That said, I only want to drop some nice Harpsichords and Organs in there anyway, that would be my 'Custom ROM' so I could just set it and leave it in there permanently. Thankfully that sort of stuff would fit in there easy enough, especially the organs since organs are remarkably small anyway since the samples for such instruments are naturally small being easily looped.
Like I said though, haven't bought it yet, no point, might as well wait until after getting the SP-404MKII, just in case something else arrives in the meantime, something new from Roland perhaps. Assuming nothing else does though, my decision is made-up on this one, in fact I almost bought it today and had to resist.
Another possibility when looking into the sledge was the Poly D, but I was disappointed with that one after realising how 'Polyphony' was set up. I don't see the point in designing a sound using four oscillators, if that sound cannot be used in "Poly" mode. All it does is take each of the oscillators and use them per note, meaning you really only have a one oscillator synthesizer in that mode. It's real analogue, that's good, but the Sledge obviously sounds very analogue and liquid smoooth, it obviously runs at an insanely high sample rate to do what it does, has three oscillators per voice, and has proper 24-voice polyphony. Add to that the PPG Wavetable system and a 'Custom Sample ROM' and to be fair it's not surprising the Sledge won me over.
It's more expensive than the Poly D, but not by too much, and to top it all off you get a high-quality 61-Key Fatar Aftertouch Keybed. Apparently the company that makes the Sledge, Studiologic, is the same company as Fatar, it's basically the musical instrument division of Fatar.
So it looks as if I'll be buying my first Italian synth, and if she turns out to be as hot as the women I see in those 'Italian Giallo' movies, I think I'm onto a winner 'ere!
She's 'Beauty and Beast' combined, and I must admit, she does look and sound devilish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOiKZrhN0h4
