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Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
From: thart@cix.compulink.co.uk (Toby Hart Dyke)
Subject: Re: Formant analog synthesizer - Elektor
Reply-To: thart@cix.compulink.co.uk
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 10:33:01 +0000


In article <92240.170646SSCPRICK@HASARA11.BITNET>,
            SSCPRICK@HASARA11.BITNET (Rick Jansen) writes:

>In 1979 the electronics magazine Elektor/Elektuur
>published the modular analog synthesizer Formant.
>I'd like to hear some experiences from people
>who actually built and/or used the Formant.
> 
>-Rick.

I played with a Formant for about half an hour at an electronics fair in
London in around 1980. It had a wonderful "solid" fat sound to it. I had
planned to build one, but never had the time and money at the same time.

Elektor republished the set of articles in book form (which I still have,
maybe I'll get round to it some day!). Are you planning on building one?
I seem to recall that some of the parts were difficult to obtain, at
least here in the UK.

 
>--------------- cut here ----- here ------- or here -----------
>Rick Jansen                  | e-mail: Rick@SARA.NL
>SARA System Support Dept.    |         SSCPRICK@HASARA11.Bitnet


     Toby Hart Dyke     thart@cix.compulink.co.uk




Newsgroups: rec.music.synth,comp.music,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.amiga
From: jochenw@akela.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Jochen Wolters)
Subject: Re: Atari Falcons $799!!!!!
Organization: Rechnerbetrieb Informatik  /  RWTH Aachen
Date:  3 Sep 92 11:25:50 GMT

richard@gmi.org (Richard Fairhead) writes:

>I thought it was comp.sys.amiga, not comp.sys.ibm.pc!!!

Richard,

  have a look at the header of this message. You'll be quite surprised as to 
which users the poster of the original message wants to convince of the
superiority of that high-end game console :-))))

  Jochen.
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Jochen Wolters       |          jochenw@POOL.informatik.rwth-aachen.de  
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Newsgroups: rec.music.synth,comp.music,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.amiga
From: shiv@bnr.ca (Shiv Naimpally)
Subject: Re:      D-70 Question?
Reply-To: shiv@bnr.ca (Shiv Naimpally)
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 17:42:03 GMT

If its discontinued, you should get it for less ! I'm sure they'll be
turning up used so save you more money and checked the used places.
From: nick@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Nick Rothwell)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: Re: Tell me about keyboard controllers
Date: 4 Sep 92 12:33:35 GMT
Organization: Naff Green Shorts Dance Co.
In-reply-to: broe@dfv.rwth-aachen.de's message of 3 Sep 92 07:07:02 GMT

In article <1992Sep3.070702.15214@dfv.rwth-aachen.de> broe@dfv.rwth-aachen.de (Frank Breier) writes:

   The
   masterkeyboard-functions of both are very good.

Erm...

   You can split up the
   D70 into five internal and four external zones

The D-70 can receive on 6 channels, five of them with 4-way splits,
and there's a system control channel which you musn't on pain of death
overlap with any of the other channels, otherwise Bad Things Happen. I
don't know what you mean by an internal zone. Nor have I ever figured
out how the MIDI palette zone setup relates to the global controller
channel or the currently selected keyboard part.

   The mapping of the
   midi controller in the D70 seems to be more flexible. 

But useless to me since every time you change or select a new
performance or switch to a new keyboard part all the internal and
external voices stop. This makes it rather useless for live work. The
programming interface is not bad once you figure out how it works and
get used to the quirks. As a performance keyboard I consider its MIDI
functions useless; I do all the MIDI processing on an outboard
computer. (Hmm, wonder when that PowerBook 100 will be here?)

It's fine for 3-minute pop songs. In fact, it's fairly solid and
predictable *if* you like the way it works. I don't, which is why I
use mine with its brain disabled.

