I love synthesizers and electronic music because I get to build instruments by designing patches and I have access to lots of sounds. But synths, even with all the bells and whistles, poly after touch, ribbon controller, extensive modulation capabilities etc. don't have the feel and expression found in actual mechanical keyboards. Take the AN1X. Nice and light, portable. For gigs this is great. For serious rock playing, an old upright is much better.You can really pound the piano and it doesn't move. Wooden keys! Then you have all the chaos generated by all those strings and all that wood, plus the touch isn't limited to 128 MIDI steps. Look at all the cool stuff going on inside a Hammond organ. Again you've got the weight, the hot old wire smell, all the chaos theory in tubes, vibrato chrous, real cool drawbars, spinning speakers. I know this goes against all the current rules of manufacturing but I'd like a 500 pound AN1X with 88 wooden keys-three unsison notes, each slightly detuned per key-all the sympathetic string vibrations, all the sound board stuff all the natural changes in timbre, all the chaos and unpredictability but still with the cool synthesizer sounds.I want the old hot wire smell too.And a massive mahogany cabinet.Oh yeah, some tubes and a spring reverb too. Rainbow Jimmy http://www.spaceanimals.com http://www.mp3.com/spaceanimals.com
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poly after touch and synths in general
2003-11-06 by spaceanimals