Digital DIY synths?

[Ben Stuyts]

On Fri, 08 Jan 1999, tomg wrote:

> >I found the Yamaha An1x, which I could try out over the
> >holiday. (Yep, gonna keep it!) The whole DSP thing started to make more and
> >more sense to me. Not to mention being able to use it polyphonically.
>
> Yeah! I spent a little time with this the other day. Pretty
> good, the nord has a lot more edge but I like the sound of
> the JP-8K best. If your going to buy a DSP machine check it
> out first.

Did that too, but didn't like it. The Roland has only a 4 octave keyboard,  
which is not enough for me. Also no aftertouch I think, but I do not consider  
that very important. The JP8000 does have a few more knobs though. The other  
day I found a patch file for the Yamaha An1x with all the JP8000 sounds. B-)  
Can't really compare them as I don't have a JP8000 handy.

I also played a Nord Lead, but was very disappointed with it. The sound  
didn't do much to me, and the controls and keyboard were awful.

My favorite was the Access Virus, but it is quite a bit more expensive, and  
as it is only a module I'd have to buy another master keyboard.

> I think it's interesting that all this DSP stuff sounds very
> different depending on the name plate.

Yeah, that's good. It just means that you can have just as many different  
characters in dsp based synths as you have in analog based ones. It goes  
contrary to the myth that all this digital stuff sounds the same.

Best regards,
Ben