Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

You should ABSOLUTELY use the PC-1600. Yes, I know that means you'd
probably have to buy a Keyboard as well (the pc-1600 has buttons you
can use as keys, but you can't exactly tinkle the ivorys that way).

What the PC-1600 has that the others don't (or at least most of them)
is full SYSEX implementation. So, while you can get at 90% of the
parameters with midi, there are some tricky ones that aren't (or at
least I don't think they've been implemented with a software update)
like LFO routings. With the PC-1600 you can set up a full bank of
faders to deal with the lfos:

Fader1: LFO Shape
Fader2: LFO Frequency
Fader3: LFO Amount
Fader4: LFO Destination
etc

Now... what THIS allows you to do is, theoretically, to be changing
ALL the LFO parameters at ONE TIME - ie: lay your arm across the
faders and pull down. While this may not be a pleasant sound to
most... think of it this way... how many knobs can you tweak at once
verses how many faders can you move at one time.

See what I mean?

The SYSEX presets for the PC-1600 found in the files section work
perfectly well for most applications.

ok.. rant over :)

j