uralmoto2001 a écrit :
>Two attempts at an "all in one" synth (at opposite ends of the price
>spectrum) are the Alesis Fusion and the Korg Oa$y$ ;) My S80 with the
>AN and DX boards installed is a pretty good 3 in 1 rig. A minimum
>setup for me is 2 boards; I gotta have 88 weighted keys and a
>clonewheel(CX-3). Hammond organ riffs are impossible to play on Piano
>keys. -Steve
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For "alien1x" : i missed something.... my own gear!
Yamaha AN1x, of course...
Kawaï K1, because of its basic "rough" approach of the additive (or more
precisely wavetable∗) synthesis.A funny joystick to mix the 4 waves
added, but neither MIDI controlled, nor MIDI controller : it would have
been great , sigh ...
Casio CZ : the phase distorsion is easier to program than FM, assuming
it is very similar electronically speaking, and the 8 (!) segment
envelopes are very powerful . One regret : once programmed, there is no
real time control.... but for an early eighties digital synth....
Red Sound Elevata expander (virtual analog as the AN1x) : the sounds are
"analog" too, but very different from the AN1x ones, more "raw" and
sometimes agressive, 8 part multitimbral . And it's a collector item :
only 250 made by a small british company.
Another "collector" : Evolution EVS1 expander, british "multimode
synthesis" engine (FM, phase distorsion, additive) .You can assign a few
external controllers to some parameters. Some sounds can be very "D50
like", others are typically FM
The Kawaï is hooked to the Red Sound, because it has external signal
inputs and i can use its VCF-VCA-LFOs to "post process" the sounds of
the Kawaï which has no filter (!), or mix them to the internal classic
"Saw - sine - square" VCOs.... it's like adding 4 more VCOs with other
waveforms.
The AN1x usually controls the EVS1 : i can assign a knob or 2 as MIDI
controllers for it.
The CZ is used alone (no velocity sensitive keyboard...) for soloing or
pads.
Each synth was purchased second hand at a bargain price.... they're all
now "obsolete", but not mythical and sought-after oldies!
Cheers !
J.F.
∗The only real additive synth in mass production was the Kawaï K5 (64
harmonics !). The K1 adds 2 to 4 complex waveforms, each with its own
envelope and delay, that's all! Further Kawaï synths got a basic
internal lo pass filter....