EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

I was just curious...

I have seen synclaviers on ebay now and then (there's part of one now, on 
there, actually at  http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=
29552&item=935750075  

I think they still make them and they are high-dollar machines. One of the 
guys from ABBA just bought one that can record audio or 7 straight days. But 
with technology as it is nowadays, how can Synclaviers be much better than 
Logic, Reason, Cubase, Cakewalk, etc?

I would love to have one if I could find one cheap enough just to be able to 
tinker with it a little. They had one where I went to school years ago and it was 
just magnificent.

I only know that the old Synclaviers (think Paul Hardcastle, 
Jam/Lewis) were not only deadtight on timing 
(...let's face it, with software samplers that's finaly an issue of the 
past), 
...but also a real pleasure to work with. 

The same no-nonsens-kinda thing that made the Radar so 
widely popular later on; 

"this is the interface, this is how you do it". 

But what makes it really stand out is the way it it lets you 
concentrate on the music, the sequenser is no screen that runs 
from left to right. Maybe that forces you to use your ears wiser 
thus make at least more interesting music...?

I dunno...
I think it's all very interesting right now actually...

O.





--- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, "flexxoffset 
<robrackn@h...>" <robrackn@h...> wrote:
> I was just curious...
> 
> I have seen synclaviers on ebay now and then (there's part of 
one now, on 
> there, actually at  
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=
> 29552&item=935750075  
> 
> I think they still make them and they are high-dollar machines. 
One of the 
> guys from ABBA just bought one that can record audio or 7 
straight days. But 
> with technology as it is nowadays, how can Synclaviers be 
much better than 
> Logic, Reason, Cubase, Cakewalk, etc?
> 
> I would love to have one if I could find one cheap enough just to 
be able to 
> tinker with it a little. They had one where I went to school years 
ago and it was 
> just magnificent.