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Subject: Re: Thump!

From: "Erik Karl Sorgatz" <auzorkmid@...>
Date: 2005-11-05

--- In oldsynths@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Walters" <mike@m...> wrote:
>
> So I played a Rhodes Chroma for the first time yesterday. It was really
> awesome. I noticed the "Thump" feature anytime you pressed a membrane
> switch or adjusted a parameter. What is that? A solenoid hitting the
> chassis? Are there any other synths that do that? That seemed to be a
> great feature. What's it called officially?
>
> -Mike Walters
> www.mysterycircuits.com
>

Properly termed, the thump is a 'command acknowlege' and it's merely
a small internal speaker and a bit of software. Fairly advanced was the
Chroma - but then, it is afterall the end product of the entire ARP
Empire! ;)

Cheers!