The VFX-SD is prone to a common keyboard failure problem. It's not a complicated fix, but if you can find one that's already had the fix done to it you're better off. With both boards you'll be better off finding one that has had a new battery installed recently.
All this said, I would actually consider selling one of my two because for me and how I use them it's like having two of the exact same board. If you interested, message me off-list and let me know where you're located. I'm open to trades as well.
Cheers,
James
On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 9:03 AM, Christian Brunschen <cb@...> wrote:
On 4 Mar 2012, at 14:20, fddi wrote:To the best of my understanding:
> Hello which One of the two is better in your opinion? I have to buy one of those. Thank you.
Fundamentally, the SD-1 is a somewhat upgraded VFX-SD - whilst still remaining fully backwards compatible. Everything you can do on a VFX-SD you can also do on an SD-1; but there are things you can do on the SD-1 that you can't do on the VFX-SD: there are some waveforms that are only on the SD-1 but not on the VFX-SD, and so on. Also, the software in the SD-1 is newer / better than in the VFX-SD. Add of course the 32-voice version of the SD-1 obviously has more voices available and this can play more sounds simultaneously.
But, this doesn't make the VFX-SD 'not good' any more. I still have the VFX-SD I bought in 1990; but I also bought a second-hand SD-1/32 as an 'extended backup', so to speak. Both still sound amazing.
I know, I've not actually been much help ;)
// Christian Brunschen
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