Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site tellab1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!tellab1!etan From: etan@tellab1.UUCP (Nate Stelton) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Advice wanted for beginner Message-ID: <504@tellab1.UUCP> Date: Wed, 3-Jul-85 14:09:14 EDT Article-I.D.: tellab1.504 Posted: Wed Jul 3 14:09:14 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 4-Jul-85 05:40:31 EDT References: <869@mtgzz.UUCP> <1142@peora.UUCP> Reply-To: etan@tellab1.UUCP (Nate Stelton) Organization: Tellabs, Inc., Lisle, IL Lines: 21 Summary: In article <1142@peora.UUCP> jer@peora.UUCP (J. Eric Roskos) writes: >Well, I'll still vote for the PAIA, anytime, even if you just go and >disregard my E-mail like that. It's hard to beat a $400 build-it-yourself >to find out (a) how it works and (b) whether you really want to do it or >not, before you go out and spend $8000 on the real thing. I strongly disagree. As a long-time customer (or should I say sucker) of PAIA's, I find their equipment shoddily designed and prone to frequent de-calibration. As a matter of fact, I've never heard any of the 4700-series oscillators stay in tune for very long or even allow themselves to be tuned for equal or selected tempering, making them musically useless. Also, their technology is so behind that their syns really don't give you much of an idea what an $8000 machine can do. I have to admit, however, that owning and building PAIA syn kits was an educational experience in basic synthesis (if nothing else). I have seen Korg Poly-800's advertised for $499. Now THERE'S a good beginner machine. If you want to go cheaper, get a used micro-moog for $250. -etan