Nick.
--
  Nick Rothwell, LFCS, Edinburgh | "Say, how many contemporary dancers are
               nick@dcs.ed.ac.uk |     there in this bar?"
CASSIEL Contemporary Music/Dance | "Dunno; count the Dr. Martens and
     cassiel@cix.compulink.co.uk |     divide by two..."
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
From: dpelton@nyx.cs.du.edu (Dennis Pelton)
Subject: Re: All Notes On
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 92 16:45:02 GMT

In article <1992Aug20.220135.24432@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> eirikur@ranger.enet.dec.com (Eirikur Hallgrimsson) writes:
>
>In article <9208201141.AA13889@jupiter.Sun.CSD.unb.ca>,         Alan Edwards <aedwards@JUPITER.CSD.UNB.CA> writes...
>>We decided that a new MIDI message was needed:  All Notes On
>>Of course this would be implemented as a companion message to All Notes Off,
>>and effectiveness would vary dependent on the available polyphony.
>>We thought it was a good idea, but are not sure how to present it to the IMA.
>
>I have to support this worthy idea.  It has a fine sense of symetry, which
>might put off the IMA, so I have to propose some extensions.  There needs to 
>a second byte in the message which is encoded as follows:
>
>Eirikur

Well, I'm new in this news group but I just want to say that
this seems like a complete waste of bandwidth to me.  I don't
mean to flame, but this seems to go on in all the newsgroups
and I don't understand why you all want to waste time and
money talking about things like this.

Couldn't net resources be more profitably used by discussing
how to build synthesizers out of common household items?
Say, stoves, toilets, stairs, dogfood dishes, and etc.

Dennis Pelton
dpelton@nyx.cs.du.edu

PS :-)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
From: grumpy@jpradley.jpr.com (Jeff Markel)
Subject: Drumitar
Organization: Unix in NYC
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 13:57:33 GMT

Does anyone have info on the SynthAxe Drumitar?  It is the most amazing
drum machine I've ever heard, at least in the hands of Roy "Future Man" Wooten
of Bela Fleck & The Flecktones.

                        Jeff Markel

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(212)594-5400  | amprnet:  kd2hn@kd2hn.ampr.org    | New York, NY 10001
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From: brooksp@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Peter Brooks)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: Re: Need Info on building dr
Date: 25 Aug 92 18:05:29 GMT
Organization: the HP Corporate notes server

EM did a more recent article on drum pads, using those Radio Shack
piezo elements (I think).  Unfortunately, I haven't been keeping my
old EMs, but it was in the past 18 months or so.  Time to hit a
library for back issues, I'd guess.

Pete Brooks
From: carlton@gopher.ccbr.umn.edu (Carlton Hogan)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: Minor assistance deferentially requested
Date: 3 Sep 92 17:17:10 GMT
Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

I have been following the heated discussion on news-group ettiquette, 
"biting people's head off", amateurs wasting the time of lofty
olympians of electronic music, thr supercilious and unhelpful attitude
of said olympians etc. etc.....what an incredible waste of bandwidth. 
All in all, it has dissuaded me, a regular news reader, from posting 
anything yet (probably for the best...there are too many postings already

However- I have a couple of specific transactions to attempt, so...

Wanted!!! ---Manual for Sequential circuits "6-track", or at least info on
the midi implementation, and the various ways of booting it up to get 
different configs. Also___ any info on Midi retrofits or modifications 
for said machine (no snickering!!! I know it's a dinosaur, but for a dirt 
cheap mono analog bass line, it can't be beat)

Also!!! ----looking to exchange patches for K1...I've written some 
doozies, and I would love to trade for some of yours

Thank you oh omnipotent and gracious old-timers of the net for letting this 
humble, despicable first time poster sully the pristine clarity of your
crystalline and illuminated discourse...

