The Yamaha VL Series VL-1(M), VL-7,VL-70-M. Err... Casio VL-ToneAstroDan wrote:How many other digital synths are mono?
I want to know.

Technically, the DX7 uses Phase Modulation, not Frequency Modulation.Phollop Willing PA wrote:This is why it doesn't mention FM per se, but from what I can tell, VPM is really FM (under a different name).Jexus wrote:According to wikipedia:
The Korg Prophecy is considered one of the earliest (mid-nineties) "virtual analog" (a.k.a. VA) synthesizers, although its synthesis capabilities went beyond many of its VA contemporaries.....
........Probably, the most valuated and used DSP models were the analog model (based on the classic osc+filter+amp scheme, although with many powerful enhancements), the VPM model (some sort of FM synthesis which cleverly avoided Yamaha's FM patent) and the "physical modeling"algorithms.....
Perhaps more digging is in order to clarify?
The SOS article also suggests the same:
"The FM -- sorry, VPM -- sounds produced all the classic 'metal things being hit' that the DX7 was so famous for, as well as some big, angry, modulated sounds reminiscent of someone dismantling a corrugated iron shed with a chainsaw, monitored through a flanger. "
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1995_ar ... ?print=yes
I love the 'log'! The log should've been continued on other models.Soundwave wrote:
...The envelope programming is a ball ache with having to swap from rates and levels on two different screens and the 'log' isn't the best controller to use.
The MIDI is very comprehensive and the modulation options were quite a leap forward for digital synths in its time.
that's one of the synth signature sound that I also like from the solo board inside the Trinity.Phollop Willing PA wrote:I couldn't do without patch A47 Phase Wind Motion.
wrong.tom Cadillac wrote:It's great but frustrating. Got a good sharp fat sound to it and a wonderful expressive keyboard - great aftertouch and two mod wheels = THE LOG.
Yeah its a bass synth as its meant to be.
may b its u whu has duh problem and not the sinth.tom Cadillac wrote:The simulation patches are v good and I can make pretend trumpet better than any other synth I'v played, BUT I want to make up these wind instruments that are new - venusian saxs and so on and I can,t work out how to program the damn thing. Its v complex and not user freiendly. Also sound cards are unavailable/expensive. o both v good and v bad.
Better in a way to never get one bcause it,ll just sit there mocking you while you do mono bass with other things.
what? you're crazy. ms2000 has much more going on. both synths are deep tho, and im not doggin on the prophecy.. i used to own one and often miss it.. but to say the ms2000 is thin in comparison or to say the prophecy is more 'complex' is just crazy talk. CRAZY. almost as crazy as suggesting korg made a mistake by creating it...which is nearly scandalous.8bit9bot wrote:ah yeah thats more complex than the ms2000 for sure -