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2002-10-24 by sealed
Hi, I finally got CASIO HT-6000, the high-end version of the HZ series. It turned out to be a good analog - 4DCO with ring modulation synthesizer. I uploaded it's sound on my site.... Best, Sealed http://homepage.mac.com/synth_seal/html/index.html
2002-10-25 by Scott Nordlund
>I finally got CASIO HT-6000, the high-end version of the HZ series. >It turned out to be a good analog - 4DCO with ring modulation synthesizer. >I uploaded it's sound on my site.... that is really cool I want one now Probably it's about as cool of a find as my Keytek CTS-2000 (rare quasi-wavetable synth- uses waveform crossfades) _________________________________________________________________ Surf the Web without missing calls! Get MSN Broadband. http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/freeactivation.asp
2002-10-29 by sealed
Thanks for your interest, Scott. I read your posts about CTS-2000 on the SQ80 list. I too have Ensoniq ESQ1 and VFX, and we seem to have a similar taste.... (Tweaking weird obscure synths.) I found your site and sounds you created with CTS are terribly great!! I want to have one but it would be very hard to find it here in Japan.. .. Thanks, Sealed
> >I finally got CASIO HT-6000, the high-end version of the HZ series. > >It turned out to be a good analog - 4DCO with ring modulation synthesizer. > >I uploaded it's sound on my site.... > > that is really cool > I want one now > > Probably it's about as cool of a find as my Keytek CTS-2000 (rare > quasi-wavetable synth- uses waveform crossfades)
2002-10-29 by Scott Nordlund
>I read your posts about CTS-2000 on the SQ80 list. I too have Ensoniq >ESQ1 and VFX, and we seem to have a similar taste.... (Tweaking weird >obscure synths.) I don't recall seeing you on that list. Anyway yes I do have a taste for obscure synths (primarily 80's digital things). I'm keeping my eye out for a Wersi MK-1 and similar things. One problem with looking for good deals and weird synths is that sometimes it doesn't work out very well: I'm now stuck with a broken Siel DK 600 and Yamaha SY-2. And it seems the Siel will be quite hard to fix (corrosion from a leaky backup battery). But I don't know, seeing as how I'm going to college to be an electrical engineer, this might not be so bad. >I found your site and sounds you created with CTS are terribly great!! >I want to have one but it would be very hard to find it here in Japan.. They've got to be quite rare. I've never seen another one for sale (not that I've looked very hard). Guess I got lucky (or unlucky depending on who you ask). Strangely enough on the internet the only info I've found on the CTS-2000 comes from people in the Netherlands. _________________________________________________________________ Surf the Web without missing calls! Get MSN Broadband. http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/freeactivation.asp
2002-10-30 by sealed
Yes, obscure synths provides us both unexpected great sounds and troubles.. .. I'm rather into digital SY's, but SY-2 and DK600 are very very interesting synths. Your page is created like what I hope a synth page to be.... Substantial informations and creative sounds. How about expanding your site with your other strange-but-good synths? Sealed > I don't recall seeing you on that list. Anyway yes I do have a taste for > obscure synths (primarily 80's digital things). I'm keeping my eye out for > a Wersi MK-1 and similar things. One problem with looking for good deals > and weird synths is that sometimes it doesn't work out very well: I'm now > stuck with a broken Siel DK 600 and Yamaha SY-2. And it seems the Siel will > be quite hard to fix (corrosion from a leaky backup battery). But I don't > know, seeing as how I'm going to college to be an electrical engineer, this > might not be so bad. > > >I found your site and sounds you created with CTS are terribly great!! > >I want to have one but it would be very hard to find it here in Japan.. > > They've got to be quite rare. I've never seen another one for sale (not that > I've looked very hard). Guess I got lucky (or unlucky depending on who you > ask). Strangely enough on the internet the only info I've found on the > CTS-2000 comes from people in the Netherlands.
2002-10-30 by Eitan Shefer
I was going thru some old stuff of mine and found this.. it's an old
track I made back in 1995 using a cz5000 and a tahiti quad soundcard..
All the sounds are cz, all the sequencing is the cz5000 sequencer..
back in those days, all the computer was able to do is play onlt 4
tracks of mono HD back at me, so there was a lot of bouncing tracks
going on..
http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/2709/2709689.html
just thought you might get a kick out of it..
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"we do what the others dont" - masaro ibuka, sony.2002-10-30 by sealed
Hi!
Really great tune and unbelievable that they were made without velocity/
effects.
I'm listening to the song again and again and wondering how you synthesized
each sound....
(Especially, the last vocoder-ish sounds)
Sealed
> I was going thru some old stuff of mine and found this.. it's an old
> track I made back in 1995 using a cz5000 and a tahiti quad soundcard..
> All the sounds are cz, all the sequencing is the cz5000 sequencer..
