The Forte Coyote VSTi is "ok to good" - I own it, I use it to knock things out (scratch work) but is not my idea of the "one and only" VSTi (actually I've found even on much higher end VSTi's none are "end all be all")

I also had a JV-1010 , as evidenced by the pat/ini file I contributed here years ago, and I liked it but moved up and on to the XV-5080 (and Fantom XR and….)).

In my opinion, if your entire MIDI sound palette (don’t want to start fire fight over synths/MIDI/VSTi's versus RT's - different animals) was an "either or" situation (i.e., either Forte OR JV-1010) - I'd opt for JV every SINGLE time and that is sans an additional SR-JV card. However, that does NOT imply that I think the JV is/was an "end all be all" item either.

as far as you other question - I've not shopped for any small, inexpensive, or eBay (used) HW in a long while so have no idea what can be had in the ~$100 range.

good luck
Larry

Last edited by Larry Kehl; 06/04/14 01:36 PM.
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