It has its own sound. It sounds new and fresh (way over used now). The built in effects are good as well. Delay, Chorus. Each of the 3 oSC Can do many wonderful things, TONS of WAVE shapes! No ring mod, but it doesn’t matter! It can make ring mod like sounds! Some of the stereo osc fx are amazing. Each of the 3 osc can pan in stereo making wicked atmospheres. Does Bass, sound effects, Leads very very very well. Its 6 filter poles 36db slope allows you to make some of the most radical sound fx! 12 voice poly and 16 timbers/midi channels! The arpeggiator is a bit on the weak side, not to versatile. BUT I NEVER USE ARPEGGIATORS! so it does not matter to me. There is a little noise, but not much. You can assign the lfos to just about anything! It beats the competition there!

The strings are a little weak for me, but i used this thing for bass, sound fx, sweeps, and leads! This thing is very easy to use. The multi mode is killer! so many knobs, so easy to edit! But I warn you, this thing cannot make real world sounds, if you want that go buy a trinity or a sampler.! This is a synth with awesome low end and killer high end!. Tons of banks/sounds, and plenty of storage! One thing I don’t like is the portamento, it is not as quick and tight as the jp-8080. We used this synth on Fun With Knives and Twisted Thought Generator. We sold it because everyone over uses it.