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Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: Ob Mtx 6 & Galaxy + hass
From: Steve.Thompson@f14.n267.z1.fidonet.org (Steve Thompson)
Date: 14 Jul 92 03:46:24 GMT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:267/14 - The Engineer's Stud, Saratoga Springs NY

>from: DUNN@INTELLICORP.COM (more dark than shark) 
 On 07-10-92 more dark than shark wrote to All... 
 
 md> anybody have experience with the two repair centers listed below? it 
 md> looks 
 md> like I'll have to ship out my kbd to get a socketed chip replaced. 
 md> the horror, the horror... 
 md> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 md> --- 
 md> Oberhiem/Gibson, Nashville    1-800-723-5757 
 md> ?Oberhiem/Gibson? L.A.        1-818-503-8997 
 md>  
 md> Repair centers: 
 md> Advanced Musical Electronice  1-310-559-3157 
 md> SSS                           1-201-751-0481 
 md>  
 
I got the upgrade chip to 2.13 back in August of 1990 - I still have the 
invoice that came with the UPS box - the address on the invoice is: 
   OBERHEIM/GIBSON LABS 
   13345 Saticoy St 
   No Hollywood, CA 91605 
 
PART NUMBER - 310009-2.13       total cod cost was 25.58. 
 
I don't recall the LAST phone number I called but here's a list of them: 
       818-503-0631 
       213-725-7870 
       800-444-2766 
Sorry, I also don't remember who I talked to, but I got a hell of a 
runaround, too, as I remember. 
 
Good luck - 
Steve Thompson 
 
 
... OFFLINE 1.37 * Format another (Y/N)? 


 

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From: quantum@babss.UUCP (Quantum Audio Concepts)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: Patch Programmers
Date: 24 Jul 92 19:30:32 GMT
Organization: Bell Atlantic Business Systems Services, Branford CT. 06405

Quantum Audio Concepts, a third-party provider of sound patches for
midi equipment, is looking for individuals who have created patches
for the following synths:

	Yamaha V50, TX81Z
	Kawai K1, K1mkII
	Roland D5, D110, D50, D70
	Korg M1, Wavestation

We are expanding our current product line (Yamaha SY/TG series, E-mu Proteus,
Kawai K4, Wavestation, Ensoniq SQ1/2) and are interested in speaking with
individuals who can program any of the above listed gear.

For more information, please contact:

    Quantum Audio Concepts
    800 Village Walk, Suite 122
    Guilford, CT 06437


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Date:         Tue, 28 Jul 1992 10:11:31 PDT
Reply-To:     dunn@intellicorp.com
From:         Casey Dunn <DUNN@SAFFRON.BITNET>
Subject:      Joystick interface update.
Comments: To: SYNTH-L@AMERICAN.EDU

Hey, cool.

I just found a heaping pile of Koala (sp) touchpads laying `round one
of the E-surplus shops here in the vally of silicon.

Having blown by much of that thread, could someone (skinny-five-dog)
fill me in on intefacing these dogs to an analog synth?

casey-one-"loopy"-dog
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
From: schickda@mot.com (David Schick)
Subject: Portamental...
Organization: Gagging Sloth Records
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 21:50:29 GMT

Motions from Stuart MacNeill's fingers resulted in this post:

~ Stop me if you've heard this one before, but, does anyone know what has 
# happened  to the "Portamento" or "Glide" feature on today's digital synths.

The EPS-16+ can have a glide layer (I think; I've never used it b4, but 
I remember reading about it in the manual).  I believe it limits u2 a mono-
phonic sound.   How about this:  program one layer in a glide format, and 
another layer in standard format.  Could be interesting.  Any1 tried this
with an EPS?  Scott?

  - Zoltan Android        schickda@fl08-g.comm.mot.com 

  "Beware, the Oranges of Destruction wait outside your bathroom door."
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From: markp@noncomf.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca (Mark A. Pitcher)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: Trigger > MIDI converter
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 21:27:21 EDT
Distribution: world
Organization: Dark Park


	Does anyone have plans for a trigger-to-MIDI converter?

	I want to trigger samples via MIDI with home-made bass
pedals and foot switches.
	Sensitivity/velocity isn't critical.

	Basically, the device should take an input signal
(either "on" or "off" , and encode it to a MIDI "note-on" or
"note-off" signal. Only one MIDI channel is necessary, because
I have an Akai X7000 which only responds to one channel at a time anyway.


