Mellotronists

I had use of a DX knob programmer for a while.  I acted like such a
brat my boss rented me one .  I used it on the 7 and the TX rack and
got the only truly good Yamaha FM sounds that I ever managed, still
have a few in the can.  I also decided that I was too old not to
predominantly use knobs so I gave  my DX7 and TX7 to my nephew. He is
a whiz on them with the help of a fast computer and software.  I
abandoned a profoundly great sound generation method because it made
me uncomfortable in a circumstance that discomfort wouldn't help me.

Couldn't replicate the Mellotron even with the programmer.

gw

On 6/7/07, jonesalley <jonesalley@...> wrote:
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> There's one for sale around here that I'll end up buying if they finally
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Pomeroy Ranch
> To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 9:38 PM
> Subject: RE: [Mellotronists] return of the clones
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> The additive synthesis in the Synergy is an interesting opportunity for
> pushing the envelope – just think if these things had a decent
> Pentium/Motorola microprocessor instead of an archaic Toshiba Z80 chip…..
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> Not at all... Remember when I said that with digital synths, after 25
> to 40 years of digital music development that the best they can do is
> to make bad copies of great instruments that are no longer in
> production? I wanted to point out that the DX-7 is an exception to
> that. The DX-7 was a digital synth that involved wicked creative use
> of the technology, it wasn't trying to be a cheap copy of something
> it's not, and that sort of character, innovation and joyful
> exploration is rarely seen in digital synths.
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