Lately I've been searching around for the most cost effective and usable sources of Roland PCM sounds and digital synths ala JD-990, JD-800, D-50 etc. I'm looking for old school rave sounds, glassy layered pads, Silent Hill type sounds and the like. The problem is it seems like there's a ton of ways to get those sounds and I'm looking for, I guess, the "ultimate" way to get them.
So far it looks like the MC line is the best way to go (101 and 707) or the newer synths like the Juno X and Jupiter X. I'm not against VST but Roland's cloud service is terrible so I'd like to avoid them if I can. Of course there's the old synths themselves but I'm not interested in anything rack mount and if I'm