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Subject: Re: [korgpolyex] Re: Disassembly update - II

From: Epiik Soul <electrohead2000@...>
Date: 2006-06-21

I couldn't have said it better Atom.
 
I was kind of joking about the CZ-101 being the greatest synth of all time. It was the first synth I ever bought brand new though. It was a bit strange, but could do some unique things. I would love to find a CZ-5000.
 
Regarding the problem with the limitations of the front panel..... I have several Oberheim Matrix 6's (It's sort of a fetish). Anyway, one of the first products Access ever made was a sort of "breakout box" for the Matrix. It had knobs for various parameters so you could program it more easily. Have you considered something like this?
Epiik Soul
 
BTW If anyone has one of those Access boxes for sale, let me know.

Atom Smasher <atom@...> wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jun 2006, Joseph Ralston wrote:

> No, I don't see what you mean. Please explain what you think the Poly
> 800 is better at than a Juno 106, musically? I've owned them both and
> the difference is black and white to me. The poly-800 is fun as hell to
> hack with (due to it's low price). But hacking up keyboards is not the
> same thing as making music, and in that area, the JUNO does prevail
> heavily over the poly-800.
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there's no right or wrong... whatever works best for you is best for you.

i've used the ex-800 on recordings, and i know plenty of people who have
used junos on recordings.

tom (read the story of the moog slayer) wanted me to find him a juno-106.
i tried to talk him out of it, based on his style of music and programming
(among other factors). he didn't listen to me, but he did get rid of it
after a month.

in a lot of ways i could say that my K5000r or FS1r is "better" than my
ex-800, but the ex-800 is still useful because it can do things that my
other beats can't do... one of which is contributing weird bleepy noises
for under $120.

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...atom

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