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From: metlay@minerva.phyast.pitt.edu (metlay)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth,rec.music.makers,alt.music.progressive
Subject: Re: Nash the Slash Rises Again!!! NEW RELEASE
Summary: This rumor is ***FALSE***
Date: 22 Jul 92 21:54:12 GMT
Followup-To: rec.music.synth
Organization: Atomic City

In article <1992Jul21.053308.19550@intacc.uucp> zerobeat@intacc.uucp (Ferenc Szabo) writes:

>By the way, a friend of mine who has know Nash for 15 years said that he
>read in the newspaper that a downtown Toronto man with the exact same
>age and real name of Nash had been arrested for some fairly heinous
>assualt or sex crime.  I can't remember what his name is....something
>like Jeff Gl*****. 

Nash's first name is Jeff, but his last name doesn't start with a "G."

That aside, however, and allowing for the possibility that you were
just remembering it wrong, I contacted a friend of mine in Canada who
works with Nash on a regular basis. He assured me that the man who was
arrested was NOT the Nash we know and love, so let's stop this train
of thought right here, okay?

--
metlay@  | 
minerva. | "YOW! He done blowed out his FRONTAL LOBE!"
phyast.  |                                          --Cheech's assistant
pitt.edu | 
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
From: sef@sef-pmax.slisp.cs.cmu.edu
Subject: Re: The K2000 vs. SY99 debate - SY99 Owner
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 13:48:13 GMT
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon


    From: <ATINTON@ESOC.BITNET>

    When I bought my SY99, I purchased it for its MODULAR approach, which is
    something you guys have not latched onto.  I also admire the 01 series for
    this approach too !!
    
It's not clear to me what you mean by "MODULAR approach".  Just that the
machine has a decent built-in sequencer and effects?

-- Scott
===========================================================================
Scott E. Fahlman
School of Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Internet: sef+@cs.cmu.edu

Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
From: gvh@metrosoft.com (Gordon Van Huizen)
Subject: Re: Nash the Slash Rises Again!!! NEW RELEASE
Reply-To: gvh@metrosoft.com (Gordon Van Huizen)
Organization: Metrosoft
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 16:57:43 GMT

In article <1992Jul21.053308.19550@intacc.uucp> zerobeat@intacc.uucp  
(Ferenc Szabo) writes:
> In article <BrFBpD.CD1@watserv1.waterloo.edu>  
bmaraldo@watserv1.waterloo.edu (Commander Brett Maraldo) writes:
> 
> Gack!!!!  Tell me one of the synth greats isn't gonna become 
> jailhouse desert!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> 

I though Nash the Slash never played synths, but played string instruments  
that were heavily processed...

Gordon

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From: eab@cbnews.cb.att.com (eugene.a.beer)
Subject: K2000 vs the world
Organization: AT&T
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 13:57:29 GMT


Commenting on this thread of the "raw" sound of various synths...
I do perceive that the high freq. clarity of the SY99 is better than the
K2000.  This could be explained by the fact that the SY99 has deeper DAC's,
22 bits, vs 18 for the K2000 (Keyboard Mag, 12/91).  I have built my own
digital audio playback board where I used both 16 and 18-bit DACS and the
improvement with the added interpolation of 18-bits is definitely noticeable
with high frequency material ( also noticeable on an oscilloscope playing
back sine waves).

In listening to various synths, I have found that one particular synth often
excels above all others with one particular patch.  Here is my "best of" list:

Korg 01/W: patch A18 (Jazz Hits) is the BEST damn Leslie effected organ 
           I've ever heard.

SY99: Preset 1 #D7, VIBES, is clean, smooth, musically pleasing, and 
useful over a wide keyboard range.

K2000: Warm Choir.  No other sample PB unit does human voices this good. 

Proteus Keyboard:  Orchestra Hit  


I have compared the "raw sample" of "Dual E Pno" on the K2000 vs the K1200.
The sample actually sounds richer and more "musical" on the K1200. 
Kurzweil tells me that the 2 models use the same sample, although
the original 16-bit sample was "compressed to 12 bits for the K1200.
Maybe the added frequency response of the K2000 over the K1200 brings out
the "flaws" in the original sample and this could make it sound thinner. Or
maybe the playback electronics in the K2000 isn't that great.  

