Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

I too, am an original VFX-SD owner; mine was given to me by Ensoniq as
a spiff for selling 6 of them [MusicMart, San Diego 1989], and later
was upgraded to SD-1 status [though it still says VFX-SD, it's sound
engine is SD-1 and it's sequencer was upgraded as well in 1991].  
I became an Ensoniq specialist --- you might have heard the demos I
created for Ensoniq: "Out Of Town" by the Yellowjackets, "Don't Give
Up The Groove" by the Usual Suspects, "Suspone" by Michael Brecker,
available to mainly west coast dealers, but some of you folks out east
got them too, so I hear.  FYI, all my sequences were created without
the aid of the owners manual; of all the keyboards I own, the Ensoniq
is the most intuitive sequencer interface ever. I kept telling the
boys in Malvern to create a stand-alone sequencer based on the SD's
sequencer, but no one listened.  
I have a TS-12 as well, mainly for it's ability to read ASR/EPS sounds
and the familiar sequencer. I'd like to get a TS-10 w/SCSI so I can
retire my SD to the studio.  
My SD has been around the world a couple of times in its FlightForm
road case [time for some new foam] and I've only changed the battery
once [2000 or 2001; don't remember exactly].  I can't stress to you
guys how important a road case is for your ax(es).  

My live rig [usually 2 of the following]:
Yamaha Motif ES7
Roland XP-80
Ensoniq SD-1
Kurzweil K2VX

For jazz gigs, the Motif and the K2VX; for top 40 dance stuff, the
XP-80 and my trusty SD-1.  I sometimes add the SD-1 to my jazz gigs
when I want a certain pad. These days, I'm a SONAR endorsee, so I'm
learning to interface my MOTIF with my laptop [maybe I'll go work for
Yamaha again].  BTW, the demo I did for the Roland DB-500 bass amp [w/
bassist Nathan Brown] was created with the SD, too--- I think the demo
video is still available.  Shouts to Rick Margitza [you rock, dude], I
play tenor sax too, but I'm more of a Mimi Castillo [strictly a
section player]....

--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, "swomp_rabbit"
<swomp_rabbit@...> wrote:
>
> 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
>