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From: lwb@watdcsu.UUCP (L.W. Borsato  [DCS])
Newsgroups: net.music.synth
Subject: Re: buying your first synthesizer.
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Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 11:56:24 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 12 11:56:24 1985
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>   If you want to create *really* interesting sounds/music--especially 
> in conjunction with a computer--you need the capability of several 
> different voices at once.  To accomplish this you need either several
> synthesizers or a multi-timbred synthesizer.

Multi-timbred synthesizers are fairly new in the general consumer price
range. They're great if you want to create the sound of a full band at
once, but do you really need to do this on a first synthesizer ? I mean
all the interesting sounds are available, just not at the same time.
Right now the biggest producer of consumer multi-timbral instruments is
Sequential Circuits.

> Oh, the only digital (sampling) synthesizer I saw was the Mirage.  It
> looked nice, but I think I would add it on later, rather than get one
> as a first synthesizer.  Has anyone seen any others?

The only other stuff in the 1-2K range for sampling is computer software.
After that the jump is rather steep to the thousands of dollars for items
such as the Emulator or even the Synclavier.
I would recommend something like the Yamaha DX7/DX9 (which uses the same
generation technology as the Synclavier) or the Roland JX3P/JX8P for a first
synthesizer, as they are relatively inexpensive and still have a lot of
nice features.


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