One of these weekends I'm going to hook a spectrum analyzer up to my K2000
and DX7II and look at sine wave outputs.  I wonder if a K2000 sine
generated from 16-bit sample data would look any different on the
audio outputs than one generated with the VAST engine?
				eugene beer

BTW, the above (plus Ensoniq) 4 synths can be found in one room at
Gand music in Northfield (Chicago) or at a store near Pigalle square in Paris.
From: rej@bob.sal.wisc.edu (Randy Jones)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: Re: Attention r.m.s Veterans: Don't Post to This Newsgroup!
Date: 31 Jul 92 17:06:39 GMT
Organization: Friends of Ted Milton

Metlay jives:
>Doug Plate writes:
>>One of these days that little "this message will be posted to a gazillion
>>computers throughout the universe and you may end up looking like an idot,
>>are you sure...?"  message is going to come up and the pressure of such an
>>intense burden is just going to crack me in half.
>
>You know, I'd like to see that. Can I watch? 

Watch? Have you lost your mind? The proper question is: "Can I sample it?"

-- 
| Randy Jones           |  Don't get me wrong, he's a nice guy,
| rej@bob.sal.wisc.edu  |  I like him just fine.
| 608 259 0311          |  But he's a mouth breather...
From: metlay@minerva.phyast.pitt.edu (metlay)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: Re: SY99 has no peers?
Summary: Getting granular
Date: 23 Jul 92 13:46:11 GMT
Organization: Atomic City

In article <1992Jul23.051552.11430@ads.com> jtn@ADS.COM (John T. Nelson) writes:
>Oh... I don't want to PLAY the new mega synth... I want to record the
>glorious sound of its plastic and silicon body being smashed to dust
>under the merciless onslaught of a huge Conrail Locomotive!  Hee hee...

Why am I not surprised? *sigh*

>Talk about granular synthesis!

THIS, on the other hand, is going to be my next .sig file! |->

>Yes, a couple net denizens have recommended looking at the Kurzweil 2000
>and the SD-1/32.

The two machines are similar in some respects and very different in 
others; you'll need to consider which strengths are important to you.
The SD-1 has 32-voice polyphony, a powerful sequencer, good realtime
performance controls and a good effects processor; the K2000 has 24
voice polyphony, a playback-only sequencer (SMFs), an incredibly deep
and powerful synthesis engine and the ability to easily add samples 
in RAM at an order of magnitude beyond any sampler out there other
than maybe a Fairlight or Synclavier.

>Thanks for the recs.

Hey, 'smy hobby, man.

--
metlay@  | 
minerva. | "YOW! He done blowed out his FRONTAL LOBE!"
phyast.  |                                          --Cheech's assistant
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From: brett@sr.hp.com (Brett K. Carver)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: Re: Alesis quadraverb GT, Zoom 9030
Date: 23 Jul 92 16:00:51 GMT
Article-I.D.: scd.Brun5F.A8q
Distribution: rec.music.synth, rec.music.makers
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Clara Division
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1scd1 PL4

rb@infovax.UUCP (Rik van der Brugghen) writes:
: Also, how about Alesis quadraverb plus, is that one much better ?
: Then the prices, here in Stockholm they are now on sale for 5000 kronor each.
: That's about 900 US dollar, seems a lot actually.

I own a QuadraVerb GT (basically a QuadraVerb+ with a preamp section for
guitars (distortion, compression, etc)).  I think it's a real good unit for
the price and I'm really happy with it.

The QuadraVerb+ is a rom update of the old Quadraverb.  I don't know what the
update included, but you should get it.  As I mentioned, the GT then adds
another section of stuff on top of what's in the plus.

I think I paid about $500 for the GT.  I believe the QuadraVerb+ runs about
$100 less (yes, $900 is really high).
							Brett Carver
							(707) 577-4344
							brett@sr.hp.com
From: jseboldt@pnet51.orb.mn.org (John Seboldt)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: Re: Ensoniq VFX-SD
Date: 27 Jul 92 06:05:17 GMT
Organization: People-Net [pnet51], Minneapolis, MN.

metlay@minerva.phyast.pitt.edu (metlay) writes:
>are known about by Ensoniq, and can be fixed easily (it causes
>calibrate errors sometimes, due to a bad connector under the 
>board). If you trust the viability of these repairs, then the
>unit is hard to beat for the price, although there are other
>things about it that can be tough to get used to (the user interface
>is a bit weird, and the pressure response of the keyboard is quite
>uneven in some units). 
>
Yes, the keyboard problem is easily fixed -- it was actually caused by trying
to be environmentally aware, and washing the circuit board with water instead
of chemicals!  So much for saving the earth...

