FXR rack

The FXR will sound too much like the Fantom S. I believe a better choice to round out your pallette would be a Triton Rack or the Motif Rack(which I have).

cgreen is more than likely right about the sounds sounding very much alike but I think we will have to wait and see about this. cgreen’s advice about getting a different brand makes a lot of since though. I would suggest that you wait for the F-XR to come out and see first hand what you think before making any solid plans.

This has got to be the nicest community on the net. Thanks, Artemio!

If you intent is to diversify your audio pallette and you have exhausted the tonal range of your S61 then another brand of synth or rombler would be your best bet be it rack or keys. Depending on what you feel the S61 may lack in terms of your expression and genre(s) may help point you in the right direction. For instance if you feel you need more Bread'n Butter sounds then you might want to consider the Motif (seems to be what folks like). But if its more hard core electronic sounds rather than PADS you might want to consider a Virus C or something of that nature. I personally find the Fantom S series to be very versatile. Your mileage may vary. Alot of musicians feel they have to mix and match alot of different synths to get tonal scope. Personally I feel very view fans will actually discern that aspect. I think it more in the hands of the sound designer. Especially with where technology is these days.

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