Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, m-cartwright@n... wrote:
> just a quick question about the monomachine...
> soo... it seems that one of the synthesis engines is called SID.  I'm 
> assuming this is from the SID station... but there only seems to be 2 
> DSP chips in the monomachine.  Does the monomachine actually have one 
> of the c64 sound chips in it as well, or is it just replicating the 
> SID synthesis engine... and if so, does it sound the same?  I've 
> heard that one of the unique characteristics about the SID station 
> was all of the wacked out crosstalk noise, etc. that is inherent to 
> the chip.

yes! that is the great characteristic of the Sidstation (well, the SID
chip, actually); the noise!

the emulation on the Monomachine is very good. it does the basic SID
sounds very well. and by basic, I mean the waveforms and general
sound. it doesn't have nearly as much noise and rawness to it. also,
you can't do any wavetable programming of it (like the SID) and you
don't have the crazy interaction of LFO's. but if you want the basic
sound of a SID chip, then it's very good.

I actually use it a lot, and I hae a Sidstation. I prefer to leave the
Sidstation programming for those moments when I want very wacky SID
sounds.

oh, and there's also a SID mode for the MnM's arpeggiators, by the way.

Joe.