>
> back in those days, all the computer was able to do is play onlt 4
> tracks of mono HD back at me, so there was a lot of bouncing tracks
> going on..
>
>
> http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/2709/2709689.html
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> just thought you might get a kick out of it..
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2002-10-30 by Scott Nordlund
>I'm rather into digital SY's, but SY-2 and DK600 are very very interesting >synths. The cool thing about the SY-2 is that it's got low pass filter followed by a high pass filter, both 2 pole resonant. Add N to (X) use one a lot and it has a very distinctive sound. The Siel is less interesting but for a good sounding 2 oscillator polysynth with knobs it's very cheap (though also poorly made and unreliable...) >Your page is created like what I hope a synth page to be.... Substantial >informations and creative sounds. How about expanding your site with >your other strange-but-good synths? Well I was planning on it eventually- decently thorough information about all the stuff I've owned...I'm not terribly motivated to do it at the moment though...Ideally I'd have pictures/sounds/technical information and a detailed description of the voice architecture. But I only made the Keytek page as a quick and dirty sort of thing for a few people to see. Maybe one day... _________________________________________________________________ Surf the Web without missing calls! Get MSN Broadband. http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/freeactivation.asp
2002-10-30 by sealed
> The cool thing about the SY-2 is that it's got low pass filter followed by a > high pass filter, both 2 pole resonant. Add N to (X) use one a lot and it > has a very distinctive sound. The Siel is less interesting but for a good > sounding 2 oscillator polysynth with knobs it's very cheap (though also > poorly made and unreliable...) Something like an wierd band-pass filter.... Seems to be very unique. DK-600's 2OSC architecture seems to be its assets, as there were many 1DCO synths.... > >Your page is created like what I hope a synth page to be.... Substantial > >informations and creative sounds. How about expanding your site with > >your other strange-but-good synths? > > Well I was planning on it eventually- decently thorough information about > all the stuff I've owned...I'm not terribly motivated to do it at the moment > though...Ideally I'd have pictures/sounds/technical information and a > detailed description of the voice architecture. But I only made the Keytek > page as a quick and dirty sort of thing for a few people to see. Maybe one > day... I'm very glad to hear that. I'll surely be one of the enthusiastic readers. Looking forward to it to arrive, yes, maybe one day.... Sealed
2002-10-30 by Eitan Shefer
On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 09:41:45PM +0900, sealed wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Really great tune and unbelievable that they were made without velocity/
> effects.
> I'm listening to the song again and again and wondering how you synthesized
> each sound....
> (Especially, the last vocoder-ish sounds)
thanks. It was long ago, and the sounds have been lost in the great
battary drain of 89, but I'll try..
The "vocoder" sound is a sound in which the wave of osc1 is probably 7
or 8, it obviouly evolved over all 8 stages. the mix between ocs1 ond
ocs2 is pretty drastic (probably +3octaves, and 7semi tones), they are
mixed with a ring mod. I'm not sure what the wave of osc2 was, it could
have been 1+1 but I doubt it, it might have been wave4 which I like
using too.
btw, try to experiment with mixing the osc's with ring mod and detuning
of 7 semitones and 1 or more octaves, it's a sweet spot I like a lot.
It's not totaly accurate that there are no effects.. there is a delay
effect, which is accomplished by copying a track and delaying it when
it's panned differantly then the original (the arpegio and the wierd
precussion... I just love cz wierd precussion, btw.)
The sound that I'm most proud of is the distortion guitar chords, which
was a sound developped from a lead guitar patch I got from keyboard
magazine. I think I wrote it down somewhere, I'll try to locate it if
your interested.
Cheers,
Eitan
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Thanks a lot for your tips.... I had thought that the resonant waves with ring modulation did not work well, but now I'm glad to know they do produce great sounds. I'll try some experimentation. Guitar sound are also great and I'd like to know about it, if you have time.... Best, Sealed > The "vocoder" sound is a sound in which the wave of osc1 is probably 7 > or 8, it obviouly evolved over all 8 stages. the mix between ocs1 ond > ocs2 is pretty drastic (probably +3octaves, and 7semi tones), they are > mixed with a ring mod. I'm not sure what the wave of osc2 was, it could > have been 1+1 but I doubt it, it might have been wave4 which I like > using too. > > btw, try to experiment with mixing the osc's with ring mod and detuning > of 7 semitones and 1 or more octaves, it's a sweet spot I like a lot. > > It's not totaly accurate that there are no effects.. there is a delay > effect, which is accomplished by copying a track and delaying it when > it's panned differantly then the original (the arpegio and the wierd > precussion... I just love cz wierd precussion, btw.) > > The sound that I'm most proud of is the distortion guitar chords, which > was a sound developped from a lead guitar patch I got from keyboard > magazine. I think I wrote it down somewhere, I'll try to locate it if
> your interested. > > Cheers, > > Eitan