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I was lucky enough this weekend to get the chance to venture into London. It doesn't happen often, what with me living here in deepest, darkest, Dorset!
Whilst i was there, i took the opportunity to visit the large Turnkey (pro audio distributors here in the UK) showroom where i had it on good authority that there would be a number of synths available on the shop floor to demo and play on.

I've had my eye on the Korg MS2000 and the Microkorg for some time now and relished the chance to have a quick fiddle.

Having heard the "analogue modelling" on the Korg Legacy Poly 6, i was expecting to be blown away by these units.

Well, i must say that the experience has made me re-examine my AN200 because to my ears, those Korg units didn't sound quite as nice as my little box!

Okay, they had a nifty little arpeggiator and a built in vocoder, but i've put my MC303 between master keyboard and the PC for a more versatile arp and i suppose i can use software for the vocoder.

As i own a handful of analogues, i can hear the difference between the real thing and the modelled counterparts (it's something that's hard to explain, a subtle "background sound" that the digital versions just haven't quite got) but just how good is the yamaha AN series?

I've tried to emulate this "background sound" by using one of the LFO's that isn't being used for modulation duties, to softly vary the pitch of the VCO's. Something along the lines of +1 for VCO 1, and -1 for VCO 2, with the slowest LFO speed. This is on top of any other modulation i may have going on.

I was really interested in the aliasing discussion recently and have found the VCO edge tip to be very useful !!

Oh, and one more thing. Does anybody have any clues on how i could emulate the bright brass sound (CS-80 wasn't it??) Vangelis used on the opening theme tune to Blade Runner? It sends shivers down my spine each time i hear it!!

Thanks again for an informative and interesting group!!



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