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2003-06-24 by Marvin Jones
Fans of older Paia gear may be interested in Mark Vail's Vintage Gear column in the June 2003 issue of Keyboard. He has selected the Paia Stringz 'n' Thingz unit as this month's feature. The Keyboard website has the column posted online now: http://www.keyboardmag.com/0603_c4.htm mj
2003-06-24 by Rory McDonald
There's one to put in your cap, Marvin :) -Rory McDonald Oldsynths Moderator
-----Original Message----- From: Marvin Jones [mailto:mjones@...] Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 2:35 PM To: PAiASynth@yahoogroups.com; oldsynths@yahoogroups.com Subject: [oldsynths] Paia Stringz 'n' Thingz Fans of older Paia gear may be interested in Mark Vail's Vintage Gear column in the June 2003 issue of Keyboard. He has selected the Paia Stringz 'n' Thingz unit as this month's feature. The Keyboard website has the column posted online now: http://www.keyboardmag.com/0603_c4.htm mj To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: oldsynths-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
2003-06-24 by Ed Edelenbos
Very cool... I've wanted one of those for years. Actually, the ONLY time I ever got screwed over a i'net purchase was one of these. I sent the $$ and the guy disappeared. I took it as a "not meant to be". Ed Marvin Jones wrote:
> Fans of older Paia gear may be interested in Mark Vail's Vintage Gear > column in the June 2003 issue of Keyboard. He has selected the Paia > Stringz 'n' Thingz unit as this month's feature. > > The Keyboard website has the column posted online now: > > http://www.keyboardmag.com/0603_c4.htm > > mj > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=251812.3170658.4537139.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=1705032144:HM/A=1564415/R=0/SIG=11t6t7kdo/*http://www.netflix.com/Default?mqso=60164784&partid=3170658> > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > oldsynths-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service > <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>.
2003-06-26 by tsomneevich
Wow, I didn't you made that one, Marvin! Cool... Speaking of string synths, I scored a couple lately. The Korg Lambda is like a piece of furniture (lots of wood!), but sounds sublime! The keyboard feels really nice, and the sounds are all very warm. I always use a muted electric piano that ends up sounding like a nice muted warm pad, and some strings w/ a very slow attack so that they swell up if you hold the keys down -- very nice. My friend got it on eBay for $150, near mint, and sold it to me. The Crumar Orchestrator is not as nice, but that's cool. The brass can get squelchy if you get under the panel and turn up the resonance trimpot. (Both synths use SSM2040 filters -- or was it 2044? I forget.) The presets all have levels plus on/off switches for each side of the middle split point. The 'Bass' button can really make it farty at the, uh... bottom. (Sorry ;) The Korg Delta is like a Lambda but more synthy, w/ noise and a lot of more typical synth controls, and more access to the great filter, plus it's mostly metal and plastic. The joystick is really nice and much more powerful/non-subtle than the Lambda's. I'd love to get a Stringz n Thingz! Anyone else have any other string machines? What are they like? I guess I'm getting addicted to that sound... Scott --- In oldsynths@yahoogroups.com, Marvin Jones <mjones@s...> wrote: > Fans of older Paia gear may be interested in Mark Vail's Vintage Gear > column in the June 2003 issue of Keyboard. He has selected the Paia
> Stringz 'n' Thingz unit as this month's feature. > > The Keyboard website has the column posted online now: > > http://www.keyboardmag.com/0603_c4.htm > > mj
2003-06-26 by Ed Edelenbos
The best "string synth" sound I ever got was an old cheapo organ (it didn't even have a nameplate!) set on the string sound going through an MXR Phase 90 (or maybe 45) and then a Roland Space echo with attack controlled by the swell pedal in the organ. I forget the exact settings of the phase and echo. I was trying for that Arp String Ensemble sound and (IMO) way outdid it. Ed tsomneevich wrote:
> Wow, I didn't you made that one, Marvin! Cool... > > Speaking of string synths, I scored a couple lately. The Korg Lambda > is like a piece of furniture (lots of wood!), but sounds sublime! The > keyboard feels really nice, and the sounds are all very warm. I > always use a muted electric piano that ends up sounding like a nice > muted warm pad, and some strings w/ a very slow attack so that they > swell up if you hold the keys down -- very nice. My friend got it on > eBay for $150, near mint, and sold it to me. > > The Crumar Orchestrator is not as nice, but that's cool. The brass > can get squelchy if you get under the panel and turn up the resonance > trimpot. (Both synths use SSM2040 filters -- or was it 2044? I > forget.) The presets all have levels plus on/off switches for each > side of the middle split point. The 'Bass' button can really make it > farty at the, uh... bottom. (Sorry ;) > > The Korg Delta is like a Lambda but more synthy, w/ noise and a lot > of more typical synth controls, and more access to the great filter, > plus it's mostly metal and plastic. The joystick is really nice and > much more powerful/non-subtle than the Lambda's. > > I'd love to get a Stringz n Thingz! > Anyone else have any other string machines? What are they like? I > guess I'm getting addicted to that sound... > > Scott > > --- In oldsynths@yahoogroups.com, Marvin Jones <mjones@s...> wrote: > > Fans of older Paia gear may be interested in Mark Vail's Vintage > Gear > > column in the June 2003 issue of Keyboard. He has selected the > Paia > > Stringz 'n' Thingz unit as this month's feature. > > > > The Keyboard website has the column posted online now: > > > > http://www.keyboardmag.com/0603_c4.htm > > > > mj > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=249982.3179269.4495679.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=1705032144:HM/A=1524963/R=0/SIG=12ongbbsq/*http://hits.411web.com/cgi-bin/autoredir?camp=556&lineid=3179269&prop=egroupweb&pos=HM> > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > oldsynths-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service > <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>.