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Re: buchla thunder/evolver combo?

2004-03-01 by cikira@cikira.com

>had anyone tried this combo?  is the thunder so essentially 
>polyphonic that it would be silly to do this?  i have never used a 
>thunder, but i might have the opportuninty to aquire one.

Thunder is much better used with a polyphonic synth that has lots of direct 
continuous controller hooks into the sound. It's SO versatile in that way that 
you have to know what you want to do with it, or it's useless. Does that make 
sense? 

Thunders don't always come to hand, and they have good resale value. 
Depending on what else you have to use it with, you might want to try one out simply 
because it's mind-expanding. You could set one up to play chords on a 
PolyEvolver that all make sense within a scale--yummy. So now you need a PolyEvolver 
too  ;-)

Just being a bad influence,

--Amanda
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