All --

FYI, I found 2 more nice, free, easy-to-setup, easy-to-use, standalone software synth apps...

Oxe FM Synth

http://www.OxeSoft.com

ZynAddSubFx

http://zynaddsubfx.sourceforge.net/


Regarding hardware-based synthesizers, my search continues.

My front-runner right now for a hardware-based synthesizers is the "PianoBox II" which can be found here...

http://www.miditech.de/219-produkte-pianobox_II

http://kellysmusicandcomputers.com/ProductInfo.asp?id=1482693219&TB=1#.UVmhApPCaSo

...which seems to be a simple blackbox hardward-based synthesizer for about $120.


So my question is...

What alternatives to the PianoBox II would you recommend, in the same price-range, and in the same functionality-class, for a hardware-based synthesizer?

Please advise.


HTH.

Thanks.

-- Mark Kamoski