[sdiy] my musical ideas & my guitar synth

[Magnus Danielson]

From: "anthony" <aankrom at bluemarble.net>
Subject: Re: [sdiy] my musical ideas & my guitar synth
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 18:07:29 -0500
Message-ID: <003501c70c2f$7e94ddb0$9055f442 at positronium>

> Aha... The Synthi AKS had a sequencer.... I didn't know that.

The Synthi-A could have DK-1, DK-2 or KS keyboards. That is Dynamic Keyboard 1,
Dynamic Keyboard 2 or Keyboard Sequencer. The KS has the infamous capacitive
keyboard and a sequencer up to 256 notes. The keyboard itself is interestingly
enougth a hi-note priority keyboard which lends itself to some interesting
stuff which should make guitar-players feel right at home. :-)

> But that still 
> begs the question: why didn't Roger Waters use it more? I think I found the 
> video you are referring too and he is indeed messing with a Synthi, but he's 
> in a room full of other stuff.

Maybe all of the toying around didn't make it into their musical concepts?
There's my bet.

> I'm pretty sure I could listen to a whole album of 8-step sequence bits of 
> songs with timbres being tweaked. Improvised timbre: a rich area that I 
> still think has yet to be explored as in depth as possible. Digital synths 
> might allow for a much broader palette, but I still think it's easier to hit 
> the richer spots with analog synth gear...

It is an interface issue IMHO. While the Synthi-A is doing alot of interesting
inperfections, what makes it interesting is many time they way you interface
with it rather than any unique features, but those are part of the full
Synthi-A experience.

Cheers,
Magnus