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David Griffith wrote:

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> On Fri, 30 Nov 2007, david wrote:

>

>> Well, I think that Yamaha's sound patches in their hardware synthesizers

>> sound much better than any soundfont I've heard. But if you're talking

>> about a pure synthesizer (one that generates its own sounds, not simply

>> playing what is basically just a sampled sound) - hard to tell. I still

>> think the Moog synthesizer sound is the best!

>

> Another thing that hardware synths have over software is the user

> interface.  You just can't get the kind of flexibility that you have when

> you reach out and grab cables and frob knobs.

I agree with that! The Moog was so *manipulable*. Even the Hammond organ

I played during my professional music career was manipulable in ways

that synthesizers don't conveniently make available - moving the

tonebars in and out while playing, for instance.
Reminds me - I need to splice an audio tape back together and get a

working tape deck. I have an old solo recording of a Hammond organ going

through a wah-wah pedal and fuzz box before going into an amp, I should

make another tape copy and digitize it before the tape dies completely.

It would have been recorded sometime between 1973 and 1975.
I do want to try my Wacom tablet as a control surface sometime. Even a

Smartboard would be an interesting way to do music.
--

David

gnome@hawaii.rr.com

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