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After playing piano for a few weeks and ignoring the poor synth it 
was difficult to get used to the action-until it came time to play 
lead lines. The action is perfect for rapid fire legato lines. Also 
with lead synth, since there's already a fuzzed out, all-the-effects 
on, electric guitar, I find myself turning all my dual patches to 
single mode. Seems to cut through better.The distortion and and amp 
model effects don't sound too bad either. For a real wall of sound, 
set the reverb up to ridiculous levels and have the Z plane on the 
ribbon controller control the effect send. Layer a distorted lead 
(Nigel or Iron Man from my bank of patches for example)with a 
mellotron string patch. When you push down on the ribbon controller 
the reverb goes crazy. Actually works well as a pad sound, slow one 
note legato leads.Varying the reverb gives a nice wash of sound. If 
you play chords everything turns to mush. If you set the X plane to 
control the echo you can get instant dub effects. It's really cool 
when the guitar and the synth are both echoing and neither are in 
sync. Psychedelic.

Rainbow JImmy
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