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Subject: Re: [korgpolyex] Re: P800 analog?

From: Jason Adkins <jason_ralf808@...>
Date: 2013-06-23

Oh yes SE-1 Minimoog in a rack,my friend used to have a kenton midi retrofitted original Minimoog Model D,he swapped it and a Cheetah MS6 plus a Casio FZ1 for an ASR10 keyboard,I told him not to do it....
But nobody listen's to a word I say.

J

On 23 Jun 2013, at 10:11, k9k9dog wrote:

 

everyone was having fun yesterday then ;)

always good to see a synth myth being poked at.
the StudioElectronics SE1(-x) is a very nice piece
of gear, supposed to be a Mini clone, but with presets
and a nicer format. do not have, sadly, but remember
seeing one stupid cheap in a cashconverters in London
once when i was skint(i'm still skint)

--- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, Jason Adkins <jason_ralf808@...> wrote:
>
> Yeah the Model D is well limited,cough,I have used a Micromoog and a
> Rogue too but never a Multimoog so can't comment.
> They used to sell the Realistic MG-1 here in the UK in Tandy/Radio
> Shack stores I think it got totally ignored.
> Teisco 110F though was interesting,Kawai wasn't it,they have made some
> great stuff I used to have the SX240 and I still have the
> K4R,K1,K1M,K50e drum machine.
> Can't say |I love Yamaha analogue synths too much or Italian synths
> apart from the Bit99,although I have never heard of the Elektor
> Modular guess kit built like a Maplin5600,Transcendent2000 etc
>
> On 22 Jun 2013, at 16:37, Peter van Beerendonk wrote:
>
> >
> > Hello Daniel,
> >
> > I do like the sound and filter, but I agree the Model D is limited,
> > but has a very distinct sound and isn't boring afaik.
> > I use the Moog model D together with other mono's (Realistic MG-1,
> > Teisco 110F, Yamaha CS-15 + modulized CS-5, Crumar DS-2 and Elektor
> > Modular)
> >
> > But we are hi-jacking this thread I believe.
> >
> > So for the TS: Yes Poly800 is analog and highly modifiable !!
> >
> > Cheers Peter
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Daniel Forró
> > To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2013 5:12 PM
> > Subject: Re: [korgpolyex] Re: P800 analog?
> >
> >
> > That "legendary" ladder filter? It looks nice in schematics... I
> > didn't mind its sound, this is not the worse thing on Minimoog.
> >
> > I had three, sold them all. Never understood why everybody wants them,
> > and why even it's copied in other instruments. Nice piece of furniture
> > and technology, for sure. But why everybody wants to sound like
> > thousands of other players? Minimoog has rather limited possibilities,
> > I was disappointed from its concept. No dedicated LFO, VCO sync,
> > limited audio FM, simple envelopes... Just boring. There are really
> > more interesting instruments, I still keep my Multimoog. It offers
> > more.
> >
> > Daniel Forro
> >
> > On 22 Jun, 2013, at 11:21 PM, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
> >
> > > On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 12:59:05PM +0100, Jason Adkins wrote:
> > >> Minimoogs are shit? Thats a new one.
> > >> Leave them on for the first five minutes before using (until they
> > >> warm up and get stable,like the reverse of the air-con in your
> > >> motor) like my Minibrute and Monotribe.
> > >
> > > They have horrible filters. There's no definition, just a big
> > > blurry squelch of noise. It's like smearing undercooked chocolate
> > > cake all over your mix.
> > >
> > > Hate them.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>