Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

When the VFX first came out, I'm pretty sure it was over $2000, Since
it was marketed at first to compete in the $2000 and over market I'm
thinking I paid between $2200 and $2400, I'll have to dig around and
see if I can find my receipt.  I'm thinking my VFXSD was between
$2800-$3200. It was still a LOT of keyboard for that price if you were
used to paying the big bucks for the PPG synths that weren't nearly as
good that cost over $5K.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Products_GmbH is a great read to
find out the history of where Wavetable synthesis came from. 

The PPG version of their wavetable Music Production synthesizer that
would have been comparable to the VFXSD would have cost $60,000 US if
it had gone into production!!!  The secret of VFX is they designed
their own Chip Technology that was far superior and cheaper. 

I would hold onto those VFX's and SD's now that they are almost 20
years old,  I remember you could buy used minimoogs for $25 at the
music store and people used to give away Hammond B-3s. When the
general public figures out what they are worth and how powerful they
are, they will go up in value. 




--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, john bluhm <falconjohnney@...>
wrote:
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> Thanks for the great post. I'm wondering where the 20 years went, too.
>    
>   Does anyone recall the list price for the VFX when it was
released? Thanks.
>