~rsignat

Carlton Hogan (carlton@gopher.ccbr.umn.edu)
training coordinator, community programs for clinical research on AIDS
University of MN

:W!
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
From: bmaraldo@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca (Commander Brett Maraldo)
Subject: Re:      D-70 Question?
Organization: Unit 36 Research
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 18:01:22 GMT

In article <1992Aug31.153744.17590@engage.pko.dec.com> sherman@ecadsr.enet.dec.com (My name is...) writes:
>In article <SYNTH-L%92083108285792@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU>,         "Sean F. Jepson" <SJEPSON@ERS.BITNET> writes...
>Wow.  Discontinued by not coming down in price.  $1650 was about what I paid
>for mine nearly two years ago.  My understanding is that (all hype and specs
>aside) the JV80 is the (cost-reduced?) replacement for the D70.  If I were in
>your shoes, I'd look at the JV80 or JV30 and see if that will fit your needs.
>I wouldn't trade my D70, though ...

	I wouldn't trade my D70 either.  Its my only digital synth (until
my K5 arrives... where is it?).  Here, the D70 sells new for $1600 Canadian
($1US = $1.19CDN).  The JV are ok but if the D70 is specifically what you
are looking for you can either wait for a used one or perhaps pick one up
in Canada (or look for a better deal in the US - I can't beleive that the
going rate for a D70 is higher in the US than in Canada).

Brett Maraldo
Plexus Produtions



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From: bollard@hpspkla.spk.hp.com (Lee M. Bollard)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 19:13:23 GMT
Subject: Re: Anyone use(d) Music Quest MIDI card?
Organization: Hewlett Packard Company, Spokane, Wa.
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth

Music Quest midi cards are well-known to be the very BEST midi
cards available.  It's the only midi card worth buying.  Totally
configurable, well supported, great features.

There are several models.  The "PC-Midi Card" is the low-end model.
MQX-16 offers 16 channels, MQX-16S adds SMPTE, MQX-32M is a dual
port 32 channel w/SMPTE card.


Regards,

Lee Bollard              
HP Spokane Division
bollard@hpspkla.spk.hp.com
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From: usdgog@vtserf.cc.vt.edu (Greg Granger)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth,comp.music,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Atari Falcons $799!!!!!
Date: 2 Sep 92 13:40:54 GMT
Followup-To: rec.music.synth
Organization: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

In article <1992Sep2.070035.2584@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> jyoung@nyx.cs.du.edu (Jeff Young) writes:
>...
>a. 32 bit local bus board    
>b. video overlay with true color, overscan,hardware scroll, genlock ability
>c. ... (list of stuff)
>n. OS with preemtive multitasking and memory protection
>
>MILLIONS of people want to know what EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLAR computer
>you are using (because our budget is LIMITED)?! 
--------

Yes, that is true.  There just one little problem ... the above $800 
computer has no hard disk or monitor.

It is unlikely that you will be able to take advantage of all those
great features without decent storage and a resonable monitor (you don't
really want to use your TV - 40 col mode do you?).  Certainly, using the
DSP and 16 bit A/D D/A will be a challenge on a single floppy system.

All in all I'm glad to see Atari come out with this.  However, you
shouldn't let your zeal for a product overcome you.  To suggest that
people are going to buy this because of it's price (which seems a bit
high to me, considering the market) or specs is ... silly.  If people
bought on specs or price 80x86 chips wouldn't dominate the market.
I'm sure Atari will sell a lot of these critters, but I doubt they will
gain much new market share.

Greg

Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
From: capnal@aqua.whoi.edu (Al Duester)
Subject: Re: Michael Boddicker/The Magic Egg
Organization: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 92 01:35:54 GMT



I'd suggest thinking twice about buying The Magic Egg cassette.
There is less than 16 minutes of music on it. The stuff added
is soundtracky stuff - the soundsheet in Keyboard had most of the
good stuff. I felt ripped off when I got mine!

If you're a Boddicker compleatist, then go ahead.

I also had to write a letter, as I didn't get the tape for over
a month when I ordered it.
From: ladasky@netcom.com (John J. Ladasky II)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: Re: FB01 vs. TX81Z
Date: 4 Sep 92 16:43:06 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)

wrighttj@uhura.aston.ac.uk (Auntie Tim) writes:
[delete a little]
>operators. A few other things are different as well. The D/A
>converters in the TX are better quality than the FB- I think 16bit
>as opposed to 12 bit, but I could be wrong...
[delete a lot]

	If I remember correctly, the FB01 DAC (I think there's only one, 
multiplexed to the two channels) is only 10 bits across.  The FB01 has a 
pretty grainy sound.  The TX81Z has 12-bit digital-to-analog conversion -
same as the original DX7.

