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Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
Subject: Re: Brett Maraldo & netiquette
From: mccalld@vax.sonoma.edu
Date: 22 Dec 92 06:52:46 -0800
Organization: Sonoma State University

In article <1992Dec21.211650.22515@bmerh85.bnr.ca>, shiv@bnr.ca (Shiv Naimpally) writes:
> Recently Brett Maraldo posted a list of equip. for sale.
> I was interested in an item and after he quoted me a price
> I agreed to buy it from him. We then started discussing 
> whether he would ship it or I would pick. In the middle of
> all this he suddenly emailed me and said he no longer wished
> to sell it. He was totally unapologetic for backing out of
> the agreement we had. I really wanted the synth and so even
> offered to trade and within a day of breaking our agreement
> he had forgotten who I was and what I was trading for !
> 
> I have had several successful net transactions and this is
> the first time this has happended to me. Several people suggested
> I post my experience in order to warn people. Has anyone else
> had such problems with Brett ? If so, please post ...
I purchased one of his items for sale. I found him to be totally trustworthy
and quite helpful, especially with the shipping to the US from Canada
problems. Perhaps you were just over-reacting.
david
mccalld@sonoma.edu
From: freewill@carson.u.washington.edu (William Kaufman)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
Subject: Lexicon LXP-5 and Lead Vocals
Date: 28 Dec 1992 18:32:52 GMT
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Distribution: world
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Hi there,

  I finally got the Lexicon LXP-5 I've been wanting for lead vocals and
so far it's everything I hoped it would be. Great 'verb.  But I was a
little confused about how it works. I noted the 2 algorithms it uses.
(together? separately?) I'm looking for the classic "doubled" lead vocal
with reverb. Assuming it can make this effect, would it use the delay or
the pitch shifting for the doubling effect? My Yamaha EMP-100 uses pitch 
shifting for this. (w/ reverb, anyway)   Like the Yamaha, most of the 
Lexicon's pitch shifting patches don't seem very useful, but as a subtle
effect maybe it is used for other things. (I'm not sure how it does its
chorusing either) I'm sure it can do what I need it to. I'm sure I'll
even learn to edit it; right now, "Dark Chorus Verb" seems to come
closest. In any case, it's interesting that this box has been sold un-
changed at little discount for quite a while now. It must have quite an
edge on the competition.    Thanks for your help,   freewill














Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth,rec.music.synth
From: jna@silver.lcs.mit.edu (seven days that took a week to end)
Subject: WANTED: EPS
Followup-To: sender
Keywords: Ensoniq, EPS
Organization: We Take What We Want, Inc.
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 04:54:09 GMT

I'm looking for an ensoniq EPS or ensoniq EPS16+ in the $800 to $1200 range..
I'd like to get one with at least 2MB of memory, or one that I could easily
expand... (i.e. how much are 2x / 4x / 6x modules anyway)...

thanks

-John



Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
From: hauser@netcom.com (Michael Hauser)
Subject: MIDI gear for sale
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 08:33:42 GMT

Peavey DPM-SX sampler module for DPM series				$195 

	Single-space rack-mount sampler module for Peavey DPM series.
	This unit can also be used as an inexpensive way
	to get 16-bit CD-quality samples (mono) into the Mac.
	
	It communicates through MIDI, but you can upgrade
	it to SCSI and then use it with Alchemy to get
	16-bit samples. The SCSI option, available through any Peavey
	dealer for $39, consists of a chip and connector.

	It has 256K of RAM soldered on and expansion sockets to add up to
	16MB (Mac style SIMMs).

	It supports MIDI sample dump format to transfer samples through MIDI.
	it uses SMDI for transferring as a slave through SCSI (i.e. it can be
	used as a 16-bit A/D for the Mac through SCSI). It can also act as a
	SCSI master for connecting SCSI disks. In fact, it can share disk
	drives on the SCSI chain with the Mac, although it can't actually share
	disks (i.e. your disks will either be Mac or SX disks. This is great if
	you have a Syquest or other removable media drive).

