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Re: [CZsynth] yamaha vs casio

2010-10-06 by Summa

They look and sound pretty different, schouldn't be much of a problem 
to tell them apart ;)

On 6 Oct 2010 at 12:37, Lee Borrell wrote:

> Wasn't one of those GX?GS types the one used by Keith Emerson on the
> live "Fanfare for a common man video"?
>  
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRB6GspBIXk (which one??)
>  
> I love the ending solo on that (about 5mins in).
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> --- On Tue, 5/10/10, Simon Beck <simon@...> wrote:
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> From: Simon Beck <simon@...>
> Subject: Re: [CZsynth] yamaha vs casio
> To: CZsynth@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, 5 October, 2010, 23:51
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> Yes indeed. The GX-1 used the same analogue voice architecture (at
> least in 
> its two polyphonic sections) as the CS-60 and CS-80 polysynths.
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> Yamaha's first digital instrument was the GS-1, which used digital
> FM. It 
> was a hugely expensive preset instrument (with a magnetic card
> reader for 
> aditional sounds) housed in a grand piano-like polished wood case.
> Within 
> two years an affordable, portable, roadworthy and completely
> programmable 
> version with a new feature called MIDI was on the market.
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> Its name?
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> The Yamaha DX-7.
> 
> Simon
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> > Howdy,
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> > What about the GX-1? Analogue?
> > Rig 
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