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what about top ten favorite keyboards?

what about top ten favorite keyboards?

2007-11-30 by jaspercolvin

All this talk about the worst made me think of my favorites, these
are mine:

not in any order:

korg prophesy: just got one of these and i like it a lot, hard to
blend it with other sounds but i think its great and only cost £160.00

roland jv1080: great expansion, sounding a bit old now but i love it

fm8: don't know if the soft synths count but these are getting
better and better, i like the korg legacy and b4 too

dx100: just got rid of a dx7 cos it was too much hassle with nothing
useable without programing, when i was younger i had more time for
that and got some cool sounds out of its baby brother

alesis fusion 8hd just bought one, it's a bit tempremental but what a
package at £600 new, 80gig hard drive, 88key weighted, sampler three
types of synths, built in 8 track recorder, free sound updates, just
such a bargin all rounder

sy22, only use it for full strings but they are the best synth
strings i have heard

non synth favs are of course my novatron and hammond x5 with leslie

Re: [newmellotrongroup] what about top ten favorite keyboards?

2007-11-30 by kinchmusic@aol.com

In a message dated 30/11/2007 20:01:03 GMT Standard Time, jaspercolvin@yahoo.com writes:

All this talk about the worst made me think of my favorites, these
are mine:

not in any order:

korg prophesy: just got one of these and i like it a lot, hard to
blend it with other sounds but i think its great and only cost £160.00

roland jv1080: great expansion, sounding a bit old now but i love it

fm8: don't know if the soft synths count but these are getting
better and better, i like the korg legacy and b4 too

dx100: just got rid of a dx7 cos it was too much hassle with nothing
useable without programing, when i was younger i had more time for
that and got some cool sounds out of its baby brother

alesis fusion 8hd just bought one, it's a bit tempremental but what a
package at £600 new, 80gig hard drive, 88key weighted, sampler three
types of synths, built in 8 track recorder, free sound updates, just
such a bargin all rounder

sy22, only use it for full strings but they are the best synth
strings i have heard

non synth favs are of course my novatron and hammond x5 with leslie

What, no Minimoog?
Andy K

Re: what about top ten favorite keyboards?

2007-11-30 by jaspercolvin

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, kinchmusic@... wrote:
>
>
> In a message dated 30/11/2007 20:01:03 GMT Standard Time,
> jaspercolvin@... writes:
>
> All this talk about the worst made me think of my favorites, these
> are mine:
>
> not in any order:
>
> korg prophesy: just got one of these and i like it a lot, hard to
> blend it with other sounds but i think its great and only cost
£160.00
>
> roland jv1080: great expansion, sounding a bit old now but i love
it
>
> fm8: don't know if the soft synths count but these are getting
> better and better, i like the korg legacy and b4 too
>
> dx100: just got rid of a dx7 cos it was too much hassle with
nothing
> useable without programing, when i was younger i had more time for
> that and got some cool sounds out of its baby brother
>
> alesis fusion 8hd just bought one, it's a bit tempremental but
what a
> package at £600 new, 80gig hard drive, 88key weighted, sampler
three
> types of synths, built in 8 track recorder, free sound updates,
just
> such a bargin all rounder
>
> sy22, only use it for full strings but they are the best synth
> strings i have heard
>
> non synth favs are of course my novatron and hammond x5 with
leslie
>
>
>
>
> What, no Minimoog?
> Andy K

I was gonna add that, but i haven't got one so couldn't, saving for
the voyager

Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: what about top ten favorite keyboards?

2007-12-01 by kinchmusic@aol.com

The Minimoog certainly should be on this list, but, having owned one, I have to say that for me the Voyager is as good, and I think is generally underrated. Great sound, stable tuning and loads of memory/ midi etc. Not without its idiosyncrasies admittedly, but well worth the effort.
Andy K
 

Re: [newmellotrongroup] what about top ten favorite keyboards?

2007-12-01 by zappaboggs

My favorite synthesizer is the Prophet 5...
 