	It has an XLR and a phone jack input. It doesn't support stereo.

	It has a number of built-in sampling rates (to 48K I think) and
	has additional ones if you use it with other DPM-series modules
	(e.g. 44.1K with the DMP-SP or DPM-3).


Oberheim Navigator midi mapper						$95

	Map notes, controllers, velocity, patch changes...
	Great for using those older keyboards as controllers,
	mapping drum pads, or experimental fun stuff.

	There are two maps active at all times. One is a "patch map" and the
	other can be a controller-controller, note-note, note-patch, or drum
	patch map.
	There are several types of patch maps and you can also have chaining
	(one of four pedals steps through patches). Each patch change can send
	up to 16 output patches, bank changes, and volume changes on any of
	16 MIDI channels. Controller mapping functions include channelize,
	scale/offset, toggle, clip, table (1 of 11 curves), and note scale,
	with some combinations. The unit has 17 global setups which can be
	saved and loaded through MIDI (e.g. to a PC-based librarian or data
	filer).


Michael Hauser
656 29th Street
San Francisco, CA 94131

(415) 695-1910
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
From: furio@uiuc.edu (furio ercolessi)
Subject: Re: What's the deal with the KS-32 
Reply-To: furio@uiuc.edu (furio ercolessi)
Organization: MRL - UIUC
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 23:58:28 GMT

In article <BzMqoB.EM3@austin.ibm.com>, jeff@coho.austin.ibm.com (Jeffrey Schaver) writes:
|>	I've been in the market for a synth in the $2K range with
|>weighted keys and I recently tried the ensoniq KS-32.  Does anyone
|>have anything to say about the KS-32s' quality of sounds, effects?
|>Does anyone consider it a good buy.  Has anyone else tried playing
|>one and have anything to say about it?
|>
|>	Thanks! E-mail replies would be great,
if your E-mail address were working from edu-land! :-)

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i bought it in september and i am reasonably happy.
i am pianojazz-oriented and spend lots of time in the piano patch.
so far i have no computer, sequencer, etc so i have not explored
it multitimbrically yet, i just turn it on and play.

i think it's a good buy.  some minor annoyances i came across:

- some of the sounds are not entirely clean, they sort of 'fry'
   particularly in the low part of the spectrum.  one example is 
   the vibraphone, which is a decent sound under other points of
   view.  i notice it clearly when using the headphone; from
   my not-so-good loudspeakers is barely noticeable.

- some of the keys became noisier (i mean mechanically).
   two of them now make a 'clak' noise when i hit them
   'with energy' :-).  one of these days i'll probably open it to
   see what happened.

- some further frying noise when changing the volume and
   the effect parameters while a sound is playing.  oh well,
   this is really minor.

- i hate those memory cards. i would have paid $100 more and
   have a floppy drive.  as it is, i think you really need a
   computer with a librarian to organize the sounds.

so i would say to go for it if you like the sounds.  keep in
mind that this machine will not be able to load new samples,
you can just play with the parameters, so make sure you
like the 'realistic' sounds because they'll stay there forever...

furio
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Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
From: gaubfb@sun330 (Brian Bishop)
Subject: Info on home-made drumpads wanted
Organization: Fannie Mae
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 15:59:37 GMT

   Hello again... 

  A friend of mine was looking into the various electronic drum controllers
when I brightly remembered the discussion here (well, r.m.s) about building
your own pads with Radio Shack piezo parts. Unfortuantely all of the articles
have since expired. Could someone who saved that thread please mail them to
me? I'me sure _someone_ out there squirreled them away.... Thanks!


