Feature:
I bought the floor model. No manual, no box, had to pay extra for the volume pedal. Arpeggios are nice to have, but they are kind of limited. Only 4 voice poly...2 if in dual! The sync is a little wierd but almost organic, works well with my style, needs very close monitoring for dance/techno. Vocoder very cool. I wish those darn knobs were infinant, hate that nasty, immidiate change!

Quality:
Knobs a bit cheezy, but I had mine giging for 9 months and no problems.

Value:
Very cool and powerful sounds are awaiting to be discovered. Fantastic value we're talking about here.

Desirability:
I wanted it the second I heard some kid messin' with it on the display floor! I dreamed about it for a week then went and bought the same dang floor unit that kid was making all the weird sounds with. They'll have to pry it from my cold, dead hands now.

Sound:
Brighter, louder, nastier sounding...makes the Roland sound as if it was submerged in molasis. The delay is wonderful, the distortion...eh.

Support:
Got the manual online thanks to the going out-of-buisness sale I got the thing from. Got every thing I needed there.

Overall:
I love it! It has become an itegral part of my set. Now if I can just get my MS-10 repaired...Holy Smokes! Can you imagine?

This synth is great! Fat meaty leads or soft dreaming pads. You can make a KABOOM lead by using the dual function and set unsion on both parts. I have lot of use for it, and i'm not planning to sell it. The only reason that i gave quality a 4 is that the Delay effect adds some unwanted noise to the sound. You can hear that if you play a tone with delay on it and listen carefully as the delay fades out. At the end of the delay you can hear the noise. That is a problem if you want a silence part in your song where the lead fades out or something. Besides that, this mahine (or lets call it BeastMachine) ROX!! I'd say give it a try!....

!BooM!

/-Tim

This module is fantastic!
The sounds are great,and you have 4 virtual patches.
Every knob has hearable effect on the chosen sound.
And the vocoder is also very interesting
The midi-implimentation is very bright.
2 words...
BUY IT!!!

I purchased this synth about 6 months ago, and i probably write this evaluation with a bit of bias. Since i bought it, 'i must think it's great'.....it is. : )

Anyway, After learning all the ins and outs of the MS, i realized that 4 poly/2 multi is ridiculously WEAK. I've played with the similar priced JP8080 and the more expensive Nord Leads and the Novations....Don't get me wrong, this synth KIKKS ASS; it's so much more gritty and has got just as much balls as the more expensive 'Bullies', and it really has it's own naaaaassty sound which i can't get enough of....Which brings me back to my point about lack of poly.....even 8 poly would have made a world of difference!!!!!!!!!!!!

Overall i do see a lot of things that Korg has done to cut corners on the synth, which is a real shame because now i want to jump ship and upgrade to a nord lead 3. Sorry Korg!!

Also another very important note: you may want to check the OS version of the MS2000....I have 1.03, which still has a MIDI clock sync bug. If you get one, see if you can get one that has either at least OS 1.05 or better yet, 1.14, which has solved all MIDI problems.

recommend it to any one who likes phat meaty warm analog sounds has a great vocoder for voice changes, mic plugs right in the back of module and theres like 6 or 7 different types
great for basslines and and leads tons of knobs to tweak to get the ultimate sound your looking for ive played around with the roland jp8080 and the korg sounds alot better i think check them out and compare for yourself Peace

I own it for a year now, still one of my favorites. I can make realy weerd noises, leads, fx etc. In unison only 1 part multitimbral and if in mono or poly only 2 part multitimbral.

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