Hi,
I have said on many forums (fora?) that whilst the Motif synths sound good, they simply do not have the depth, power and expressiveness of what has gone before. Probably because (as somebody has already said) Yamaha have been chasing the goal of a workstation for the mass market.
Personally, I would be without my EX5, AN1x, SY77 and FS1R!
Cheers
Derek
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> From: jondl_2000 <jondl_2000@...>
> To: AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sat, June 12, 2010 6:04:58 PM
> Subject: [AN1x] Where's Waldo? (er, um, Yamaha... )
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> Yesterday I stopped at the musical instruments department of a Best Buy (who ever thought they see THAT?!?) in Reston, VA and had opportunity to try out the new Roland Gaia SH-101. I was impressed - clearly they've taken the JP-8000 experience to a new level. The interface is so immediate, no menu's - no cryptic LED. The layout is remarkably similar to an old Juno or original SH-101. The sound was good, perhaps a little too good - but the presets we ho-hum. The price point was $700 USD (and I had a 10% coupon in my pocket... ) It felt very solid and even the funky Roland Mod/Pitch bender felt above average. Color me impressed.
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> Korg has recently reintroduced the Electribe series and has churning out mini-synths for what seems like years now. Even Akai is in on that act - as Novation has been for years -with mini-synth/controller combination units.
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> So where's Yamaha? Are they going to follow suite? They had a period of engaging synthesizers at one point (CS1x, AN1x, CS6x, AN200/DX200, RM1x, A3000, EX5, etc.) but have since been successfully riding the workstation bandwagons. Is there any cause to believe they've something up their sleeve?
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> Regards,
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> Jon
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