Elektron Musical Instruments

le 14/02/2003 16:20, Lud à ludd@... a écrit :

> Yamaha FS1R.
> Yes, it's Yamaha :} but the concept of "formants" used in this synth is
> great. it creates very strange, unique sounds.

the last time knonw when Yamaha recalled us they knew how to make a Synth

Just like Korg with the Prophecy and the Z1 (that I have :)

Or Kawai that wakes up from time to time, last was the K5000 (I have too :)

Roland is in cerebral death %)

> Lud - but I love my micro modular too :)

Sure, But I love my NM more (in fact I had the mM and switched to the NMR,
incredible bang for the bucks, but as all modulars, not for the faint of
heart)

le 14/02/2003 16:00, Flavio Alvarez à srminimo@... a écrit :

> This does look and sound cool as hell. I had also
> never seen it before. Besides the usual suspects we
> all want (and some of you already have, you bastards),

You'll never have my modulars! :P

> like the Dave Smith Evolver and the Macbeth,

the Evolver is certainly the Rolls Royce of budget analogue synths. mega
bang for the bucks. But the price means the thing is not as ergonomic as it
could have been. But more buttons would have killed the price.
The Macbeth is cool but it's a Mini clone, The one I saw and heard was from
the pre prod. Evolver is much more flexible.

> I also
> think the MFB Synth, which is similar to the evolver,

The MFB has a GREAT filter. But the oscillators seems to be digital in fact
(it's a talk right now on the Analogue Heaven list) so are not as good. But
the filter is right down Moogy. It's half an Evolver (4 osc, 2 analogue, 2
digital and with an attitude, wave tables from the prophet VSŠ a killer!)
I still haven't tried one, but I listened a lot of examples from Dave site
and from users (links froms the gas station, and AH) it has a lot of
personality and possibilities.

> and the Darkstar are certainly unique.

Analogue emulation, and I'm not sure it's still in production, they've been
bought by an asian corp and for example the elevata has been killed.

> But the mother
> of them all has to be the Hartman Neuron.

heard only the unfinished prototype a year ago at Frankfurt.
I hope I'll be at the Messe again this year to see the finished one. The
sound has chaged a lot, and the main characteristic don't seem to pass the
sound compressions for the net. But on the synthesis side, it's a
breakthrough. But It's certainly not a do it all synth. And it need a
computer nearby for use of resysnthesis and profile making. A monster.

There is another neuronal synth in existance, but it's an analogue one and
completely different in conception. Made by Juergen Michaelis (Mr. JoMoX) as
a private project, it can be seen and heard (too expensive to make) at JM's
personnal site. http://www.jayemsonic.de/ It's not finished, soŠ

And as we talk of expensive gizmosŠ one word: Voyager!

Now what is this monomachine? %)

Denis žž)

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