Good synth considering it's 16 years old.
I purchased this synth used and will be primarily using it for both live and studio work. Some of the sounds are a bit dated, but that is to be expected of something which is 16 years old. It is quite flexible and relatively easy to program when using a software editor. You can get very complex sounds by combining multiple patches into Performances and the 64 note polyphony means you won't have dropped or stolen notes.
The weakest link for this synth is the drum kits. They sound a bit 1 dimensional compare to todays software drum plug ins. I have no plans to use the drum sounds so it's not a deal breaker for me. The piano and electric piano sounds are very good, strings are lush and full sounding and even the organ sounds are pretty decent thanks to Roland including the Leslie simulator found on it's VK line of organs/Synths.
I also like the digital out option and I run this synth direct to my audio interface via SPDIF in the studio for crystal clear sound. The effects are plentiful and though the reverbs are a bit old school sounding, most of the other effects are perfectly usable.
One note about using Roland's Software editor - It has not been updated in quite some time so I could not get it working with a current Mac Mini running OS X 10.9. Luckily for me, I had an older Mac laptop sitting idle with an older OS and it works just fine with the Roland software.
Perfect Circuit were easy to deal with. They shipped quickly and packaged the unit well, so no complaints there.
Overall, an excellent piece of kit with a lot of useful sounds and features for the money.
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