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From: D_NIBBY@UNHH.UNH.EDU (Dana   Nibby)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: SQ-1 vs. VFX
Date: 30 Sep 92 12:32:55 GMT


 What are the differences between the Ensoniq SQ-1 and the VFX-SD?
(other than a disk drive) Which has more waveforms, better sequencer, more
control over the sound, etc? Does anyone own an SQ-1? Are you happy with it?
Can the SQ-1 be upgraded like the VFX-SD can?

  Pax,

   Dana
From: murat@farallon.com (Murat N. Konar)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: SCSI Interface for S-550
Date: 6 Oct 92 18:04:59 GMT
Followup-To: rec.music.synth
Organization: Farallon Computing

Anyone know if one can still get a SCSI interface for Roland's S550 sampler
and if so where, how much, etc.

Thanks in advance!

______________________________________________________________________________
Murat N. Konar                                            
murat@farallon.com
Sound Software Engineer (NOT!)
Farallon Computing, Inc.
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Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Date:         Mon, 5 Oct 1992 12:10:00 EDT
From:         WSCOTT@ACS.WOOSTER.EDU
Subject:      Re: Hope for the Future (was Re: Vintage Synth Re-Issues)
Comments: To: SYNTH-L@AMERICAN.EDU

Andrea TONI says:" new extra-useless complicated (RCM)
techniques " and then lists the SY99 as a one of the good new synths.
Isn't it the RCM that makes the sy/tg/99/77 a standout? I think so.
When something is really different, it runs the risk of being dubbed
new, extra-useless, and complicated.

Bill Scott
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
From: srmaster@hocm.nhlbi.nih.gov (Stephen R. Master)
Subject: SCSI Sample dump on K2000
Organization: National Institutes of Health
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 17:16:23 GMT

Does anyone have information on the SCSI sample dump protocol that the  
K2000 is reputed to support?  It doesn't have to be K2000-specific info--a  
pointer to a generic description of the protocol would also be much  
appreciated...

Also, as a proud (Nick Rothwell comments notwithstanding) new owner of  
said machine, I'd be interested in connecting via email with anyone who's  
doing K2000 stuff...

Thanks in advance for any info.

Stephen Master
srmaster@hocm.nhlbi.nih.gov
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
From: tsines@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Todd J Sines)
Subject: suggestions for cheap sequencing synths and analog wanted!!!
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 17:24:12 GMT

well, i will tell you what i have in mind. i would like to purchase a 
sequencing synthesizer that has between 8-16 tracks sequencing capability
and has at least 6 sounds to be played at once. like one or two drum tracks,
a bass line track, and 4 synths at the most at once.

the remaining tracks i would like to use for a MIDIed rack mount sampler
and an analog keyboard or rack mount. the analog keyboard that i have in mind 
would be either a matrix 6, 6r, or 1000.

for the sequencing synth, the two that i have in mind are an ensoniq esq-1 and 
an sq-80.

my price range is not very high. i would prefer to spent at the absolute most 
$700. my price range in mind is close to $4-550.

i have seen an sq-80 for $550 on the net once, so i think that it is somewhat 
possible.

please let me know of other sequencing synths or analog keyboards. i am also 
interested in rack mountable stuff as well.

sines
-- 
respond >> tsines@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
           todd sines 614.299.9529 384 e17th st columbus, oh 43201
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Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
From: kudla@acm.rpi.edu (Robert Kudla)
Subject: DX7 list was Re: CZ101 for sale
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 18:55:52 GMT

In <1686E13210.EIVERSO@cms.cc.wayne.edu> EIVERSO@cms.cc.wayne.edu writes:
>>The possible sounds are great, and it's a hell of a lot better deal than
>>paying $500 for a DX-7!!!!!
>>(which is what they're still going for as far as
>>I know....now that's a real ripoff!!!)
>Well, at least they aren't going for the original list of $1395.

Eeeeeek!  I paid $2,000 for mine in 1983!  Granted that I was only 14
at the time, but are you sure it listed for that much lower than I
paid?  (There were no cool music stores where I lived at that
time....)

Rob
From: scott@bbx.basis.com (Scott Amspoker)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: Re: What about "classical" sounds?
Date: 30 Sep 92 17:17:20 GMT
Organization: BASIS International, Ltd., Albuquerque NM USA

In article <1992Sep30.154232.2214@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> dpelton@nyx.cs.du.edu (Dennis Pelton) writes:
>[...]
>A while back, in keyboard, there was an article about a
>guy who sampled the "ultimate" string sample set.  He spent
>months and gigabytes of memory and will sell you the set 
>for something like $100,000.  Clearly you cannot buy a
>Proteus 2 and get *excellent* samples of all sorts of 
>strings as well as wind and percussion instruments for a
>mere $700 (or whatever the P2 goes for).  