My favorite key is the Hammond...  (Gregg Allman/Goff type)
 
"But when you think of me tune in the frequency, Come out and play come out and play"
...Gandalf Murphy and The Slambovian Circus of Dreams

 "Nothing can change the shape of things to come."
...Max Frost
 
"Any talent that we are born with eventually surfaces as a need"
...Marsha Sinetar


----- Original Message ----
From: jaspercolvin <jaspercolvin@yahoo.com>
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 3:00:36 PM
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] what about top ten favorite keyboards?

All this talk about the worst made me think of my favorites, these
are mine:

not in any order:

korg prophesy: just got one of these and i like it a lot, hard to
blend it with other sounds but i think its great and only cost £160.00

roland jv1080: great expansion, sounding a bit old now but i love it

fm8: don't know if the soft synths count but these are getting
better and better, i like the korg legacy and b4 too

dx100: just got rid of a dx7 cos it was too much hassle with nothing
useable without programing, when i was younger i had more time for
that and got some cool sounds out of its baby brother

alesis fusion 8hd just bought one, it's a bit tempremental but what a
package at £600 new, 80gig hard drive, 88key weighted, sampler three
types of synths, built in 8 track recorder, free sound updates, just
such a bargin all rounder

sy22, only use it for full strings but they are the best synth
strings i have heard

non synth favs are of course my novatron and hammond x5 with leslie



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RE: [newmellotrongroup] Re: what about top ten favorite keyboards?

2007-12-01 by David Jacques

My Favorites:

 

1. Hammond B3 (1955-59)

2. Mellotron Mk II

3. Mellotron M400

4. Clavinet D6

5. Wurlitzer 200

6. Gibson G101

7. Vox Continental

8. Mini Moog

9. Fender Rhodes

10. Wurlitzer 145

 

From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tony Swettenham
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 5:18 PM
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Re: what about top ten favorite keyboards?

 

--- In newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com, zappaboggs <zappaboggs@ ...>
wrote:

>
> My favorite synthesizer is the Prophet 5...
>
> My favorite key is the Hammond ...
(Gregg Allman/Goff type)
>

...And for me the Wurlitzer EP 200 is also high up on the list too...

Tony S
M400S #581

Re: [newmellotrongroup] what about top ten favorite keyboards?

2007-12-01 by tony

My favorite synth remains the ARP 2600, that's why I have a pair of them :-).
 
Tony
#510 and looking forward ...
----- Original Message -----
From: zappaboggs
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 8:03 PM
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] what about top ten favorite keyboards?

My favorite synthesizer is the Prophet 5...
 
My favorite key is the Hammond...  (Gregg Allman/Goff type)
 
"But when you think of me tune in the frequency, Come out and play come out and play"
...Gandalf Murphy and The Slambovian Circus of Dreams

 "Nothing can change the shape of things to come."
...Max Frost
 
"Any talent that we are born with eventually surfaces as a need"
...Marsha Sinetar


----- Original Message ----
From: jaspercolvin <jaspercolvin@ yahoo.com>
To: newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 3:00:36 PM
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] what about top ten favorite keyboards?

All this talk about the worst made me think of my favorites, these
are mine:

not in any order:

korg prophesy: just got one of these and i like it a lot, hard to
blend it with other sounds but i think its great and only cost £160.00

roland jv1080: great expansion, sounding a bit old now but i love it

fm8: don't know if the soft synths count but these are getting
better and better, i like the korg legacy and b4 too

dx100: just got rid of a dx7 cos it was too much hassle with nothing
useable without programing, when i was younger i had more time for
that and got some cool sounds out of its baby brother

alesis fusion 8hd just bought one, it's a bit tempremental but what a
package at £600 new, 80gig hard drive, 88key weighted, sampler three
types of synths, built in 8 track recorder, free sound updates, just
such a bargin all rounder

sy22, only use it for full strings but they are the best synth
strings i have heard

non synth favs are of course my novatron and hammond x5 with leslie



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Re: what about top ten favorite keyboards?

2007-12-01 by jaspercolvin

well that's just plain greedy!



