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From: ModularMoog [mailto:
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Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 12:25 PM
To: Scott Fiorenz@; ah
Subject: Re: [AH] Re: JP-8 and more
on 30/01/01 10:18, Scott Fiorenz@ at
sfiorenz@... wrote:
>> This is what _musicians_ want... there is no room for collectors.
>
> :)
>
> think about it
> what defines a "collection"
> ?
> more than 1? 9? six of one, half a dozen of the other?
What I ment was that people who wants a major sounding synth often get
blinded by the name "minimoog" or "analog" because the advertises often say
"as good as the minimoog" or even "_allmost_ a minimoog in sound"... or
something like that.... and the fact that analogs are what VA´s tries to be
wont make it less interesting for a "kid" never owned another thing than a
shitty PCM based LCD machine :-)
And for the record... I find no VA to stand up against the Mini :-)
Now I got that said :-O
BTW: a collector is not one who ownes a certain number of analog synths, I
see him as a person who buy´s the synth because of the history.
> any time someone has 'more than one anything'
> it can be considered a "collection"..
Agreed.
> that's kinda like trying to define what 'normal' is..
> who defines normal? tom brokaw?
Nothing is normal... now is it?... Think about it.
> here are 3 pairs of shoes. this is my shoe collection.
> "i only have 1 pair, therefore no collection yet"
You´re joking, right? :-)
> If i had 1 synthesizer, would I be a "collector"?
> how about 2? at that point would i be "collecting"?
>
> i'd love to swap my butterfly and treefrog collection
> for a nice Oberheim Matrix 12. any takers? ;)
I´m out...
> what if someone had 1 master controller, 2 modules,
> and a mixing console. u could say this person has
> a "collection" of musical equipment."
>
> ..but would they be a "collector" ?
> :)
>
> "hi, im a guy who has a small collection of synthesizers
> who likes making music and noise with them"
>
> someone could easily say a person is "collector"
> of 'newer' musical equipment too..
>
> "i have 25 poly61s, 100 poly 800, and 83 Seil DK600, each of them
> set to the same harpsichord preset"
>
> that goes beyond collection. we're talking powerhouse ENTERPRISE here! ;)
Scott, reading all the above examples of yours... maybe we are a bit
off-topic? or should we say... "du er rett og slett bare helt på trynet
siden du har spist for mye flein-sopp" ! ?? hehehe...
Regards.
Henning.