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David Griffith wrote:
>>> On Fri, 30 Nov 2007, david wrote:

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>>>

>>>> 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.

>

> Check out http://www.synthesizers.com/ for new synths in the spirit of the

> old Moog modulars.  About 00 gets you a 22 module system in an oiled

> walnut case.  On the cheaper end, a Paia Fatman is a worthy machine at

> only about 0.

Oooohh - yummy! Duly bookmarked for a purchase of some kind someday!
--

David

gnome@hawaii.rr.com

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