I remember a "Keyboard" interview with Thomas Dolby a couple of years
ago when he put out "Aliens Ate My Buick" (one *hot* collection of grooves
IMHO).  There is a song on the album call "Pulp Culture" that has a 
particuly delicious Fender bass part creating a slow funk feel.  I was 
shocked to find out that Dolby did the bass part himself on a keyboard 
and required a set of approximately 80 different samples to pull off.
Boy would I love to get my hands on that set.

-- 
Scott Amspoker                       |    
Basis International, Albuquerque, NM |  Too bad ignorance isn't really
                                     |  bliss.  Then it could be outlawed.
scott@bbx.basis.com                  |
From: five@sys6626.bison.mb.ca (A.R.F.)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: Re: net purchases
Date: 24 Sep 92 23:27:23 GMT
Organization: system 6626 BBS, Winnipeg MB

D_NIBBY@UNHH.UNH.EDU (Dana   Nibby) writes:

> 
> How do I keep from getting screwed when making a net purchase?
> Most people ship COD, correct? How does COD work? I thought you had
> to be at your home, waiting, in order to receive a COD package.
> Or have a home-maker wife to receive it for you... If someone ships
> something to you COD and you aren't home (I'm never home), what
> happens? Does it remain at your local post office so you can pick it up
> and pay for it there? I live in a dorm, and *can* receive UPS packages,
> assuming they're paid for. (the hall director is around all day for that)
> But I don't like the idea of sending someone a check or money order
> w/o the merchandise in hand.
>   
>    Any more horror stories? Are people generally honest w/net sales?
> 
> 
>     Thanks,
> 
>       Dana
 
Well.  In my 18 months of being on the net, I've done a few deals, on a 
cash first or gear first basis, and never been ripped off, or have I 
ripped off anybody.
 
Transactions include:
 
Receiving:  3 Korg units in exchange for a Kawai unit.
Receiving:  1 PAIA unit in exchange for a Korg Unit.
Receiving:  Cash for a Rhodes unit.
Receiving:  Knobs for Cash.
Receiving:  Other stuff for cash.
Receiving:  Cash for tapes.
 
Of course there have been some delays in some of the transactions, but 
everything eventually made it.  (one person that I sent to, waited .... 
what?  6 weeks?  One person that sent to me, I waited a total of 10 
months, from beginning of our negotiating, till he received what I sent 
him in return for what he sent me).
 
I haven't had any horror stories yet.
 
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 \ FIVE-Aural \Their current stuff is too digi- \
 \ Research   \tized,quantized and just plain   \
 \ Foundation \sterile, compared to that analog \
 -------\ organicness from earlier albums - SHIV\
        -----------------------------------------


--- (A.R.F.) 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: andersm@edb.tih.no (Anders Myrvold,o92b)
Subject: INFO JD800 wanted!
Reply-To: andersm@edb.tih.no
Posting-Front-End: Winix Conference v 92.05.15  1.20 (running under MS-Windows)
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 21:48:58 GMT

Roland JD800
------------
I want to hear from someone who has a Roland JD8000 synthesizer. 
I think I'm gonna by this synth, but I want to hear from somebody that uses this
axe, and hear what they have to say about this instrument.

How are the additional cards for the synth?

Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
From: lzvx@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: Re: CZ101 for sale
Date: 26 Sep 92 07:40:13 EDT
Distribution: rec
Organization: Cornell University

In article <168698996.EIVERSO@cms.cc.wayne.edu>,
EIVERSO@cms.cc.wayne.edu writes: 
> In article <1992Sep20.045158.28416@wam.umd.edu>
> gcasa@wam.umd.edu (Gregory John Casamento) writes:
>  
>>
>>Hi.  I am selling my CZ101 synthesizer by Casio.   It is in perfect condition.
>>I have the original manuals and documentation.
>>
>>I will accept the best offer which is given me for it.
>>
>>I am asking around $350 dollars...
>>
>>again I *WILL* accept the best offer.
>  
> Which should be around $90, which is what I paid for mine.
>  
>>
>>thanks,
>  
> No problem.
   So'r'ya saying I got ripped off if I paid $100 for mine just a few months
ago?  I think the CZ is a great synth for the starting electronic musician!
The possible sounds are great, and it's a hell of a lot better deal than
paying $500 for a DX-7!!!!! (which is what they're still going for as far as
I know....now that's a real ripoff!!!)

