[sdiy] Siel LX series... really exist ?

[Scott Nordlund]

I'm not saying they don't have good points (I have actually considered doing my own Siel Symphony, or at least making a shirt with the logo).

But I don't know of any other manufacturer whose instruments are so promising yet deeply flawed in some way or another.  If they sound good, they self-destruct (DK 600).  If they still work, they sound awful (MDP-40, though it has its charm).  And any idea that looks good on paper is somehow let down by a bizarre and horrible implementation (CTS-2000).  

I can't comment on the ARP Quartet anyway, though I concur that the interconnects suck.  They suck so bad that the cables break into pieces...

Anyway, more relevant to current discussions, the filter in the Mono has highpass and bandpass responses that come from mixing the different stages of a cascaded OTA design.

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> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:26:24 -0700
> From: sounddoctorin at imt.net
> To: gsn10 at hotmail.com
> CC: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Siel LX series... really exist ?
>
> OH aaohhhh! OHhhhhhhhhhhh! :-)
>
> Seriously Scott...I'm going to have to do a 'Siel symphony' just for
> that. Hehe.
>
> Some overlooked 'nuggets' are
>
> 1) The Siel Mono is not a bad sounding monosynth for the cheap thing it
> was I've heard. No 1st hand exp. though.
>
> 2) The Siel Orchestra/ARP Quartet and Siel OR-400/SCI Prelude/Orchestra
> II really for their day were one of the better sounding analog piano
> sounds I think and the mix on the later model with Organ and brass is a
> very cool sound with the ability to EQ and flange it etc. Fun little
> units really and some good quality sounds for the technology. The
> interconnects suck but as long as you change them to flexible ones hey
> they're not bad reliability wise again for what they are. Standard
> parts inside pretty much.
>
> 3) The DK600/opera 6 while problematic once the battery spills really
> have their own realm of dominance. Rarely a problem on the analog
> board. A 100% analog synth that says "DCO" because it had divide down
> from two analog oscillators like I said recently in the wiki thing. But
> you can really pull some rich sounds out of it. And the DK70 and 80
> while paraphonic also do some decent sounds. I am going to do a siel
> symphony You have thrown down the gauntlet of shame! :-) I must. hehe.
> SAVE THE SIELS! :-) -Bob
>
> Scott Nordlund wrote:
>
>>Well, all their products were "bad or zero" in one way or another.
>>
>>(and I say this as the owner of a DK 600, Expander, MDP-40, ARP Quartet and Keytek CTS-2000).
>>
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>>
>>>Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:39:17 +0100
>>>From: damsagain at free.fr
>>>To: dragon.servicing at googlemail.com
>>>Subject: Re: [sdiy] Siel LX series... really exist ?
>>>CC: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>>>
>>>Peter,
>>>Thank you !
>>>The flying serie you said... hum...
>>>I don't know it either but there is some documentation on the web.
>>>I am surprise Siel don't mention it nowhere. However they built and sold Flying
>>>and LX ! Would they ashamed cause thoses products were bad or zero ? Strange,
>>>isn't it ?
>>>:-/
>>>
>>>cheers,
>>>Damien
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Selon dragons :
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi,
>>>>firstly happy new year to you all.
>>>>I think the LX-61 and LX49 have some resemblance to the flying 49 and
>>>>flying 61.
>>>>as far as I know the Flying 49 uses a sgs ic for the tone generation,
>>>>and is sort of like a portable home organ. various stops allow different
>>>>sounds to be available.
>>>>one of the the only reference(s) to the Lx-49 is at
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Keyboard+And+MIDI/product/Siel/LX.49/100/1
>>>
>>>
>>>>regards Peter
>>>>
>>>>damsagain at free.fr wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Hi everybody,
>>>>>
>>>>>I wish you a happy new year !
>>>>>
>>>>>I have a Problem to share :
>>>>>I can't find any documentation about Siel LX series (LX-61 or LX-49).
>>>>>
>>>>>Even the official Siel Website don't mention them, but I am shure that
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>exists !
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I am not crazy (I hope...)
>>>>>
>>>>>Have you heard about those two models ? (Analog or not ? Marketing year ?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>etc.)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Could a Siel LX-61 be compared to a Siel Orchestra or an Opera6 or a DK-600
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Thank you for your answers.
>>>>>
>>>>>Regards,
>>>>>Damien.
>>>>>;-)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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