-- 
== John J. Ladasky II ("ii") ========================= ladasky@netcom.COM ==
"Great composers do not borrow -	     "Talking about music is like
 they steal."  - John Ladasky	      ~ -     dancing about architecture."
(quote stolen from Stravinsky, who    o o     - Elvis Costello?  Laurie
 stole it from a statement made by     >        Anderson?  Frank Zappa?
 Pablo Picasso about painting, who    \_/    -------------------------------
 stole it from...)			     "Property is theft." - Groucho
============================================================================
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
From: bartjan@cs.kun.nl (Bart-Jan Bouwers)
Subject: Prices in San Diego
Organization: University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 10:22:20 GMT

Hi,

Can somebody list the prices of synths in the USA, especially in
or around San Diego? Synths are a lot more cheaper in USA then they
are here, in Holland, so I'd like to buy one over there. What are
the extra costs of exporting a synth or computer stuff?

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From: fry@tara.harvard.edu (David Fry)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth,comp.music,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Atari Falcons $799!!!!!
Date: 1 Sep 92 12:00:18 GMT
Article-I.D.: husc3.1992Sep1.080019.15267
Organization: Harvard Math Department

In article <1992Sep1.052243.15525@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> jyoung@nyx.cs.du.edu (Jeff Young) writes:
>YES even in computer industry roots are found at Atari Computer company.
>Apple founders Steve Wozniac and Steve Jobs went to Atari. 

For lunch, maybe.  What this supposed to mean?

David Fry                                  fry@math.harvard.edu
Division of Applied Sciences               fry@huma1.bitnet
Harvard University                      ...!harvard!huma1!fry
Cambridge, MA  02138
From: reedj@hplsla.hp.com (Reed Jacobsen)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: Re: What digital piano/synth to buy?  Need furniture!
Date: 31 Aug 92 23:55:11 GMT
Organization: HP Lake Stevens, WA


>We originally got excited about digital pianos in Austin at a showroom that
>had something called a Samick SE-900G, a digital piano that looked like
>an infant grand or something.  I.e. it was like a very foreshortened baby
>grand.  It sounded quite good as I recall, but since we did our real shopping
>in the Boston area, I can't say for sure how well it sounded compared to
>the CLP-670, the MKS 88 (or whatever), and others we tried.  But it sure
>looked nice!  That was a few years ago, though, and Samick might no longer
>exist, for all I know.  I've never heard of it since.

I was just in our local music store and all I saw were Samicks.  I had never
heard of them but they looked interesting.

Reed Jacobson
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From: kjohnson@castor.cs.uga.edu (Kristopher Johnson)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth,comp.music,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Atari Falcons $799!!!!!
Date: 1 Sep 92 21:54:30 GMT
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens

In article <1992Sep1.143739.15864@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov> thigpen@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov (Keith Thigpen) writes:
>
>To be quite honest, this is lousy video. The lowest resolution PC that I
>use is 800x600x256, and normally I use 1024x768x256. Your specs are 
>underwhelming at best.

To be quite honest, little IBM compatible software uses anything above 
640x480x256 except for GUI drivers and some graphics software.

Steve
From: gints@roadkill.esd.sgi.com (Gints Klimanis)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: Re: Michael Boddicker/The Magic Egg
Keywords: Michael Boddicker/The Magic Egg
Date: 2 Sep 92 19:40:23 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.

I remember seeing an advertisement for Magic Egg cassettes in either in
the Keyboard mag that contained the Magic Egg Soundpage or the
following.  A small block ad on the bottom of a page.  I can help look
for it if you remind me of the month and year for the mag in question.
From: KAGIA@MUVAXE.RFERL.ORG
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: EMAX-II
Date: 26 Aug 92 16:25:00 GMT
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
X-VMS-To: IN%"SYNTH-L@AMERICAN.EDU"
MIME-version: 1.0
Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT
Comments: To: SYNTH-L@AMERICAN.EDU

I would like to add RAM to my EMAX-II without having to go to the dealer
i.e. changing the software so it will recognize the added chips...

