Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
Subject: Re: The Newest Emu synth... McAnalog!!!???!!!
From: raver909@telerama.pgh.pa.us (Rave Crusader)
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 19:04:46 GMT
Organization: Telerama
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seh003@acad.drake.edu wrote: : In article
<1993Jan20.170401.7229@telerama.pgh.pa.us>, raver909@telerama.pgh.pa.us
(Rave Crusader) writes: : > grahame@skyfox wrote: : > : For all who don't
already know, Emu has just introduced their newest : > : McProteus, a
clever little collection of sounds known as "vintage keys". : > : It
contains the usual 32 oscillators and the Emu digital filter chip : > :
(same as in the Emax II). It also contains 8MB of vintage waveforms. : > : 
Emu advertises this little beast as the answer to your analog : > :
prayers without the analog headaches ('though the ad mentions that DX7 : >
: and Fairlight samples are included... mondo digital). Am I going nuts :
> : or is this a daft idea??? The "warmth" of analog synths is created by
: > : the whacky and wonderful analog oscillators and filters which go
into : > : such beasts. Merely sampling the output would introduce
pitch-shifting : > : anomalies and there's no way that the filter can
compete sonically with the : > : variety of different synths the box is
supposed to emulate. : > :  I fear that "vintage keys" will sell well &
give today's young 'uns : > : a horribly diluted taste of what analog is
all about -- after all, there's : > : no way that a 1U rack module can
compete with the programmability of : > : a P5 or and Oberheim 4 voice, or
a Jupiter 8, or a Mini, or a Chroma, : > : or an OB-8, or . . . : > : > :
J Grahame : > : --------- : > : Somewhere in the analog ozone... : > It's
daft idea for sure. The only thing that comes close to real analog in : >
a single rack space is the Waldorf Microwave. Sample playback is still : >
lame sample playback no matter how you slice it. I think that synth : >
manufacturers should just start making analog synths with MIDI again, this
: > time up date them with better displays and multi-tabral capability. :
> : > -- : > Let the bass kick... 

: Any manufacturers out there listening?  This guy has a great idea that I've
: often wished for myself.  Up-to-date analogs with proper MIDI and MULTI-TIMBRAL
: capability.  A multi-timbral analog synth would be a godsend.  Anyone else
: agree?
Yeah, I think that the sales of the Waldorf Microwave and Oberheim
Matrix 6R and 1000 should be a good reminder to them that people still
WANT analog but would like to have it in a rack unit or keyboard that is
Multitibral, has good editing interface, (like the JD-800's sliders) and
has full MIDI control. Maybe even assign some of the spare controllers to
some of the old "nobs and buttons" functions. That would be a godsend!

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