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Peter Korsten a \ufffdcrit :

>Jon schreef:
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>>No doubt, but the FIZMO is kind of a collectors item too now. Remember when they were 
>>on blowout at SamAsh? Ever see a FIZMO rackmount?
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>I've played on a Fizmo (keyboard) once, and since each and every preset 
>sounded like rubbish, I decided it wasn't for me.
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>Of course, a synth is more than its presets, but they could at least 
>have tried to put some sounds in there that would make me want to buy it.
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>- Peter
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That is the same on most synths, even expensive... the preset sounds or 
the demo jingle are bad or at least un inspiring. Or you have only a few 
"good" patches lost in a sea of SF noises and traditional instruments 
"emulations". I suppose it is because they are not made by musicians but 
by engineers, sometimes maybe for final test purposes*. Or by the 
marketing departments, the flying saucer, the piano (the what?) and the 
violin are supposed to be the ultimate selling arguments ;-)
If they are made by real musicians ? That's sometimes worse, because you 
can think that an instrument is dedicated to a special musical style 
(techno, house, rap ..) . And if you don't like it too much....you leave 
it in the shop.
Cheers
J.F.
*It was probably the case with my Red Sound , i never heard worse... but 
you can get much better by yourself. I bought it second hand on internet 
classified ads; brand new in a shop i surely had choosen anything else!