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recently listening to Jan Hammer's excellent FIRST SEVEN DAYS
remaster,Pete Sinfield's STILL,and PFM's PHOTOS OF GHOSTS(River Of
Life),I am still moved by the great string sound achieved by the
Freeman.I know Jan Hammer ran his through a Moog String Filter
box,but I recall playing one in a store that didn't sound anywhere as
good as what I heard on record.I remember reading somewhere that the
production units differed in some aspects from the prototype that Ken
Freeman made.Anyone have knowledge of this?
I always thought that this unit's string sound was way beyond the
ARP string ensemble or Elkas or whatever.It would be nice to have
some samples of it...