--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "tony" <atm655@...> wrote:
>
> My favorite synth remains the ARP 2600, that's why I have a pair of
them :-).
>
> Tony
> #510 and looking forward ...
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: zappaboggs
> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 8:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] what about top ten favorite
keyboards?
>
>
>
> My favorite synthesizer is the Prophet 5...
>
> My favorite key is the Hammond... (Gregg Allman/Goff type)
>
> "But when you think of me tune in the frequency, Come out and
play come out and play"
> ...Gandalf Murphy and The Slambovian Circus of Dreams
>
> "Nothing can change the shape of things to come."
> ...Max Frost
>
> "Any talent that we are born with eventually surfaces as a need"
> ...Marsha Sinetar
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: jaspercolvin <jaspercolvin@...>
> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 3:00:36 PM
> Subject: [newmellotrongroup] what about top ten favorite
keyboards?
>
>
> All this talk about the worst made me think of my favorites,
these
> are mine:
>
> not in any order:
>
> korg prophesy: just got one of these and i like it a lot, hard to
> blend it with other sounds but i think its great and only cost
£160.00
>
> roland jv1080: great expansion, sounding a bit old now but i love
it
>
> fm8: don't know if the soft synths count but these are getting
> better and better, i like the korg legacy and b4 too
>
> dx100: just got rid of a dx7 cos it was too much hassle with
nothing
> useable without programing, when i was younger i had more time
for
> that and got some cool sounds out of its baby brother
>
> alesis fusion 8hd just bought one, it's a bit tempremental but
what a
> package at £600 new, 80gig hard drive, 88key weighted, sampler
three
> types of synths, built in 8 track recorder, free sound updates,
just
> such a bargin all rounder
>
> sy22, only use it for full strings but they are the best synth
> strings i have heard
>
> non synth favs are of course my novatron and hammond x5 with
leslie
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: [newmellotrongroup] what about top ten favorite keyboards?

2007-12-01 by zappaboggs

Ah yes...   2600's are like shoes and boobs!!!   ;)
 
I had the wonderful experience of having Ken and his 2600 at my place for a weekend...  And I have to agree...  That is a wonderful machine...  (insert comedy here)...   On my top 3 list of things I would dream of for Xmas...   1) MiniMoog   2) 2600   3) 1967 signed baseball by Yaz...
 
"But when you think of me tune in the frequency, Come out and play come out and play"
...Gandalf Murphy and The Slambovian Circus of Dreams

 "Nothing can change the shape of things to come."
...Max Frost
 
"Any talent that we are born with eventually surfaces as a need"
...Marsha Sinetar


----- Original Message ----
From: tony <atm655@verizon.net>
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, December 1, 2007 8:14:22 AM
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] what about top ten favorite keyboards?

My favorite synth remains the ARP 2600, that's why I have a pair of them :-).
 
Tony
#510 and looking forward ...
----- Original Message -----
From: zappaboggs
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 8:03 PM
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] what about top ten favorite keyboards?

My favorite synthesizer is the Prophet 5...
 
My favorite key is the Hammond...  (Gregg Allman/Goff type)
 
"But when you think of me tune in the frequency, Come out and play come out and play"
...Gandalf Murphy and The Slambovian Circus of Dreams

 "Nothing can change the shape of things to come."
...Max Frost
 
"Any talent that we are born with eventually surfaces as a need"
...Marsha Sinetar


----- Original Message ----
From: jaspercolvin <jaspercolvin@ yahoo.com>
To: newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 3:00:36 PM
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] what about top ten favorite keyboards?

All this talk about the worst made me think of my favorites, these
are mine:

not in any order:

korg prophesy: just got one of these and i like it a lot, hard to
blend it with other sounds but i think its great and only cost £160.00

roland jv1080: great expansion, sounding a bit old now but i love it

fm8: don't know if the soft synths count but these are getting
better and better, i like the korg legacy and b4 too

dx100: just got rid of a dx7 cos it was too much hassle with nothing
useable without programing, when i was younger i had more time for
that and got some cool sounds out of its baby brother

alesis fusion 8hd just bought one, it's a bit tempremental but what a
package at £600 new, 80gig hard drive, 88key weighted, sampler three
types of synths, built in 8 track recorder, free sound updates, just
such a bargin all rounder

sy22, only use it for full strings but they are the best synth
strings i have heard

non synth favs are of course my novatron and hammond x5 with leslie



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Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: what about top ten favorite keyboards?