Dave Rensberger
drensber@ucs.indiana.edu
From: JROSSI@EAGLE.AAMRL.WPAFB.AF.MIL
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: Re: Question:  Powerbooks and MIDI
Date: 29 Sep 92 22:36:00 GMT


Being a relatively passive observer of this whole Powerbook thing is quite
a trip.  I spent 9 days in Pittsburgh watching Rothwell and Metlay torture
test Mike's new Powerbook 100 with every MIDI task they could throw at it.
I was forced (well maybe not forced) to listen to them discussing how much
incorrect information A[pple had disseminated concerning the fitness of the
Powerbook family for MIDI applications.  I was rudely chastized by Nick
on several occassions for suggesting he should get on with the fx/Performer
part of the network instead of spending more tome with OMS in the PB-100
(mainly because I had indicated that I wanted to buy one if it was, indeed,
MIDI capable, and Nick was pointing out that I had a vested interest in
his 'tests').  Finally, I got to watch Nick compose a letter to Keyboard
condemming the irresponsibility of all the myth providers concerning
MIDI and the PB-100, while eating breakfast cereal (Nick was eating the
cereal, I was probably drinking a beer).  Anyway, it was painfully clear to me
that Powerbook 100s work fine with MIDI even though Apple apparently was
spreading disinformation to the contrary.  Now, I have finally reached a state
of semi-appreciative co-existance with my IIci et al. but remain skeptical
about the P.C. nature of the Apple myth (I still, must be one of 'them' because
the Mac is clearly not the 'computer for me').  Anyway, both Nick and Mike
have been posting stuff on this subject since we all broke up in Pittsburgh.
Now, I get to see at least one person trying to defend the honor of Apple
against the allegations that they are liars, and dumb liars at that (at least
as far as MIDI on the Powerbooks are concerned).  Which gets me to the point
which I would have made in the second sentence (but who can resist wasting
bandwidth)... Where, except in the Mac world, would you find somebody so
willing to defend the honor of 'their computer company' in the light of
unequivocal evidencepresented by two well respected r.m.s. contributors that
'their computer company' deceived them?  

I would have remained silent in this matter but I find this totally weird.

John
From: smithj@hpsad.sad.hp.com (Jim Smith)
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 19:04:08 GMT
Subject: Re: Vintage Synth Re-Issues, what do you think?  Would you buy?
Organization: HP Signal Analysis Division - Rohnert Park, CA
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth

In rec.music.synth, ricard@axis.se (Ricard Wolf) writes:

    And why would he do it. He's done it once (or one of his staff). People
    seem to be saying give me a Mini at $5 and the size of a match box. Well
    folks it can't be done.

You know, before they founded Ensoniq, the same folks attempted that very
thing at another company, and their product can still be bought.  It's a 
Rockwell chip, I forget the number, designed as the sound chip for the 
Commodore 64 computer.  I talked to the designer, and he told me that he
was trying to get the functionality of the Minimoog on a chip.  He got pretty
close, with 3 oscillators, two envelope generators, a filter, noise gen, and
DCAs.  Too bad it's so noisy and crummy sounding.  Ah, well.
		       - Jim
From: amanda@INTERCON.COM (Amanda Walker)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: Re: Leslie effect wanted
Date: 28 Sep 92 10:18:09 GMT

newmme@helios.tn.cornell.edu (Mark E. J. Newman) writes:
> Does anyone know of any FX boxes that fake the sound of a Leslie without 
> weighing so much?

Well, the Alesis Quadraverb does a reasonable Leslie imitation, and it's 
certainly lightweight.  I haven't had a use for the Leslie yet myself, so I'd 
advise finding one you can listen to before you buy, just to make sure it's 
what you're looking for.  The QV will also do several varieties of reverb, 
EQ, chorus, delays, etc.  It's not the most exciting effects box out there, 
but it has a very clean sound, and it gives quite good bang for the buck.  
It's also fairly popular, so you may be able to pick one up used for a 
reasonable price (it lists for $375, I think).


Amanda Walker <amanda@intercon.com>
InterCon Systems Corporation
From: rscott@spock.NMSU.Edu (Joseph Good)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: Want to buy EPS 16+ & K2000
Date: 29 Sep 92 02:54:34 GMT
Organization: New Mexico State University


Okay fellow synth-mages...

I should be finalizing a loan in the next few weeks that will
allow me to (hopefully) get an EPS 16+ rack, and a K2000.

Before I dump the funds into the hands of a corporate salesperson, 
I would like to give somebody out there the chance to have it.

