RE: [Fairlight-CMI] Synclavier II on eBay
2004-03-12 by Peter Connelly (Core Design Ltd.)
Did
that quote REALLY get printed into the ARP 2600 manual??? Awesome! That's made
my day :-D
Actually, that statementf reminded me of a time when I was working in an
elecrical retail store, whilst I was at college:
I sold a Hi-Fi to a couple and they brought it back
saying it didn't work. I plugged it in, pressed the "LIT" standby button and
bob's your uncle. It worked fine!!! They thought the "LIT" standby button meant
it was on!!! :-D
P
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-----Original Message----->
From: Malte Rogacki [mailto:gacki@gacki.sax.de]
Sent: 12 March 2004 15:30
To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Synclavier II on eBay
>http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3710669358&category=38071
>
> Right, I've no idea what the different specs are. Can anyone enlighten
>me? Which is THE daddy to get?
>
> Did they simply advance like the Fairlight did (Series i, II, IIx, III)?
Sort of, but not as clearly and obviously.
There was the Synclavier I which was *very* rare (only a handful built).
Then there were the various Synclavier II variants starting from very basic
machines with non-velocity keyboards to bigger machines with (at least)
monophonic samples. I think the PSMT systems belong to this category, too.
Finally the whole line was re-designed and you got the 3200, 6400, and 9600.
The machine on eBay is a very basic machine as far as the software goes; on
the other hand 32 FM voices are actually quite good. This particular
machine doens#T seem to have terminal support and a second floppy drive. No
sampling as well, and no MIDI.
--
Malte Rogacki gacki@gacki.sax.de
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"Don't forget to TURN ON THE SYNTHESIZER. Often this is the reason why you
get no sound out of it." (ARP 2600 Owner's Manual)
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