2007-12-01 by Tony

Yea it is, I have 2 Ferraris too.
:-p
Tony
#510
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2007 9:10 AM
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Re: what about top ten favorite keyboards?

well that's just plain greedy!

--- In newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com, "tony" <atm655@...> wrote:
>
> My favorite synth remains the ARP 2600, that's why I have a pair of
them :-).
>
> Tony
> #510 and looking forward ...
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: zappaboggs
> To: newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com
> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 8:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] what about top ten favorite
keyboards?
>
>
>
> My favorite synthesizer is the Prophet 5...
>
> My favorite key is the Hammond... (Gregg Allman/Goff type)
>
> "But when you think of me tune in the frequency, Come out and
play come out and play"
> ...Gandalf Murphy and The Slambovian Circus of Dreams
>
> "Nothing can change the shape of things to come."
> ...Max Frost
>
> "Any talent that we are born with eventually surfaces as a need"
> ...Marsha Sinetar
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: jaspercolvin <jaspercolvin@ ...>
> To: newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com
> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 3:00:36 PM
> Subject: [newmellotrongroup] what about top ten favorite
keyboards?
>
>
> All this talk about the worst made me think of my favorites,
these
> are mine:
>
> not in any order:
>
> korg prophesy: just got one of these and i like it a lot, hard to
> blend it with other sounds but i think its great and only cost
£160.00
>
> roland jv1080: great expansion, sounding a bit old now but i love
it
>
> fm8: don't know if the soft synths count but these are getting
> better and better, i like the korg legacy and b4 too
>
> dx100: just got rid of a dx7 cos it was too much hassle with
nothing
> useable without programing, when i was younger i had more time
for
> that and got some cool sounds out of its baby brother
>
> alesis fusion 8hd just bought one, it's a bit tempremental but
what a
> package at £600 new, 80gig hard drive, 88key weighted, sampler
three
> types of synths, built in 8 track recorder, free sound updates,
just
> such a bargin all rounder
>
> sy22, only use it for full strings but they are the best synth
> strings i have heard
>
> non synth favs are of course my novatron and hammond x5 with
leslie
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: what about top ten favorite keyboards?

2007-12-01 by tomdcour

-I've got two weird favorites aside from my all time favorite , the Mellotron (any mellotron
or Chamberlin for that matter). One is a Yamaha CS70. It is a big,weird,music lab of a
thing- full of surprises, analog oscillators, digitally controlled. The other is the gleeman
pentaphonic, a fun synth the size of a breadbox with three oscillators and a 100 patch
memory. Sadly it crapped out a couple of years ago and I haven't found someone to fix it.
I think any british Vox Continental that has bad action needs to go to the shop. Maybe the
keys swelled up or something? I can't imagine, mine has great action. Which brings me to
my all time favorite keyboard- the UNIVOX (Telstar)- no, I don't have one. TD




-- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, jeffc@... wrote:
>
> On Sat, 1 Dec 2007, zappaboggs wrote:
>
> > Ah yes... 2600's are like shoes and boobs!!! ;)
> >
> > 3) 1967 signed baseball by Yaz...
>
>
>
> i'm failing to find the connection between a synthpop
> group from the 80s with vince clarke and baseball...
>
> ...jeff
>
> btw: vince clarke's fairlight is up for auction on ebay:
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230195992704
>

Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: what about top ten favorite keyboards?

2007-12-01 by Tony

Sorry to hear about you CS70, I used to repair that series up to the CS 80 and they were a bitch to tune! Metal trim pots sure didn't help any.
Good luck with it's repair, someone out there must be serving them somewhere.
 
Tony
#510
----- Original Message -----
From: tomdcour
Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2007 1:14 PM
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Re: what about top ten favorite keyboards?