Pressure response... well, yes, but I can't see how it could be better,
considering what it is... a bit of foam padding for each key that is squeezed.
Any synth keyboard is going to feel flimsy in comparison with a fine piano, or
any "real" (i.e., physical/acoustic) instrument.

User interface **WEIRD?** Come now!  That's one of the most highly praised
things about the Ensoniq line.  

: John Seboldt...Minneapolis, MN...As a ham, K0JD...as a human,       :
: right-brained yet right-handed...as a musician, techie yet creative :
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From: jtn@ADS.COM (John T. Nelson)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: Re: The K2000 vs. SY99 continued...
Date: 31 Jul 92 03:51:44 GMT
Organization: Advanced Decision Systems, Mtn. View, CA (415) 960-7300

In article <920729171205.202092f7@SCSUC.CTSTATEU.EDU> "Richard L. Riccardi, SCSU Data Center" <RICCARDI_R@SCSUC.CTSTATEU.EDU> writes:
>
>"I really don't want to start rumors about a company, but what have you
>heard about the K2000?  I heard it was a great machine, but we haven't
>been able to get one that worked right.  We went through the 4 we had and
>had to send all of them back because they were defective."
>
>It seems from everyone else on the net that they have boards that are OK,
>but I found it a little disconcerting to hear 2 separate instances about
>defectiveness.  Are these just isolated cases?

"Wave Wankers", the place I looked at the SY99 at said they stopped
carrying Kurzweil because the last 2 K1000Ps they had were both
defective.  They couldn't demo a K2000 cause they refuse to carry
them.

This doesn't sound like a good trend.
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Date:         Tue, 28 Jul 1992 07:17:31 CDT
From:         crispen <crispen@EFFTOO.BOEING.COM>
Subject: Re: GLIB -> TX81Z
Comments: To: SYNTH-L@ada3.ca.boeing.com

htoyryla@NTC01.TELE.NOKIA.FI writes:

>Here is a TURBO PASCAL program...

Nope, sorry Hannu, that's completely unacceptable.  Real musicians
don't write Pascal.

Bob
crispen@foxy.boeing.com
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Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Date:         Tue, 21 Jul 1992 13:54:28 CDT
From:         "Jonathon Simon" <JSIMON@TRINITY.EDU>
Subject:      Studio Sale: M1's, Guitar amp, PA's, FX, Drums, Software

Prices include shipping and insurance (in continental U.S.A.).
Contact Jonathon Simon on the net at:
   JSIMON@Trinity.Edu
   Trinity University Computing Center
   San Antonio, Texas


Korg M1 with Valhala RAM card                                 $1150.00
  - Operating manual and reference cards like new, box
  - Mint condition (used as midi slave in home studio)

Korg M1R Ex (expanded rack mount M1)                          $1100.00
  - Essentially a rack mount T series w/ an M1 sequencer
  - Operating manual
  - Like new with box (used only in home studio)

Korg M1 Ex with 2 Korg RAM cards                              $1250.00
  - Essentially a T series w/ an M1 sequencer
  - Operating manual
  - Fair condition

Peavey Renoun Guitar amp (9 year old version)                 $ 260.00
  - very nice condition (used only in home studio)
  - 160 watt, lead & rythm channel
  - distortion, reverb, EQ, Presence
  - Foot switch (reverb  &  channel A,B, or A+B)

2 Ibanez Effect Pedals                        $45.00 ea or $85.00 both
  - Very nice condition (yep! used only in home studio)
  - Stereo Chorus
  - Digital Delay
  - batteries not included!

Yamaha DD-5 (department store version drum machine)           $  35.00
  - Very little use.  Looks new.  Operating manual & sticks.
  - 4 pads, pattern presets, fills, midi-out
  - AC adapter not included.

2 Crown DC300A-II Power Amplifiers        $450.00 each or $875.00 both
  - Excellent specs
  - Very reliable
  - Both in good condition.  One has ID etched into top edge of case
     but this can't be seen once mounted under another rack component.

