[sdiy] Bass generator synth DIY

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In a message dated 1/16/06 11:08:59 AM, elmacaco at nyc.rr.com writes:


> What about that DX200 thing yamaha made a while ago?
> 

That's a really great box -- one of the coolest products Yamaha ever made.   
It's able to load any six-operator Yamaha FM patch via sysex, and it has a 
bunch of very useful real-time controls on the front panel for editing and 
morphing the sound -- including an excellent multimode resonant filter.   Built-in 
effects, too, including very cool distortion.   All the panel controls send and 
receive MIDI data, so your edits and movements can be recorded into a 
sequencer.   Of course, it has its own internal 303/606-styled groove sequencer, too, 
and built-in drum sounds, so it's pretty much a rave DJ in a box.   It does, 
however, work just as well for non-acid styles of music.

The only down side is that you can't do full, operator-specific detailed 
patch editing from the front panel.   For that, you still need to edit from an 
external DX or SY synth, or from a computer-based DX editor.   The front panel 
knobs do give you a lot of editing control, though -- most of the basic 
additive-synth type editing stuff, kind of like an FM-based Prophet V or Minimoog.   
With the tens of thousands of FM patches that are floating around on the web, 
you're bound to find a sound that pleases you -- or at least distracts you for 
a few months.

Mike B.

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