OldSynths

The best "string synth" sound I ever got was an old cheapo organ (it 
didn't even have a nameplate!) set on the string sound going through an 
MXR Phase 90 (or maybe 45) and then a Roland Space echo with attack 
controlled by the swell pedal in the organ.  I forget the exact settings 
of the phase and echo.  I was trying for that Arp String Ensemble sound 
and (IMO) way outdid it.

Ed

tsomneevich wrote:

> Wow, I didn't you made that one, Marvin! Cool...
>
> Speaking of string synths, I scored a couple lately. The Korg Lambda
> is like a piece of furniture (lots of wood!), but sounds sublime! The
> keyboard feels really nice, and the sounds are all very warm. I
> always use a muted electric piano that ends up sounding like a nice
> muted warm pad, and some strings w/ a very slow attack so that they
> swell up if you hold the keys down -- very nice. My friend got it on
> eBay for $150, near mint, and sold it to me.
>
> The Crumar Orchestrator is not as nice, but that's cool. The brass
> can get squelchy if you get under the panel and turn up the resonance
> trimpot. (Both synths use SSM2040 filters -- or was it 2044? I
> forget.) The presets all have levels plus on/off switches for each
> side of the middle split point. The 'Bass' button can really make it
> farty at the, uh... bottom. (Sorry ;)
>
> The Korg Delta is like a Lambda but more synthy, w/ noise and a lot
> of more typical synth controls, and more access to the great filter,
> plus it's mostly metal and plastic. The joystick is really nice and
> much more powerful/non-subtle than the Lambda's.
>
> I'd love to get a Stringz n Thingz!
> Anyone else have any other string machines? What are they like? I
> guess I'm getting addicted to that sound...
>
> Scott
>
> --- In oldsynths@yahoogroups.com, Marvin Jones <mjones@s...> wrote:
> > Fans of older Paia gear may be interested in Mark Vail's Vintage
> Gear
> > column in the June 2003 issue of Keyboard.  He has selected the
> Paia
> > Stringz 'n' Thingz unit as this month's feature. 
> >
> > The Keyboard website has the column posted online now: 
> >
> > http://www.keyboardmag.com/0603_c4.htm
> >
> > mj
>
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