On Fri, 30 Nov 2007, Jack Younger wrote:
this monster's teeth have been specified, thought it
was touched on by gino: if i recall [and i could be
quite wrong], this was the first synth to have the
"one slider [or knob or whatever] to control all of
the dozens/hundreds of parameters" syndrome. it's
the first one i recall coming across this design
aberation on... unfortunately, it's been around
ever since... not that this was the only problem
with the dx-7, but it's the one that haunted us
all for so long...
they are no doubt responsible for much of the
misguided dislike of the mellotron.
defense of SO many of my friends here. ensoniq
was based about 12 miles from here, and i know
at least 20 people that have worked there over
the years - every one of them a really great
person - maybe i just never met the demons
that designed some of the gear. and it's my
understanding that the fizmo really suffers
from a single fatal design flaw - an underspec-ed
voltage regulator that was the downfall of
most of these units. maybe they sounded bad
too, but i'm not sure i ever heard one up close.
from what i recall, it was like a korg wavestation?
>pretty much agreed on, but i don't think the key to
> OK, these are some obvious choices, but I feel like
> nobody got to 'em:
> Agreement on the DX7
this monster's teeth have been specified, thought it
was touched on by gino: if i recall [and i could be
quite wrong], this was the first synth to have the
"one slider [or knob or whatever] to control all of
the dozens/hundreds of parameters" syndrome. it's
the first one i recall coming across this design
aberation on... unfortunately, it's been around
ever since... not that this was the only problem
with the dx-7, but it's the one that haunted us
all for so long...
> EMI400, as built (I've battled mine enough to know what's up)damn shame about these.
they are no doubt responsible for much of the
misguided dislike of the mellotron.
> Roland D-50these are kind of toys, so do they really count?
> Any Yamaha PSR series
> Korg MicroKorg and M1 ( could go on about the Tritonalright, i have to step in here and come to the
> and Prophecy etc. but that'll take awhile)
> Ensoniq in general but particularly the Fizmo
defense of SO many of my friends here. ensoniq
was based about 12 miles from here, and i know
at least 20 people that have worked there over
the years - every one of them a really great
person - maybe i just never met the demons
that designed some of the gear. and it's my
understanding that the fizmo really suffers
from a single fatal design flaw - an underspec-ed
voltage regulator that was the downfall of
most of these units. maybe they sounded bad
too, but i'm not sure i ever heard one up close.
from what i recall, it was like a korg wavestation?
> A whole lot of Casio (although some can be a pretty...jeff
> good time)
> Studio Electronics Moog clones (filter sweeps moving
> in steps?!? Yeesh.)
> Optigan key section, the accompaniment rules and
> always will
> RMI Electric Piano
> Electric home organs in general (with a few
> exceptions)
> That's what I got for now.
> -Jack