mixmkr
I"ve got a JV2080 with 8 expansions in it. Was about $200 off the internet. Use it all the time with my XP-80. I 2nd using some of this old hardware.
Not for nothing but when a friend tells you he's getting married and asks you for advice on the best place to hold the wedding reception, is your suggestion 'well you could always just not get married'? The OP has decided to move away from hardware and is asking for advice. Saying 'well you could always use hardware' isn't helping.
It'd be one thing if the OP was asking for opinions on whether or not to move away from hardware synths. But he wasn't asking that. He's already made his decision. Respecting that decision seems like a pretty basic thing IMO.
And FWIW, when I got engaged 12 years ago, my boss at the time did in fact pull me aside and told me 'you know, you don't HAVE to get married. Maybe you should reconsider'. Yeah he was a dick. And he wasn't my boss for much longer.