Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

At 15:59 11.06.01 -0700, you wrote:
>Summa wrote:
>
>"It's also known that for instance the 90s SY77/99 synth creates less
>alising and sound less agressive then the older Yamaha FM synths..."
>
>Given that, why do you suppose that the SY99 has become something of a fad

I don't know maybe because of it's sampling ability or they're possibly
rare... as far as I remember they haven't been sold as well as the other FM
synths...

>collectors' item lately?  I was interested in purchasing one (chose the FS1R
>instead), but was surprised to find them going for $900-$1000, and the local

I know that you get a used TG77 for about 700-800DM over here... 

>stores told me they never get used ones in.  At one point, I was negotiating
>with one guy who probably wanted more than $1,000 for his as he had maxed
>out the internal sample RAM, and had all the impossible-to-find cards for
>it...
>
>All that for a synth with weaker FM than the norm?

Less agressive don't necessarely means that they sound weaker...  just
different... as I mentioned before, it's (at least for my ears) probably
hard for a synth to sound as agressive/harsh as the old FM synths...

Summa

 

			     
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