Has anyone done this before?
I'm not sure what this entails.  Could someone out there help me out?

Please send replies to: KAGIA@RFERL.ORG

Thanks!
Arlene
From: arman@frog.CRDS.COM (bedrock)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: Wavestation/AD
Date: 26 Aug 92 15:53:07 GMT
Organization: Charles River Data Systems


 In my attempt to create a performance editor I read from one bank and wrote
 to another.  Can some kind owner of a Wavestation/AD mail me a sysex dump 
 of an original ram1 , starts with 'Ski Jam' . 


 Thanks.



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Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
From: chucksi@stc.comm.mot.com (Charlie)
Subject: Re: DREAM WEAVER
Organization: none
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 18:27:52 GMT

In article <9208271140.aa26360@crdec8.apgea.army.mil> "James D. Johns" <jdjohns@CRDEC8.APGEA.ARMY.MIL> writes:
>OK all you veterans of r.m.s., I got a trivia question for
>ya:
>
>What synth(s) were used on Gary Wright's DREAM WEAVER, circa about 1974?
>
>
>                                      Dave
>--
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Dave Johns                          |    " Inspiration is a split second
>jdjohns@crdec8.apgea.army.mil       |      revelation from another world. "
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I know one of'em - The Arp String Ensemble...the original synthesized analog
strings...a real powerhouse in it's day....
-- 
Chuck Siu		"If I'd never met you, I........" 
chucksi@comm.mot.com	 -Robert Redford to Lena Olin    "Havana"
From: SDoiron.ES_XFC@XEROX.COM
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: Drum Triggering
Date: 1 Sep 92 23:29:30 GMT
Reply-To: SDoiron.ES_XFC@xerox.com


Has anybody out there created a bass pedal drum trigger using a standard drum
pedal? I would rather not use the bass pedal to a pad because of
cross-triggering problems. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Shannon
From: coll@babss.UUCP (Gary Collinsworth)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: MTP question
Date: 2 Sep 92 16:49:55 GMT
Organization: Bell Atlantic Business Systems Services, Branford CT. 06405

There have been a few posts of late indicating that the Midi Time Piece
does not work with OMS. In what way? My OMS documentation seems to 
support the MTP.

Thanks
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
From: billw@utkux1.utk.edu (William P. White)
Subject: Editor/Librarian for Roland U20
Organization: University of Tennessee Computing Center
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 12:48:42 GMT

Anyone out there know of an editor/librarian for the Roland U20
for the Mac?

Please let me know.

billw@utkux1.utk.edu


Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
From: koelman@cuby.stc.nl (Ton Koelman)
Subject: Re: Trade R8 for R8M?
Reply-To: koelman@stc.nato.int
Organization: SHAPE Technical Centre, NL
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 10:27:13 GMT

In article <17e9pnINNj1t@wendy-fate.UU.NET> kyle@wendy-fate.UU.NET (Kyle  
Jones) writes:
>  > of the R8M and fulfills different needs.  I've heard on the net that 
>  > the R8M is "better" than the R8; however, I disagree in that they are 
>  > obviously different.
> 
> Other than saving space and giving you two extra ROM card slots,
> I don't know what the R8M buys you. 

Multiple kits! 32 (+ 32 on RAM card). A kit can be layered. 
only two layers though...

> Might as well get an Alesis
> D4, except that the MIDI capabilities of the R8M are better.

Decide on the basis of the sounds. I find the D4 to
have a bit of a 'rough edge' R8M has a bit more
sophistication IMHO.

--
Ton Koelman   e-mail: koelman@stc.nato.int (NeXT Mail Welcome!)
SHAPE Technical Centre, P.O. Box 174, 2501 CD  The Hague
The Netherlands  (voice: 31-70-3142429, fax: 31-70-3142111)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth