Note that I've just gotten back online and am just seeing messages and
private email from my last demos (I'm having computer problems). I read
them and I'll answer them in a couple of days after I write up anything that
needs to be answered. I'll answer why a synth has knobs (most synth manuals
will tell you), why one emulates acoustic instruments (I thought we were
synthesists, not sample triggers), and whatever else I need to.
In the meantime, following is another Ion demo you can listen to. I have
only heard this on headphones as I am not able to get it off this PC until I
can get the USB ports working again to hear them on speakers. It's a full
drum kit I spent days on. Since it's a pain in the neck to play drum sounds
on a keyboard monophonically and multitrack them to create the end result,
it is rather short (52 seconds). This demo shows, tight snappy toms, huge
heavy toms, metalic snare, snare with attached tambourine, snare with
emphasized head sound and reduced "snappy", hi-hats (should have played at
higher pitch), cymbal crashes / splashes / taps, and more. I used some of
the techniques from my MOTM renaissance demos in programming them.
http://home.att.net/~synth6/Ion_Drum_Kit.mp3-Elhardt