--

    Brian Bishop ... gaubfb@fnma.com <=- (work) OR (play) -=> brian@grebyn.com

"Check beneath your fingernails, and in between your toes /
  Right between your earlobes, darling, that's where culture grows." - T. Dolby
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From: br326@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Raphael Pungin)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth,rec.music.makers,comp.music,alt.rave
Subject: What are 303's and 808's?
Date: 4 Jan 1993 03:00:27 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Distribution: inet
Reply-To: br326@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Raphael Pungin)
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Hi!
	I've heard of something called 303 and 808 that are used to produce
techno music. What exactly are those things? Are those synthesizers, trackers,
or something else?

Thanx
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From: ada@zip.larc.nasa.gov (Anthony Arviola)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
Subject: Cakewalk for Windows and SBlaster
Date: 30 Dec 92 15:01:42
Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA
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Hey gang,

Just looking at the Manual for Cakewalk Pro. for Windows and I noticed 
something.  You can inbed MCI commands in the Event/List editor.  This 
will allow you to call an installed digital audio device (ie Sound Blaster
or thunderboard) to play an audio wave.  I think this is a really cool
concept, but does it work? and does it work neatly?  As far as 16 bit sample
boards go, this would be a cheap way of getting samples into your music.
(I'm making the realistic assumption that you can get a 16 bit board for 
around $200us and the poor assumption that $200 < $1000+ is cheap))

Has anyone tried something like this and does it work?

Just wondering,
Tony
From: scott@psy.uwa.oz.au (Scott Fisher)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
Subject: Re: K2000R. You don't scare me. Nyah!
Date: 22 Dec 1992 03:00:33 GMT
Organization: The University of Western Australia
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cassiel@cassiel.demon.co.uk (Nick Rothwell) writes:

>I doubt it; but I'm after a reasonable-sounding fully-automated 1U rack
>mixer (well, two of them).

The Ensoniq DP/4 can be used as a 4 channel mixer (fully midi contralable)
and be an multi-FX at the same time.

Regards Scott...

Oh...$1400 US?
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From: srfergu@rufus.erenj.com (Scott Ferguson)
Subject: Re: *!*!*!*! Bass Player Available *!*!*!
Organization: Exxon Research & Engineering Co.
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 13:54:14 GMT

In article <1992Dec29.194321.15185@rtsg.mot.com>, morrowjp@rtsg.mot.com (Jerry P Morrow) writes:
|> What I'm looking for: - part-time band, gig about 2 to 3 times

On a post like this, it'd probably be a good idea to say (early in such a long
note) where you live. The only real clue I got from a brief scan was your
708 area code. 

I don't think you'd be into practicing in Morristown NJ....

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Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
From: stevela@csulb.edu (Steve La)
Subject: Re: Help... Playback slowdown problem...
Organization: Cal State Long Beach
Distribution: WORLD
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 20:03:26 GMT

In article <1gntnhINNqqv@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca> FELSKE@ERICH.TRIUMF.CA (FELSKE,
WAYNE W.) writes:
>     I have seen the same thing on a friends pc. I use only and ST and 
>  agree this is rarely a problem and my software allows disabling the mouse.
>  This of course is caused by the processor using it's precious time
>  servicing a mouse interupt request. Assuming Cakewalk won't allow disabling 
>  the mouse you may be able to find a program you can hot key into that will.
>     On the other hand, if you want to use the mouse about the only thing
>   you can do is get a faster machine. It's only money!!
>
>	   Wayne Felske
--
Thanks for all your inputs.  Everyone seems to suggest a faster computer, but
my system is a 486/33 Mhz! with a Roland MPU-IPC-T (MPU-401) card.  My 8Mhz
Atari ST has NO problem with MIDI timing...  Should I get a 'better' MIDI card?

Thanks,
-Steve La
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Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
Organization: The University of Leeds, School of Computer Studies
From: ross-c@scs.leeds.ac.uk
To: usenet@phaze.cam.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: K2000R. You don't scare me. Nyah!

