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By ReeferFranklin Wed Jun 26, 2013 8:22 pm
I have an MPC1000 with EXM128 & HDM-10 upgrades, and a Yamaha Portable Grand DGX-500, my problem is this, the Yamaha DGX has horribly cheesy in-store demo style sounds on it, albeit the keyboard itself is amazing, it has 88 full-sized half-weighted piano keys that feel great to play.

Now I don't have much, at all, of a budget and I'm into hardware so I'm looking for some sort of MIDI Module I'd imagine, what hardware joints have amazing sounds I could play on my DGX, that won't have me taking out a second mortgage?

BTW, I produce mostly sample-based hip-hop, but I like a very diverse sound palette, including some sounds from other genres that hip-hop producers aren't touching too much, yet.
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By Lampdog Wed Jun 26, 2013 9:33 pm
Hardware sound modules.

emu sound module
fantom xr
triton rack
motif rack.
By Clint Thu Jun 27, 2013 6:52 pm
Roland JV-1080/2080 'Bread and Butter' sound pallette

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Respectable, affordable and expandable with extra voice cards.

A bit older, but cheaper than Triton's, Fantoms and Motifs if budget is a priority.