Hey Atom,
I love your mod's but I can't stand your politics. LOL
Anyway, I must admit the Zero Osc has capabilities that make it a very
professional device. Quadratures and phase shift and multiple
waveforms gives it a flexibility that is ably demonstrated by the
sound demo. I love the sweeps.
But I have to agree with you. Your mod is about the cheapest FM you
can get without actually buying a product designed with FM in it.
Now if I could just get back to the MKIII project, we might be able to
apply separate EG's to your mod's.
And, thinking about the TG's in the Poly. I think we could replace
them completely with digital samples coming out of ROM's just like the
DW 8000 etc. So we can stop worrying about the MSM5232 and just build
our own. And I've tried and tried to get my hands on one hundred or so
of the filter chips and have failed. So I am now considering designing
a new filter board too.
Just daydreaming again.
M.
--- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, Atom Smasher <atom@...> wrote:
>
> i just saw <http://www.cyndustries.com/modules_zero-osc.cfm> on AH...
> checked it out, scrolled down to the demos...
>
> except for the percussion and multi-tracked stuff, it sounds to me an
> awful lot like an fm-800... except that an fm-800 doesn't cost $1K!!
>
> the last sample (Stereo VZO) sounds like an fm-800 through a stereo
phaser
> pedal. lemme check the math again...
> fm-800 + stereo phaser < $1K
>
> maybe an fm-800 ~can~ do some of those types of fm percussion...
having an
> xd-5 means i don't think too much about it, and not having any time to
> play with my toys means i probably won't find out anytime soon.
>
>
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