Of course, that doesn’t mean I wouldn’t enjoy playing it and using it as the world’s most rad night light. (Pin crosstalk was an issue with the original generation or three in the 60s-70s, IIRC.) I just think it should be more central to your sound for that investment, which requires a clear compositional head. The build is probably pretty good here, with the more recent and far tougher pin matrices on clones as an example. The XILS 3 V2.0 not only emulates the Synthi ( VCS 3 ) modular synthesizer, it also adds an emulation of the 256 Analog Sequencer, the natural companion of the VCS 3. I have a couple of workstations and big is often good, but an instrument would have to offer one hell of a lot to justify that price. I was pleased to learn how closely I could emulate vintage things with some careful EQ and touches of distortion or pitch-shifting. Hardware synths each have their own aroma, but the standard MiniMoog signal path is the most common, so I have to wonder what purpose a $5k mono synth really serves. Caveat: Modular audio levels are also a con. At those prices, its probably not ALL about mere ownership, so I wonder how many really put them to good *musical* use. There are two applicable I/O for this connection: Audio out of your modular into Audio in of your Mac (usually via an interface but depending on your mac model you may have an IN, especially older macs). It also makes me seriously wonder about who really buys these little beauties. That’s one nice piece of cloneage, alright.