In article <144@bbx.basis.com> you write:
>In article <9212151924.aa15496@gate.demon.co.uk> cassiel@cassiel.demon.co.uk (Nick Rothwell) writes:
>>K2000 hit these shores a couple of months ago they cost $5000.
>
>Ouch!
>
>>I expect the
>>K2000R to hit with a price of $3500-4000.
>
>For what it's worth, the K2000R is a mere $100 less than the K2000.
>You're suggesting a rather non-linear price conversion.  Are things
>really that crazy?

The current new price for the K2000 in the UK is about $3000, maybe a little
more depending on today's exchange rate.

Cheers,

Ross-c
From: fritz@fc.sde.hp.com (Gary Fritz)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
Subject: Mac IIvx MIDI problems?
Date: 21 Dec 1992 15:44:53 GMT
Organization: Hewlett Packard Santa Clara Site
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I posted this to rec.music.synth a few days ago, but we seem to be having
posting problems and I'm not sure it ever made it out into the world.
Sorry if you see two copies of this.

------

My brother is a band director who has been using computers and synths
in his program for about 8 years now.  He's about to buy a new system
for himself, and was all set to get a Mac IIvx, but he's heard rumors 
of hardware troubles in the system.

He heard there are supposedly hardware glitches in the Mac IIvx MIDI.
This rumor came, I think, from the January issue of Electronic Musician.
That's all he knows.  So, questions:

  - Is anybody familiar with this system?  Have you heard of the rumors?
  - Has anyone seen the article in EM?  My brother looked for an issue
    but the January issue wasn't in the newsstands yet.
  - Assuming there IS a glitch, anybody know how serious it is,
    what kinds of problems it causes, and what the plans for fixing it are?
    I.e. would Apple redesign & repair the problem under warrantee,
    or would they try to patch around it in software?
  - Is there someone in Apple he could contact to get a straight answer
    on this?

My brother has a short deadline on this.  He has grant money that expires
on January 1.  Worse, I'll be heading out for Christmas on 12/23, and
won't be able to access news or email after 12/22 in the afternoon.
So any help or answers need to come pretty quick.

Please address any replies to me at fritz@fc.sde.hp.com or
fritz@hpfclrnp.sde.hp.com.  If you come up with critical information
after 12/22, and would be willing to spring for a phone call, you can
leave a message on 303-484-6725.

Thanks for any help!
Gary

Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
From: bryanc@stargate.jpl.nasa.gov (Bryan S. Campbell)
Subject: What's an Oberheim Expander?
Followup-To: rec.music.makers.synth
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratories
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 20:14:16 GMT



    Please excuse my ignorance, but I'd like some technical info on the
Oberheim Expander.  Someone told me it's a modern Analog synth, which
interests me greatly...  Could you perhaps give me such info as how many
VCO's it has, what it sounds like, it's capabilities, etc... 

   Thanks in advance...


Bryan C.
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
From: cassiel@cassiel.demon.co.uk (Nick Rothwell)
Subject: Re: K2000R. You don't scare me. Nyah!
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 13:07:36 +0000

>Working with 2 separate SX
>units, I would think that you'd need to worry about triggering them
>to sample simultaneously, or else suffer the loss of phase coherence, which
>is difficult to achieve after the fact.

Agreed. I think the SX can be triggered via MIDI.

>Do Alchemy and/or Sound Designer have utilities for creating/editing stereo
>samples given that the initial L/R samples are independent/non-coherent?

Don't know; I'll investigate.

>The Peavey SX *should* work as a source of (mono) samples. The question is how
>you initiate the transfer.

MIDI sample dumps are initiated from the SX front panel. I don't know about
SMDI ones; perhaps Alchemy can do it.

>By the way, back when I was looking at the SX/SP combo I found out that
>there is a MAX utility for the Mac that will allow you to control various
>options on the SX (e.g., sample size, sample rate, etc.). There are
>apparently more options available on the SX than can be accessed from its
>front panel alone (only certain sample rates accessible from the front
>panel, for example). Assuming you have MaxPlay, as I remember the utility
>would cost you $39.

