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I bought my first Proteus 2000 used in a music store for $400 Canadian. Then I ordered the B3, Orchestral Card and Perfect Piano(ZR) cards. I enjoyed the new cards so much, I bought a new Proteus 2000 at the same store for $400 Canadian (their policy ensures you pay the same price for a second item). I filled that one with another B3 card, the Vintage Sounds (the "fat brass" is to die for), and XL (electronica)card, and am having a ball auditioning favourites and saving them in the RAM banks. Coincidentally, just after the first P2000, I was asked to try out for a classic rock band, and the guys just loved the B3 sounds, the clav, electric piano sounds, and the composite horn section sound (linking 3 patches with 4 layers each). I haven't bothered with any re-programming of sounds or effects routings, but the link function is great! I built a grand piano sound by linking the same patch but one octave lower, and lowered the volume, and that sound cuts through 3 guitar players in the band over 5 octaves! Yes, there are a lot of similar sounding patches, and I wish they would have only used 10-20% of the sounds but with more RAM for even more bang, but linking makes up for that! Also, I can instantly compare link changes on one Proteus to the other original sound. I even linked and adjusted a distorted B3 sound with a cleaner B3 to simulate a "Santana" sound that is both full and cuts like a tonewheel. Using a volume/expression pedal with my DX7 (Grey Matter) on the organ sounds, means I can switch the leslie speed effect from slow to fast to slow, or keep it just in between without moving the left hand to move the mod wheel!! I also encountered one reviewer's issue about the link function changing one of the patches, but I simply made the linked patch the primary patch and linked the original and another one. By adjusting the relative volumes, I can customize patches to stand out in the band. Basically, I love the Proteus 2000, but especially with the extra sound cards!
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