Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

yes, i wouldn't say i am "spoiled" by multi-voice instruments. hell, i play my minimoog and CS15 more often than not, and what do they have? one voice. but with a poly synth, i want to be able to play at least a triad and two bass notes and ideally more. i'm often playing 2 or 3 notes on my left and 3 or 4 on my right - impossible with a stock PEK. 

so if the PEK was relegated as a 4 voice mono synth, great! its awesome for that. but i also want to use it as a poly synth afterall, the voice architecture makes for some great pads and punches. but 4 voices just doesn't cut it.

until i got a PER (original version) i didn't really use the PEK that much unless i was using it as a 4 voice mono synth. but now with the PER i am playing more than any other synth in my studio. so the extra 4 voice, for my use, transformed the instrument.

i bought the PEK for $2800 CAD and the PER was $1200 CAD used so $4000 which i think is fair for an 8 voice analogue poly synth with all the features it has.

would be nice if the PER were IN the PEK though.



--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "wasteking1" <wasteking1@...> wrote:
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>  meatball-----i wouldnt be complaining about 6 voices--- you can at least play a triad chord with each hand---(i realize this has to do with  actual live 'pianoplaying' and not step sequencing.) or even not have a voice drop out when just using 2 fingers of both hands with long release sounds. . 
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> meanwhile the emphasis is on HALF - in 'Half-full'. why not 'all-full'? i want 'all-full'  ['half a loaf' is not considered good.] 
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> i would certainly have paid some more for the 8 voices--- its probably worth another $800[ maybe 1000] --- since all it is is part of another PC board. I see NO other companies bragging about their new delux 4 voice synth--- the average new PEK is $2400 (used 1400-1750)  so that would make an 8 voice model  $3200-3400. Hey it supposed to be  top-of-the-line, right???? [a new Waldorf Q+ is $3900.] 
> as i said --make it an OPTION or an UPGRADE-- it would NOT  be hard for the company to do. and you can keep yours at only 4 voices because you love it so much that way .   I would pay for 8.
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> --- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "meatballfulton" <hubcapbrian@> wrote:
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> > --- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "em" <musiclists@> wrote:
> > > As I said, as a poly synth its severely crippled with only 
> > > 4 voices. It makes me think, "What was Dave Smith thinking??" 
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> > Maybe he was thinking he didn't want to charge $4000 for the PEK!!!
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> > As far as 4 voices being "crippled" that's just because we're spoiled today by synths with up to 128 voices available. There weren't lots of complaints about 4, 5 and 6 voice polysynths back in the 70s and 80s. 
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> > The glass is half full, not half empty.
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