So, if you have either an EPS 16+ rack, or a Kurzweil K2000 that 
you would like to unload, please e-mail me and we can possibly work
something out.

I already have a price quote on a NEW EPS rack for $1800, and $2150
on the K2000... also new, so I won't go higher than those prices.

Ring me, and let's talk!!!

Joseph

--

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| Green Dot Brigade | - It's a whole damn army of dots...
+-------------------+ - And we've declared war on the 7-Up dots...

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Date:         Tue, 6 Oct 1992 16:53:31 MET
From:         Andrea TONI <andrea@SIHP03.SI.ESTEC.ESA.NL>
Subject:      Re: Hope for the Future (was Re: Vintage Synth Re-Issues)
Comments: To: "('Redistribution of rec.music.synth')" <SYNTH-L@AMERICAN.EDU>

> from any other out there. It allows controllability and that special
> personality that comes from *uncontrollability*. The sound is not the same
> with each equivalent press of a key (even with the same MIDI event from
> a sequencer). Makes those patches more like the kind that you can listen
> to for hours and hours without a program change. There are a few patches
> floating around the BBSs that are truly remarkable. Try RCM Horn. Beautiful.
>

I will when the SY99 will come out in RACK version without sequencer and
at a resonable price !  ( ... Yes when ???????)

> Bill Scott

Andrea TONI
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
From: johann@nevada.edu (JASON CATHCART)
Subject: Found NEW SH-09 in music store!!!
Originator: johann@helios.nevada.edu
Organization: University of Nevada System Computing Services
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 16:17:14 GMT

I stopped in a music store in a small town in Utah yesterday, and
saw an old Roland SH-09 (2-octave,2-osc,analog synth w/ CV/GATE in & out)
that the owner says is original merchandise...that no one has ever
bought this stock item!  Its keys are a little yellowed, but is
otherwise spotless.
I recently saw a post requesting one of these for about the price
this music store is asking.
If anyone is interested please respond via email.

johann@bach.nevada.edu



Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
From: jay@cmn19.Stanford.EDU (Jay Kadis)
Subject: Re: SMPTE Woes
Organization: DSO, Stanford University
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 92 17:35:13 GMT

In article <1992Sep29.144146.14641@den.mmc.com> b78261@venus.cap.mmc.com  
(Kevin Brislin) writes:
> In article <skipa.717751230@milton>, skipa@milton.u.washington.edu (Skip  
Albertson) writes:
> > 
> > b78261@venus.cap.mmc.com (Kevin Brislin) writes:
> > 
> > 
> > >	I am having a problem using SMPTE sync in my studio. I'm using an  
Outbound
> > >2030 notebook computer with Vision 1.4 and a Tascam 244 Portastudio  
for
> > >analog tracks. Vision recognizes the SMPTE track and displays  
timecode with
> > >no problem, but once I specify the offset (the starting point that I  
want
> > >the sequence to start following the tape) Vision will only play for a  
few
> > >seconds and then drop sync. I've tried this with different tapes, two  
different
> > >recorders, and many different recording levels...all to no avail.
> > >	Does anyone have an idea what is going on and why this is  
happening? I've
> > >called Outbound and Opcode on this, but both point to each other as  
the
> > >blame even though they can't substantiate why. Help!!!
> > >Kevin
> > 
> > Could this have to do with the noise reduction (DBX or whatever)
> > circuitry that is implicit in the 244 (and can't be turned-off)?   
Maybe
> > your SMPTE code is being filtered out!
> > 
> > Just a thought,
> > 
> > alberts@apl-em.apl.washington.edu
> > 
> > 
> Actually, I have the same problem using a two track with no noise  
reduction
> running. This is really starting to annoy me and I'm getting nowhere in
> solving the problem.
> Kevin

What are you using for MIDI/SMPTE interfaces?

Jay
From: sgs@terapin.com (Stan Sawyer)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: Re: Sound Quest's MIDI Quest 3.0 upgrade -- worth it?
Date: 28 Sep 92 11:25:34 PST
Organization: BBS

