Yet another "original owner" of an SD-1/32. My
first synth. Picked it up when I was asked to fill in for a "missing"
keyboard player (fifteen or so years ago). Went thru a 3 board three module
stage rig, korgs, kurzweils, yamahas, voce, Roland GR-30 (for my chapman
stick), and my SD-1 is STILL the mainstay of my rig. Studio I
use a Korg SG-1(Kurzweil module), TS 10 and an SD-1, Live I use a Yamaha,
TS 12 and an SD-1. I even shelved my Voce' Micro B II. The SD's are middle rack,
used on almost every song. I'll use them until one of us dies, hopefully me
first.
Only regret, why no 76 or 88 weighted version. The
TS-12 pales in comparison. I have midi-ed to a weighted board, just not the
same.
Just bought two batteries last week, don't intent
to use 'em till I need to though. Life expectancy of batteries (told when I
bought the board) was three to five years.
CaunaJoe
----- Original Message -----From: swomp_rabbitSent: Monday, March 06, 2006 9:59 AMSubject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Original Owners - Give A Shout!I am curious as to how many original VFX and/or SD-1 owners are in
this group???
I am an original owner having purchased my VFX-SD in 1989 and my SD-
1 in 1992. Both units are still in excellent condition and working
perfectly.
Actually, I originally purchased a VFX in May of 1989 for $1795. In
December of that year that same music store (Art's Music in
Montgomery, Alabama) received their first VFX-SD and I just had to
have it. They allowed me to trade in my VFX and allowed me $1444 on
a trade in for the VFX-SD which sold for $2295. In hind-sight, I
think I came out way on top in that deal.
I purchased the SD-1 in 1992. I don't have a receipt showing
my `total' cost of the SD1. The music store (Boyd's Music in Little
Rock, Arkansas) had to order it so I gave them "X" amount of dollars
for a down-payment and my balance when the unit came in was $1650. A
guess would be that I may have given them around $1000 down-payment
to get the order going making the total cost at that time around
$2650.
SR