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- Sat Sep 12, 2009 9:06 pm
- Forum: General Synthesizers
- Topic: Rack Analogs/Hybrids with MIDI real-time ctrl
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2175
Re: Rack Analogs/Hybrids with MIDI real-time ctrl
The Roland MKS-50 responds to realtime sysex and the Cheetah MS6 will do it from CCs if you install the firmware upgrade available from http://www.maad.net/ms6/
- Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:58 pm
- Forum: General Synthesizers
- Topic: What was the worst synthesizer you've ever owned?
- Replies: 183
- Views: 33415
Re: What was the worst synthesizer you've ever owned?
It's nice to see quite a lot of gear I've owned popping up on this list - Yamaha CX5, Red Sound Darkstar, Casio VZ8 etc. Truth is however I quite liked all of them - I didn't have much else at the time I owned each of them which I think encouraged me to actually use them and get the best out of them...
- Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:17 am
- Forum: General Synthesizers
- Topic: Favorite Sounds
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3026
- Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:47 pm
- Forum: General Synthesizers
- Topic: The Joys of Hardware Sequencers (Story/Rant/Endorsement)
- Replies: 64
- Views: 10721
Well everyone has their preferred way of working but I love hardware sequencers. The Akai MPCs are great (I've owned a 2000, 1000 and now have a 2000xl) for just getting things down quickly - turn it on, press record and away you go. It's quick and you don't have all faffing around you get on a PC. ...
- Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:52 pm
- Forum: Buyer's Guide
- Topic: Coron DS 7 mini synth
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2930
If you know which way round to hold a soldering iron you can buy a cloned PCB. They're very simple to put together - I've done two DS7s and two DS8s which I trigger from my Regelwerk for a rather cool percussion set up.
- Sat May 31, 2008 6:49 pm
- Forum: General Synthesizers
- Topic: Worst Korg synth EVER!
- Replies: 75
- Views: 13070
I've not had a lot of experience with Korg gear, though I have to say I really liked my Electribe EA1. Maybe not the most versatile soundwise, but a very inspiring instrument in the way that simple devices often can be. I'm going to nominate the Korg DSM1 which is a sampler rather than a synth, but ...
- Sat May 31, 2008 6:35 pm
- Forum: General Synthesizers
- Topic: What turned you on to electronic/synth music?
- Replies: 112
- Views: 18979
Actually, that reminds me of a school trip I went on when I was about 10 to see a lecture on 'Science and Sound'. Can't remember anything about it other than the chap having this keyboard with non-moving keys (I suspect it was a Wasp or something) and that I was raving about it afterwards. That migh...
- Sat May 31, 2008 6:32 pm
- Forum: General Synthesizers
- Topic: What was the first synth you ever bought?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4227
I had a Casio CZ230S, which probably doesn't count as it was largely a preset device (I think it had 4 memory slots you could program via sysex) and then a Yamaha CX5, which probably doesn't really count either as it it was an unfortunate car crash between an MSX computer and a DX9 so probably the f...
- Sat May 31, 2008 5:58 pm
- Forum: General Synthesizers
- Topic: What turned you on to electronic/synth music?
- Replies: 112
- Views: 18979
Kraftwerk. And not so much the music but because of something I read in some kids magazine ("Look In" or something similar I think) at the time "The Model" was released which said something along the lines of "Most bands complain that they can't get their studio sound on stage - this isn't a problem...
- Sat May 31, 2008 5:17 pm
- Forum: General Synthesizers
- Topic: cv/gate box for computer
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1281
- Sat Jan 12, 2008 1:51 am
- Forum: General Synthesizers
- Topic: What misconceptions about your synths drive you nuts?
- Replies: 210
- Views: 28912
Well hey, the biggest misconception about a synth would be that it isn't muscially viable. This thread has just been a massive "bad workman blaming their tools" exercise - have a look at Sealed's Deep Synthesis site for instance, he gets some fantastic sounds out of the sort of synths many people wo...
- Sat Jan 12, 2008 1:22 am
- Forum: General Synthesizers
- Topic: Badass synth parts in songs (starting with this one)
- Replies: 118
- Views: 28459
- Sat Jan 12, 2008 12:49 am
- Forum: General Synthesizers
- Topic: Gear you owned and didn't like
- Replies: 161
- Views: 30255
I've owned quite a few synths that seem to be falling into the "didn't like" category here - Korg Electribes, Redsound Darkstar (a massively underrated synth in my opinion, I regret selling my Darkstar XP), Roland MC-303, Casio VZ-8, Yamaha CX-5 and to be honest I've liked them all in one way or ano...
- Sat Aug 25, 2007 1:04 pm
- Forum: General Synthesizers
- Topic: What synth are you in love with?
- Replies: 139
- Views: 21863
- Sun Aug 19, 2007 10:47 pm
- Forum: General Synthesizers
- Topic: Poll in regards to sequencing. Participate if you have a sec
- Replies: 51
- Views: 7893