Re: [AN1x-list] Re: Offtopic: Dutch smoke pot (was:Americans are ignorant )
2000-07-31 by mango
I truely think an MC-303 sounds and plays like crap, it really *is* just the marketing scheme that makes it so popular. kimdof like "oh wauw, that box looks cool, i gotta have one too" or "wow.. 303.. gotta have one too"
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> Peter Korsten wrote: > > > > Roland, for instance, doesn't really innovate: they just improve on what > > others do, and sell it for an appropiate price. > > Actually they're tying to capitalize (though not in the best way) on their > earlier successes, hence this "Groove Approved" mumbo jumbo. They like to tout, > "Yeah, we made the 808 and the 909 and the 303. Are we ever gonna re-release em > or make updated versions of them? No. Just buy this lame Groovebox instead. > After all, it's 'Groove Approved.'" > > >Korg is pretty innovative (the spin-offs of their OASYS keyboard, like the > Prophecy, Trinity and Z1) > > Not innovative in the true sense; the Z1 is just another VA synth, the Trinity > is just a late '90s version of the M1 and the Triton is just another sampling > workstation. Oh but wait! They're all in silver casings! > > But they ARE making products that the public wants and likes, for example the > Electribes and the MS2000 (which currently is sold out in most stores, and won't > get new shipments until October!) > > >Yamaha is even more innovative. > > True, though not with the best results, popularitywise. For example the FS1r, > really is a good piece of equipment, but has lame presets and it never caught on. > Hey but something has to be said for a company that takes risks. Though they're > huge anyway and have been around for 113 years, so it's not like they're gonna > go bankrupt anyway. > > Same with the EX series synths, which are some of the best sample-based synths > you can find. Though apparently the CS1/2/6x models are apparently popular. I > also like the > QY-70, which is an amazing product that got very little publicity. Everyone I > know who bought one, including me, learned of it word-of-mouth. > > > Kurzweil, which is American despite the German sounding name, does little to > > innovate. Their VAST engine is quite old by now, even though their stuff is > > top-end, and even more expensive than Roland. > > The WERE innovative; after all they came out with the first sample-based synth > back in 1984 (The grand old Kurzweil 250) but for the past 8-9 years they've > essentially came out with the same product (various versions of the K2000 <yawn>). > > > > But really new and exciting stuff seems to come mainly from the UK > > (Novation), Germany (Access, the late Quasimidi, Creamware), and Sweden > > (Clavia, Elektron). Most of it seems to focus on analogue modelling, though. > > Well Clavia's NordLead started the whole virtual analog craze in the first place! > > They're sort of like cutting-edge independent record labels up against the majors... > > - 30 - > > :. elson trinidad, los angeles, california, usa > :. elson@... > :. www.westworld.com/~elson > > "music is a form of rapid tranportation" - john cage > > [ the futurethnic beats of e:trinity - www.e-trinity.org ] > > > > Community email addresses: > Post message: AN1x-list@onelist.com > Subscribe: AN1x-list-subscribe@onelist.com > Unsubscribe: AN1x-list-unsubscribe@onelist.com > List owner: AN1x-list-owner@onelist.com > > Shortcut URL to this page: > http://www.onelist.com/community/AN1x-list