Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

to-X+Z--
yes you can always carry more equipment ,and plug in more wires, and need more outlets, and  buy more cases---- yes, that is certainly desireable. why just carry it all in one?  how unprofessional....

--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, X + Z = 0 <xpluszequalszero@...> wrote:
>
> easy portabillity,
> if you can bring along a pek touring or playing live, i guess there is 
> still room in the car/van  to bring along a per, its not that a pek fits 
> in a suitcase and easy bring a long on tour or something when traveling 
> with a bus or train etc
> >  
> >
> > Even your  dinosaur 80's synths have 6 voices, indeed.
> > But do they have a hybrid osc generator, 4 lfo's, envelope generators, 
> > 4 4x16 step squencers, a complex modulation matrix, 3 syncable delays, 
> > feedback, hack (... should i go on...?).
> > So yeah, it's short on polyphony - but don't compare it to your 80's 
> > dinosaur synths, since it beats them on all the other departments.
> >
> > --- On *Thu, 3/11/10, wasteking1 /<wasteking1@...>/* wrote:
> >
> >
> >     From: wasteking1 <wasteking1@...>
> >     Subject: Re: [DSI Synths] DSI - "no to 4 voice PEK upgrade"
> >     To: DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com
> >     Date: Thursday, March 11, 2010, 3:00 PM
> >
> >      
> >     a seperate expansion unit sounds fine in theory,maybe good for the
> >     hiding-in-the- studio-types but is of little live convienience,
> >     and totally kills easy portability- -- as i said before--LOOK
> >     INSIDE THE PEK--- its HALF EMPTY--- plenty of room for more voice
> >     circuits --- even on a modular plug-in/add on basis. (2 at a
> >     time?) even just 6 voices would keep me from having a dropout
> >     problem while simply playing one program with two hands.and
> >     certainly it limits what kind things you can do with partial
> >     'unison' voice allocations. . Obviously DSI considered 8 fine for
> >     the CHEAPER Prophet---why not their 'flagship' model? Its a real
> >     shortcoming in the marketplace.
> >
> >     --- In DSI_Evolver@ yahoogroups. com
> >     <http://us.mc306.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=DSI_Evolver%40yahoogroups.com>,
> >     "meatballfulton" <hubcapbrian@ ...> wrote:
> >     >
> >     > --- In DSI_Evolver@ yahoogroups. com
> >     <http://us.mc306.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=DSI_Evolver%40yahoogroups.com>,
> >     "wasteking1" <wasteking1@ > wrote:
> >     > > How come the PEK pot version could be so quickly adapted?
> >     > > how many people asked DSI for it or ws it just Dave's idea?
> >     >
> >     > Based on all the complaints about encoders I've seen in Evo
> >     discussions, it must have been a LOT of people asking for it. Dave
> >     obviously likes the encoders (as do I).
> >     >
> >     > > How many people would like 8 voices???? (even my dinosaur 80's
> >     > > synths have 6)
> >     >
> >     > Poly expansion leaves the option up to the end user, the people
> >     who want the extra voices can buy them. While it's not as
> >     convenient as having all 8 voices onboard the PEK, MEK and DEVO
> >     users can also make use of it.
> >     >
> >     > I've heard similar complaints about hooking up a Mopho keyboard
> >     to a Tetra, and the Mopho keyboard hasn't even been released yet!!!
> >     >
> >
> >
> > 
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