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Subject: "classic" synths? will new ones...
Original Message Date: 03-Dec-03 @ 10:23 PM - ever be considered?
synths like the xpander, OB series, Matrix, Jupiter6/8, MiniMoog, Prophet5, etc...
back 'then" they had character, defining "voices"...
wondering about the current crop...just a ton of VAs mostly, that sometimes dont sound all that distinctive...
do you think in 10-20 years any of these new synths will "matter"?
Message 11/25 04-Dec-03 @ 09:02 PM - RE:
You also can't deny the huge amount of artists who bought Nords early and still use them.
-Craig
Message 12/25 05-Dec-03 @ 01:14 AM - RE:
Message 13/25 06-Dec-03 @ 01:48 AM - RE:
btw, I consider the Nova's filters and oscs to be very unique... disctincly liquid... modeled after the OSCar if I'm not mistaken. Bubbles like no other...
Message 14/25 06-Dec-03 @ 10:10 AM - RE:
not the JP-8000 might be the only synth to take the cake... that supersaw sound literally
exploded the electronic music market everywhere. nothing VA wise has come to what it
has done. the nord though would probably be first in the graduating class b/c it was the
first to be created. but the jp-8k was sumtin that changed the sound of electronic music.
analog will always be what it is b/c the people who created it wanted a musical instrument
made for musicians...that mindset made 1980's music. Then when used differently, like
electronic music in the 1990's, people used synthesizers for the wrong reasons... Maybe
in twenty years some scene of gearists will use VA's for not electronic music but for
something else...
Message 17/25 06-Dec-03 @ 10:30 AM - RE:
how can you people be so subjective about it all?
anyway... i think you guys are in a way proving that they wont be remembred, except by the people who owned them. "what u say?"
Message 18/25 07-Dec-03 @ 05:04 PM - RE:
I think a good gauge of classis is which used synths you guys recommend.
Message 19/25 08-Dec-03 @ 11:41 AM - RE:
cant imagine the voyager taking on the status of a minimoog......
software is too copyable....but things like atmosphere are pushing the envelope...
i personally think the scene will slightly mutate to incorporate samplers and stuff..still hear loads of people bang on about the merits of the old akai 9xx series, the sp range, the old mpcs and the asr-1's. plus the akai s5k/6k looks like the last really decent hardware sampler....
greg
Message 20/25 08-Dec-03 @ 09:24 PM - RE:
A better question yet is whether these digital synths will survive another 20-30 years!
Tom
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