THE ALTERNATIVES

Korg Minilogue £415

Still going strong with many wellknown acts, the original sounds nicely different to the XD and offers a multimode filter too. Great for travelling with too. korg.com

Korg Prologue 8 £949

Korg’s flagship analogue eight-voice poly offers a fouroctave keybed, MultiEngine, two VCOs per-voice, nicely textured two-pole filter with drive and stereo effects with user import. Bitimbrality allows layering and splits. korg.com

Roland JD-XA £1399

Four analogue voices (two DCOs pervoice), ring mod, cross mod, mono/ poly modes, extensive effects, 64-note poly digital engine, 16-track sequencer with motion recording, four-octave keybed with aftertouch and a whole lot more! roland.co.uk