniment sounds and the rhythm as well -- makes it a mean dirty techno machine. You can also switch between 4 bass and accompaniment variations at real-time, I tell you -- you can really have a good time with it. Fat squarewave basses too. It was my first keyboard and it's by far my favourite!

Funnily, my most expensive piece of quipment was a Boss ME-50 guitar multi-effect box. I thought, hey, when I use crappy keyboards, I at least want the effects sound good. And they do! I love the distortion...

But I never heard about a "PAIA string machine-piano". Sounds wild... Is it the same as describd here: http://www.sonicstate.com/synth/paia_stringsnthings.cfm ?

[This message has been edited by General Error (edited 06-01-2009).]