SID Station defended

[mbartkow at ET.PUT.Poznan.PL]

I totally disagree.

ld <jar5831 at localnet.com> wrote:

>  I feel that all of you chiming in on this thread "for $500! no way!" about the
> Sid Station are overlooking some key points about it..(yes I admit I do not own
>    one or ever got to play with one..I have owned a C64 and played with synth
>    emulator software for it so i am well acquanted with the sounds)...well my
>   point is for your $500 you are getting a modern analog synth with midi that
>  IMHO is more powerfull (with its 4 vco's ecet and midi) than any $500 "mint"
                                    ^^^^^^^^
                                    It's three of them and they are ridiculously
                                    simple DCOs with no frills.

>  Minimoog, mg-1, prodigy, arp odsy, arp axxe ecet ecet you will ever find..not
>  to mention far easier and cheaper to repair.

This is just not true. It sounds cheesy and very cheap.
You are free to prefer this little piece of crap over Mini, but I bet nobody would 
exchange his old'n'dirty Mini or Odyssey to a new shiny SIDstation.

[flood deleted]

I listened to C64 many times and I must say it never impressed me. First of all,
the allegedly powerful filter is a crap in comparison to Moog ladder. All the bleeps
originated from the SID may be easily replicated using a simple but smartly 
programmed synth, especially under uP control. 

This is SYNTH-DIY not AH and it is perfectly ok to consider it in DIY terms, and NOT 
in terms of full scale productions. For us it's a fun to design a new thing. 
I repeat - with the full respect to the designer of the SID chip, it's pointless to 
hunter for the stupid chip. Build your own better minisynth.

mb


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