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Hi there.
Fizmo was Ensoniq's last synth before Emu completely took over. I doubt that 
we will ever see another Ensoniq synth, and even if we do see one it won't 
have that special Ensoniq sound.
I am an Ensoniq freak and I own a bunch of Ensoniq older gear (SD1, ASR10..)
The idea behind the Fizmo is to build a synth around one concept which is 
"Transwaves" Transwaves is a synthsis concept that was invented by Bob Yannes 
who founded ensoniq and it is kinda like wavw tables but very different..I 
won't fill you with details here, but this is a very unique and innovative 
way to achieve those "organic" sounds you were talking about. No other synth 
can do this! 

However, the fizmo was kind of a last call in the sense that it doesn't 
really offer anything new. just the idea of Transwaves with a few more bells 
and whistles which in my opinion don't make it so versatile. 

If I were you i will sray with the an1x and watch for an ensoniq ASR-10 rack 
sampler!!! it has the ability to create and play back transwaves pretty much 
the same way the Fizmo does, and besides that you get one great sampler that 
can import akai and roland sounds with superb effect section (same algorithns 
as the DP-4).

If you want to hear a demo of what you can do with Transwaves and the ASR10 
go to :

<A HREF="www.soundengine.com">www.soundengine.com</A>

and click onthe ASR-10 link. listen to the demos of "the art of transwaves" 
cd.

Hope this helps,

Eitan Teomi

<A HREF="http://ourworld.cs.com/teomi">http://ourworld.cs.com/teomi</A>


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