I'm trying to get the MIDI specs directly, so I can write my own. (I have
MAX.) I don't actually see how a utility under MaxPlay is going to work
unless you can configure it to use OMS and then use a predefined OMS device
name, or something.

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   CASSIEL Contemporary Music/Dance  |     are there in this bar?"
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From: knutsen@pilot.njin.net (Mark Knutsen)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
Subject: Q: Synth dust covers.
Date: 3 Jan 93 21:58:14 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

While I'm asking questions (ref. my previous on Std MIDI): A long
while ago I bought a very nice dust cover for my Korg SG-1D from
Valley Designs in Cambridge, Mass. Unfortunately, I believe they're
now out of business; can anyone recommend another maker?

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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 11:20:12 GMT
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
Organization: The University of Leeds, School of Computer Studies
From: ross-c@scs.leeds.ac.uk
To: usenet@phaze.cam.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: K2000R. You don't scare me. Nyah!

Someone wrote (attributions confused)
>>    Can the K2000 be fed via SMDI from something like a Peavey SX? They're only
>>    $400 or so. (If you want stereo sampling, you'd have to buy two...)
>
>I would expect that creating and editing stereo samples by putting 2
>essentially independent mono samples together might present some difficulties.

I have been told that a stereo sampling version of the SX will be available
Real Soon Now (tm).

Not sure if it's true though. Anyone?

Cheers,

Ross-c

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From: rost@tecrus.dec.com (My name is Brian Rost)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth,rec.music.synth
Subject: Followup: ARP Odyssey for SWAP
Date: 23 Dec 92 17:11:52 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


Thanks for the replies, I have a swap deal in progress.   

					Brian Rost @tecrus.enet.dec.com

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From: jjh@col.hp.com (Jeff Haeffele-x3570)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
Subject: WinCake and Type 0 Midi Files
Date: 22 Dec 1992 19:49:38 GMT
Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division
NNTP-Posting-Host: ra8.col.hp.com

Is there a way to split out the channels from a type 0 midi file into
separate tracks for Cakewalk for Windows?  I know I can do it manually
via the event filter but I would like to automate the process.

The "Settings/Channel Table" menu only seems to apply for recording.
Also, I can't find a way to write events to a different track from a CAL
program to solve my problem that way either.

Any suggestions, hints, or solutions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Jeff
From: danb@zx.qsp.UUCP (Daniel Benbenisty)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers
Subject: Re: Has anyone switched from keyboards to Guitar/Bass or Drums?
Date: 21 Dec 92 23:26:42 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Quality Software Products, LA, CA

>In article <1992Dec16.202743.155@rtsg.mot.com> morrowjp@rtsg.mot.com (Jerry P Morrow) writes:
>]I recall a sax player telling me keyboard (not piano) is a 'bogus'
>]instrument, now after having enjoyed playing guitar and bass in the
>]last couple years, I'd have to agree with him.

]I feel much more a part of music now, rather than something that is
]layered over it just to make it sound 'nice'.

I guess this person has never heard any (old) ELP.  Emerson's keyboards are 
neither superfluous or 'nice.'  I could give a lot of other jazz/prog-rock
examples as well....

I would agree, however, that most keyboard PARTS that have been written
for pop/rock (including, obviously, any written by your sax player friend!) 
suck.  This is due to a fault with the imaginations of most musicians,
rather than a fault with synthesizers.

>>>===Pan-Handle-Dan===>	danb@qsp.com
Daniel Benbenisty		Guitarist (and keyboardist!) for EARWURM
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers
From: wb@tornado.kodak.com (wb@tornado.kodak.com)
Subject: FOR SALE: (MAC) sequencing sw: EZ Vision
Organization: Digital Equipment Corp. (Telstar), Rochester, N.Y. 14653
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 13:06:20 GMT


FOR SALE: Opcode(MAC) sequencing software: EZ Vision - $60

Great beginner's sequencing software for the MAC. Has graphical
editing and other sophisticated features...

I will pay shipping...

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