-I've got two weird favorites aside from my all time favorite , the Mellotron (any mellotron
or Chamberlin for that matter). One is a Yamaha CS70. It is a big,weird,music lab of a
thing- full of surprises, analog oscillators, digitally controlled. The other is the gleeman
pentaphonic, a fun synth the size of a breadbox with three oscillators and a 100 patch
memory. Sadly it crapped out a couple of years ago and I haven't found someone to fix it.
I think any british Vox Continental that has bad action needs to go to the shop. Maybe the
keys swelled up or something? I can't imagine, mine has great action. Which brings me to
my all time favorite keyboard- the UNIVOX (Telstar)- no, I don't have one. TD

-- In newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com, jeffc@... wrote:
>
> On Sat, 1 Dec 2007, zappaboggs wrote:
>
> > Ah yes... 2600's are like shoes and boobs!!! ;)
> >
> > 3) 1967 signed baseball by Yaz...
>
>
>
> i'm failing to find the connection between a synthpop
> group from the 80s with vince clarke and baseball...
>
> ...jeff
>
> btw: vince clarke's fairlight is up for auction on ebay:
> http://cgi.ebay. co.uk/ws/ eBayISAPI. dll?ViewItem& item=23019599270 4
>

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Re: [newmellotrongroup] what about top ten favorite keyboards?

2007-12-01 by NormLeete@aol.com

In a message dated 01/12/2007 14:45:31 GMT Standard Time, zappaboggs@yahoo.com writes:
On my top 3 list of things I would dream of for Xmas...   1) MiniMoog   2) 2600   3) 1967 signed baseball by Yaz...
Dear All,
 
2 out of 3 achieved once only I stupidly sold the 2600!
 
As for the rest of the list - what is baseball?
 
Norm

Re: what about top ten favorite keyboards?

2007-12-01 by leetronhead

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, NormLeete@... wrote:
>
>
> In a message dated 01/12/2007 14:45:31 GMT Standard Time,
> zappaboggs@... writes:
>
> On my top 3 list of things I would dream of for Xmas... 1)
MiniMoog 2)
> 2600 3) 1967 signed baseball by Yaz...
>
>
> Dear All,
>
> 2 out of 3 achieved once only I stupidly sold the 2600!
>
> As for the rest of the list - what is baseball?
>
> Norm
>
A great excuse to scratch yer nuts
Lee

Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: what about top ten favorite keyboards?

2007-12-05 by JMoore6397@aol.com

Wurlitzer is a great one. I had the chance to get a fully working one from a school dumpster but missed it by 8 hours!
                                         That's another one that got away!
                                          Jimmy



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Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: what about top ten favorite keyboards?

2007-12-05 by JMoore6397@aol.com

Tony,
              What I am doing now is using my old DX7 as the midi controller. I bought the Kenton Pro Solo mkll as the midi to CV converter. I hooked midi out of the DX7 to midi in on the Kenton. I then ran a midi cable from the Kenton midi out to the CV in on the MacBeth and another midi cable from the second out on the Kenton into the gate in on the Macbeth. These 1/4 inch female jacks on lower left hand corner of the M5N.
  Mine sounds dastardly good so I bet the M5n is the shit,
Call me and I will walk you through the above process, I did not have the money to buy a new midi controller so I improvised with the DX7
                                                                 Jimmy  



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Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: what about top ten favorite keyboards?

2007-12-05 by Tony

Thanks a lot Jimmy!
What time tomorrow would be good for you?
After work and time to chill maybe 7-8 PM?
I'm dying to hear this monster!
 
Your crazy pal,
 
Ton .............
 
 
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 9:04 PM
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: what about top ten favorite keyboards?

Tony,
              What I am doing now is using my old DX7 as the midi controller. I bought the Kenton Pro Solo mkll as the midi to CV converter. I hooked midi out of the DX7 to midi in on the Kenton. I then ran a midi cable from the Kenton midi out to the CV in on the MacBeth and another midi cable from the second out on the Kenton into the gate in on the Macbeth. These 1/4 inch female jacks on lower left hand corner of the M5N.
  Mine sounds dastardly good so I bet the M5n is the shit,
Call me and I will walk you through the above process, I did not have the money to buy a new midi controller so I improvised with the DX7
                                                                 Jimmy  



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