That was certainly my impression. The Alpha's filter is VERY smooth. Not that the JX is the filthiest in the world or anything, but the Alpha goes even beyond that one. Somewhere in between a JX8P and a D-50 sounds about right really. I've noticed this too, which is interesting because they both us...

I've got an MKS-50. I like the sound of it, though there's a certain characteristic to it that's kind of hard to escape. If you don't like said characteristic, the charm will wear off quite quickly. I've also found that the MKS and the JX-8P can both be programmed to compliment each other quite nice...

Can't really argue. Got my ESQ-1 for $140 USD at a pawn shop. Great sounding board. Especially in my case, as that price also included 1XRAM cart and 1XROM cart, plus a hard case.

What...? I have to say that even though this is something I would never use, I do admire Korg's willingness to make some of the most out there instruments. Not only do they make them, but they are typically pretty fun and useful, if in limited applications. Now if only they would put a Kaoss pad in...

ok I just got jsynthlib and I have hooked up my midi adapter to the usb port and to the synth and nothing is happening... Does anyone know how to actually get started with the program, the documentation explains what all the functions do but doesnt really mention how to get things working initially...

roger trout mask wrote:ah thankyou, great help to me also. is this Massey book available anywhere still?, i cant find
cheers
roger

http://www.vintagesynth.com/forum/viewt ... &hilit=DX7

Scroll down a bit to the post by Joshy. PDF copy, .rar compressed.

by emulation do you mean you use a DX7 softsynth? Is the programming the same? Do you find JsynthLib to be good in terms of visualizing the levels and rates? Yeah, it's a DSSI plugin called Hexter . Great sounding softsynth, but devoid of a GUI past patch names/performance settings. Even responds t...

have you considered JSynthLib? It's cross platform and written in Java, so it'll run on Mac. I use it in Linux with my DX7 emulation, and it works pretty well.

The only thing I had 20 years ago was my SK-5, which I'm happy to say I still own. Unfortunately, I was also a dumbass 11 year old kid who thought Nintendo was way cooler than making music. :banghead: 10 years ago I had a Fender Mexican Strat (still have it), an early 90's Ibanez RG-570 with EMG pic...

Hi all. I'm trying to get ahold of the MicroKorg driver for JSynthLib. The only place it seems to be available online is the Korg Club Yahoo group. I tried joining, but all I got back was an MS2000 FAQ from the group owner. Going by the message history, it looks like the group has been spammed to h*...

Ok Im going to be making a trip to the music store in a few days. Just to clarify, in order to store patches to my computer and load patches from the computer onto the DX7, the device to buy is a midi USB adaptor right? and not a cheep one.... Yes. If you can find it in the store, this should proba...

stephen wrote:And another old favourite is the hydrogen drum sequencer.http://www.hydrogen-music.org/hcms/

Bloody h**l! How did I forget to mention Hydrogen? Excellent, very easy to use drum machine.

This is a good start! I actually tried Simple Sysexxer, but it wasn't built for my distro, and I've always failed at building that stuff from source. But soon I'm getting a MIDI-USB interface in, and will likely find a way to get that to work, as well as the suggested JSynthLib, seeing as I have a ...

MasterCProgram wrote:
I'll be willing and totally able to go as far south as Portland or even as far north as Vancouver, BC.
Thanks for the help!

Considering the type of music the local scene produced, I'd think Vancouver probably wouldn't be a bad place to look.

For MIDI, Simple Sysexxer to transfer SYSEX JSynthLib JSynthLib as an editor. (note you'll need Java Runtime Environment for JsynthLib.) Softsynths Hexter, a DX7 emulation Alsa Modular Synth, exactly what it says on the tin :D LMMS, which is sorta like FL, and which I have a love/hate relationship w...