Software/Books
  *Digidesign Sound Designer Version 1.12  (for Mac & DSS-1)  $  30.00
     - Manual included.
     - Master and hard disk installs
     - License never updated (to Sound Designer Universal)

  *Opcode M1 Editor Version 5.4 (for Mac)                     $  30.00
     - Manual included.
     - 2 Masters and hard disk installs
     - License never updated (to Galaxy Plus Editor)

  *Book - "The Korg DSS-1 Sampler" - Alexander Publishing     $  15.00
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Date:         Wed, 29 Jul 1992 10:16:04 CDT
From:         crispen <crispen@EFFTOO.BOEING.COM>
Subject:      Re: Attn: MIDI Newcomers!
Comments: To: SYNTH-L@ada3.ca.boeing.com

Thanks, Tony.  I was thinking of writing about the same thing, but you
said it better.  This is about the friendliest mailing list on the net,
and the most helpful (thanks again to the folks who answered a couple
of my queries).

BTW, asrbb@acad2.alaska.edu, it could very well have been that everybody
who knew the answer to your question was busy the day you posted it
and forgot to get back to you.  Or, consider the possibility that
none of us knew the answer (never attribute to malice what can
adequately be accounted for by incompetence).

Ask it again.  If I know, I'll tell you.  If I don't, I won't say
anything (or would you like your mailbox stuffed with messages saying
"I don't know"?)

Bob
crispen@foxy.boeing.com
From: five@sys6626.bison.mb.ca (skinny puppy)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: A note of warning- ST/Dr. T's
Date: 23 Jul 92 12:29:47 GMT
Organization: system 6626 BBS, Winnipeg MB

It would seem that Dr. T's software is loosing interest in the Atari 
world.  They have NO PLANS for support the TT (though others are quite 
happy with the machine).
With the ST line disappearing in the near future, who knows WHAT they're 
going to do?  2 people I have spoken to have been having problems with 
the people on the Tech support line also.  (This never used to happen, to 
any great extent).  I've also heard that Dr. T's has been bought, but not 
by who.
 
All does not bode well for the ST/TT/Dr. T's connection, it would seem.
 
But the Atari world seems to have great support from the Cubase/C0Lab 
companies.  So .... no problem.
 
Five

;--- (skinny puppy) a user of sys6626, running waffle 1.64
;E-mail: five@sys6626.bison.mb.ca
;system 6626: 63 point west drive, winnipeg manitoba canada R3T 5G8
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
From: georg@miro.nlp.physik.th-darmstadt.de (Georg Mueller)
Subject: Re: Commentary
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 13:49:19 GMT
Organization: TH Darmstadt, Institut fuer Angewandte Physik

In article <8RiHoB9w164w@sys6626.bison.mb.ca> five@sys6626.bison.mb.ca (skinny puppy) writes:

   Anyone checked out the latest interview with Wendy Carlos in Keyboard?
   Carlos Moog Modular, sits forgotten in a corner of the studio, and is 
   used only for it's Low Pass Filter.

   ????  Bummer.  I guess her thought processes have finally run out of new 
   things to do with that powerful monster.  That's too bad.

   Though I can't wait to hear the new Switch On Bach 2000 album, I can't 
   help but feel that it's almost total digitalness, wont be able to compare 
   to the analog warmth of the original.

   I'll give it as fair a listen as I can though.

To console you, there is one lonely warm analog Moog sound between all
this cold crispy digital sounds. That's the second of this CD I like
most.

	Georg.
From: asrbb@acad2.alaska.edu
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: Attn:  MIDI Newcomers!
Date: 29 Jul 92 00:53:33 GMT
Organization: University of Alaska

Attention MIDI Newcomers!                                            

Don't post to this newsgroup if you need assistance or information about
MIDI topics.  Speaking from experience, the people who post here are not
interested in your problems or troubles...you're on your own!

Sorry about that, but that's just the way it seems to go and I thought
I'd save you some time.  Try the magazines and users groups in your area
if you want support.
From: richards@mcnc.org (Bill Richards)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: MOOG Taurus II system wanted...
Date: 22 Jul 92 17:06:29 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: MCNC Center for Microelectronics, RTP, NC

I'm trying to find an old (circa 1980) MOOG Taurus II bass pedal system. If
someone, somewhere has one of these relics gathering dust in a closet, and
would be willing to part with it, please contact me. The unit need not be
operational (matter of fact- that may be preferable since I don't have a lot
cash to drop on this relic). For any interested, I do have full service doc-
umentation for the beast... just e-mail me if you need it. The synth module
itself is identical to the Rogue, so the docs apply to that as well. Thanks
in advance...
						-bill richards-
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