Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watdcsu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!water!watdcsu!lwb From: lwb@watdcsu.UUCP (L.W. Borsato [DCS]) Newsgroups: net.music.synth Subject: Re: buying your first synthesizer. Message-ID: <1531@watdcsu.UUCP> Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 11:56:24 EDT Article-I.D.: watdcsu.1531 Posted: Fri Jul 12 11:56:24 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 08:25:45 EDT References: <528@unc.UUCP> Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 36 > 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. -- A memo from the desk of : Larry W. Borsato Just one step away from total mental collapse ... but fine otherwise. {decvax|utzoo|ihnp4|allegra|clyde}!watmath!watdcsu!lborsato