guitar synth

[Rob]

Well, a step up would be to get a Morpheus or Orbit module by Emu.. I kinda
like mine.. Its not analog, but still rather interesting and cheap.

Rob

----- Original Message -----
From: Harry Bissell <harrybissell at prodigy.net>
To: farky <farky at ix.netcom.com>
Cc: <synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl>
Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2000 11:08 AM
Subject: Re: guitar synth


> The EMu proteus series can do what you want. It has a large assortment of
> raw waves to play with.  Can get some good raw waves but alas no
> VCF...
>
> H^) harry
>
> farky wrote:
>
> > Hey folks.
> >
> > I bought a Yamaha G50 midi converter and a G1D pickup and slapped it on
> > my Jazzmaster.  I was using a Roland GK-2A with a GI-10.  I'm pleased
> > with the improvement of tracking speed.  It's now a little better than
> > acceptable.  The problem with the tracking delay that I had encountered
> > with the Roland units was that I didn't feel like the notes were coming
> > from my fingers--I didn't feel connected to the notes.  That problem is
> > gone, and it was really my only big complaint that I had encountered in
> > guitar synthesis.  I recommend the Yamaha units.
> >
> > My other complaint with synth guitar applies to all recent sample based
> > synths.  It seems that I just can't get far enough away from the
> > waveforms that come in ROM.  What I mean is, I want to make patches that
> > are truly unique and don't sound like a bassoon but some warped thing
> > from mars or maybe halfway from here to mars.  And I don't want
> > stereotypical "out there" sounds.  It seems like analog synths would be
> > the way to go because the options for combining waves and
> > processing/modulating them are different and you don't start out with a
> > sampled grand piano in an echo chamber with the damper off.
> >
> > Those are my thoughts for the evening.
> >
> > toby
>
>