Elektron Musical Instruments

--- In elektron-users@y..., jim crawford <pfister_@m...> wrote:
> >> The NES has a very simple programmable sound generator (PSG)
> [...]
> >> No envelopes, no filters, no hard sync, 
> 
> IIRC there was at least some pitch-up/pitch-down hardware slides.  
I think
> that was to make up for the fact that each write to the sound 
registers
> caused a click.
> 
> >> Compared to the SID, it sounds very poor.
> 
> >No it doesn't! ;)
> 
> Hehe... it's all software magic.  The video hardware blows chunks 
too (no raster effects possible (well, one: split screen)), but that 
didn't stop
> Shigeru Miyamoto and company from creating some of the best games 
ever using
> it.
> 
> I also recommend nanoloop to anyone wanting to play with minimalist 
hardware
> like the NES sound chip.  Little Sound DJ is cool too, but it's IMO 
it's
> trying too hard to emulate pro audio hardware.  Nanoloop just goes 
off and
> does its own weird thing.
> 
> -Jim

I actually thought of buying a LSDJ, I might order one one of these 
days... (getting dangerously OT)

-Mikael