A certain bleating donkey-bray
2005-04-04 by sudsycigar
There is a certain bleating donkey bray, sometimes, in the treble, somewhere between "bell-like" and "tinny" but too purely synthetic to really resemble either. But in the bass, the same patch may have a nice throaty growl that I do like. But I can turn the key follow all the way up and not get rid of the bray. Velocity, on the other hand, seems to have a far too great range. If you turn up Velocity all the way you're quite likely to break a key, if not your fingernail. I often find myself wishing for setting like 1.5 or 5.3, but 15 is useless. When I bought my CZ-1 (new) the Yamaha DX-7 was supposedly the really cool synth. At least it cost twice as much. But even then I thought the FM sounds were rather thin and reedy. The CZ's sound is totally ersatz, but while the DX sound is kind of like being hit over the head with a plastic pea shooter, the CZ's sound, is like a hefty plastic wiffle ball bat. All in all I would have to say that I do prefer my 1903 Hamburg Steinway. But the two give perspective on each other. After 20 years it's still working fine. I've kept Saran Wrap over the buttons.