In article <KAN.92Sep25150852@bugs-bunny.rtp.dg.com>, kan@bugs-bunny.rtp.dg.com
(Victor Kan) writes:
>Has anyone taken Sound Quest up on their upgrade offer for the new
>MIDI Quest 3.0 universal librarian/editor?
>
>I have v2.1.3 for Windows and haven't figured it out yet (although I
>haven't tried real hard).  Do their updated instrument profiles work
>significantly better (VZ1 in particular)?  Does it include any way to
>use a more readable font than the hideous default one?  Can it be
>changed in the win.ini file?
>
>Is it worth the $35 it would cost me?  I bought it on 6/11/92, so if I
>had waited three more weeks to get a program I haven't used very much
>anyway, I could get this upgrade for $10, but that's another story.
>
>Does the upgrade come with a new manual?  The old one is really very
>generic and barely mentions the Windows version at all (which looks
>and feels like a quick/cheap port of a DOS program).  Judging by the
>pictures, they're still using their own simple, unhelpful help system
>rather than the much more readable and usable Windows help app.
>
>Looking over the list of 3.0 enhancements (some of which are actually
>part of 2.1x), some of the "new" features listed seem to be the same
>feature reworded two or three different ways.  Basically, is this a
>waste of money?
>
>e.g.
>
>New General Features
>
>1) Desktop Save/Load - new Desktop files store a list of all open
>program windows
>
>2) Desktop files store screen positions and sizes and window contents
>
>3) A complete desktop can be stored and retrieved at a later time
>
>--
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Wow!  I wish that I could get this stinking upgrade for $10 or $35.  I might
consider doing the upgrade at this price.  It will cost me $95 and I can't
imagine that it will be worth it.  I have had to work for 6 months just to
get this nasty, non-user-friendly software to be usable *at all* with only
2 modules, 1 dm and 5 synths.

I can't believe that they'd ask for sooooo much for this upgrade.  The upgrade
was *badly* needed.  If I decide to get it, it had better be a @#$%&*ing
miraculous improvement over 2.13.

  sgs@nli.com
From: D_NIBBY@UNHH.UNH.EDU (Dana   Nibby)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: cheap vinyl
Date: 3 Oct 92 18:06:43 GMT

Anyone know where I can get 45s or 12 inches pressed cheaply
in small quantities? (1-50) Is it cheaper to press a 45 or
a CD single in small quantities? Please respond if you have any
info. I think a lot of us would like to know the answer to
this one. Esp. people shipping demos to labels. I know if I
mail a cassette, it'll likely go in the trash without a listen.
At least with a 45, I'm more likely to be listened too at
least for a minute or so, even if they ultimately trash it.
 

   Dana
From: david@roth-music.com (David A. Roth)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: Re: SMPTE Woes
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 92 16:57:34 EST
Organization: DAVID A. ROTH MUSIC
Reply-To: david@roth-music.com (David A. Roth)
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.5v4


In article <1992Sep29.144146.14641@den.mmc.com> (rec.music.synth), b78261@venus.cap.mmc.com (Kevin Brislin) writes:
> 
> In article <skipa.717751230@milton>, skipa@milton.u.washington.edu (Skip Albertson) writes:
> > 
> > b78261@venus.cap.mmc.com (Kevin Brislin) writes:
> > 
> > 
> > >	I am having a problem using SMPTE sync in my studio. I'm using an Outbound
> > >2030 notebook computer with Vision 1.4 and a Tascam 244 Portastudio for
> > >analog tracks. Vision recognizes the SMPTE track and displays timecode with
> > >no problem, but once I specify the offset (the starting point that I want
> > >the sequence to start following the tape) Vision will only play for a few
> > >seconds and then drop sync. I've tried this with different tapes, two different
> > >recorders, and many different recording levels...all to no avail.
> > >	Does anyone have an idea what is going on and why this is happening? I've
> > >called Outbound and Opcode on this, but both point to each other as the
> > >blame even though they can't substantiate why. Help!!!
> > >Kevin
> > 
> > Could this have to do with the noise reduction (DBX or whatever)
> > circuitry that is implicit in the 244 (and can't be turned-off)?  Maybe
> > your SMPTE code is being filtered out!
> > 
> > Just a thought,
> > 
> > alberts@apl-em.apl.washington.edu
> > 
> > 
> Actually, I have the same problem using a two track with no noise reduction
> running. This is really starting to annoy me and I'm getting nowhere in
> solving the problem.
> Kevin
> 

Try recording the signal of the SMPTE sync tone at different levels.
 I had this problem in the past and found out that actually recording
the sync tone at a *lower* level made things work.  Trying recording
it so it plays back at a level of -7db.  If I remember correctly that
worked best on a Tascam Porta-02.

There are no real rules.  If something is not syncing it can be the
fault of the tape machine or tape.  With cassettes try a brand new
fresh tape and stripe it with time code.  Before you record any other
tracks try to sync with it.  Oh, try cleaning the heads on the machine
too.

Hope this helps!

David
david@roth-music.com
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth,alt.music.alternative