I don't know how voice splitting works in those modules, so I couldn't say.
I know that no one need buy more than two TX802's because it only does
Odd/Even poly splits, so unless you want more channels more is not better.

-----Original Message-----
From: YamahaDX@yahoogroups.com [mailto:YamahaDX@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Farmer
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 5:03 AM
To: YamahaDX@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [YamahaDX] Re: Tone module price cycles



lol Alan
..my opinion is everything now seems to have 'a loss', but its really not.
its just whats being said.
do you think the value of the first fm synths of the world will ever be
unvaluable? naaahhhh!
its always funny, but the buyer and the store both have their own prices.
...my price is i keel you if take my DX11 away!! haha!

Nicole, how many Polys do you think would it take to make a PolyPhonyPharm
of MoPhatts?

--- In YamahaDX@yahoogroups.com <mailto:YamahaDX%40yahoogroups.com> ,
"alan_probandt" <alan_probandt@...> wrote:
>
> I've been following the prices of low-end (<$200) tone modules on eBay for
about three years. For the past 18 months, they have been steadily rising;
generally up about 30% for the same item over several years. For the TX81Z,
the average price has almost doubled from $30-$40 to $60-$80. As we all
know, they are wonderful synths and no one is making any more of them.
>
> But in the past week, I have been winning a lot of eBay tone module
auctions with bids that are about 25% lower than the average price of the
past few months. I picked up an E-Mu Mo'Phatt for $61 and yesterday an
identical Mo'Phatt actually sold for $49! They normally have final bids
around $120.
>
> Granted the Mo'Phatt is a weird tone module. But it does have 1024
internal samples, arpeggio generators, 12dB morphing filters, dual effects
DSPs, real-time controllers, and MIDI control over every possible parameter.
So even if it is a just a box of sound effects (as it is derided to be), it
still has potential according to its specs alone.
>
> I also got a mint-condition Yamaha TG77 for $145. I haven't seen one sell
below $150 for several years.
>
> Are the tone module prices falling? Is this a ripple of the general
collapse of the economy? Or, is it because these auctions are ending in the
middle of the morning when no one is on-line to eBay to bid on them in real
time? I time all my eBay auctions to end at 7:30pm Pacific time. Which is
10:30 East Coast time. People there are still awake and at their PCs online.
The West Coast people have finished dinner and are sitting down to their PCs
for a serious shopping session.
>
> Should we dump our 'surplus' tone modules now or hang on to them for a few
more years? Do you think that the prices on Yamaha DX units are going to
rise or fall in the next year? And by how much?
> As the economy continues to contract will the prices of the high-end
modules like the Yamaha Motif series fall by 40% or more? Or will they
stabilize and possibly rise?
>
> Any thoughts? Anyone need a spare Mo'Phatt?
>