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From: tynor@gitpyr.UUCP (Steve Tynor)
Newsgroups: net.music.synth
Subject: Re: midi setup (orchestral)
Message-ID: <978@gitpyr.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 4-Nov-85 13:04:35 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov  4 13:04:35 1985
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Reply-To: tynor@gitpyr.UUCP (Steve Tynor)
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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In article <493@unc.unc.UUCP> gibson@unc.UUCP (Bill Gibson) writes:
>In article <967@gitpyr.UUCP> tynor@gitpyr.UUCP (Steve Tynor) writes:
>>Take a listen to Walter (sorry Wendy) Carlos's Digital Moonscapes.  It's
>>recorded entirely on the DK SYNERGY and GDS synthesizers.  It's about as
>>orchestra like as I've heard and the SYNERGY is basically just a Z80 + a
>>custom 16bit waveform processor.  Also, the price falls far short of what
>>I'd call 'mainframe' prices: ~$5-6000.
>
>I haven't heard Digital Moonscapes yet, but I have read reviews which say
>it sounds very orchestral. Agreed, the IC hardware cost may fall short of
>mainframe prices; however, from the (June?) interview with Wendy Carlos in
>Keyboard magazine, it sounds as if *lots* of human-brain processing time
>was spent getting those sounds. Perhaps the work done on the album will
>generate hardware or software for the rest of us to use in getting "natural"-
>type sounds.

I have a SYNERGY, and Carlos's voicing cartridges are available to the consumer.
True, s(he) put in lots of thought power to derive those voices, but with
her cartidges, it's really not that difficult to get great string sounds. (as 
well as bassoon, flute, great pipe organ, brass, you name it.)

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    Georgia Instutute of Technology

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