Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

Hi! I Bought my VFX in Feb 1990 from Rose Morris in Denmark St. 
London for £1500 . . . it's pretty flaky now, especially with the 
keyboard calibration, but I use it mostly as a offboard rather than 
playing directly . . . wouldn't swap it for the world, except for the 
rare and marvellous Ensoniq ZR-76 which I've wanted for a while but 
cannot find secondhand, ebay or anything for love or money.

--- 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
>