All --
FYI, I found 2 more nice, free, easy-to-setup, easy-to-use, standalone software synth apps...
Oxe FM Synth
http://www.OxeSoft.comZynAddSubFx
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_IIhttp://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