Members augerinn Posted July 11, 2008 Members Share Posted July 11, 2008 Don't know if anyone saw this yet. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180263979568&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123 Alhambra is close to me. Well, relatively. So Cal is a big place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members idiotboy Posted July 11, 2008 Members Share Posted July 11, 2008 Do it. Oh, wait, NO, buy Carbon's !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ElectricPuppy Posted July 11, 2008 Members Share Posted July 11, 2008 Yes, do it. Give it a good home, record some demos, post same. DO IT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChristianRock Posted July 11, 2008 Members Share Posted July 11, 2008 JUST DO IT ALREADY Actually I'm not familiar with its sound. Sounds a bit pricey to me... unless you don't use buy it now and just sit and see if anyone will try a bid war... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members idiotboy Posted July 11, 2008 Members Share Posted July 11, 2008 not familiar? Go here for videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members augerinn Posted July 11, 2008 Author Members Share Posted July 11, 2008 I don't have the $$$$ Even if I did, it's a little too specialized for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChristianRock Posted July 11, 2008 Members Share Posted July 11, 2008 not familiar?Go here for videos Wow, those demos do sound good. I can see why some people would go crazy over this synth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members idiotboy Posted July 11, 2008 Members Share Posted July 11, 2008 Ensoniq was a great synth company. I was a "Transoniq Hacker" subscriber for years (their newsletter), when I had an EPS sampler. Wish they were still in 'bidness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Birdienumnum Posted July 11, 2008 Members Share Posted July 11, 2008 $700 is a little pricey. Should be $500 - $600. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Birdienumnum Posted July 11, 2008 Members Share Posted July 11, 2008 Even if I did, it's a little too specialized for me. It does old-fashioned analog-style tones remarkably well, if you want it too. Can sound like what Bebe and Louis Barron pioneered in Forbidden Planet (1956!) Bebe passed away this April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members idiotboy Posted July 11, 2008 Members Share Posted July 11, 2008 The new Noisebug store is open now, and they've got a used Fiz for sale. ($600) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OPEN OCEAN Posted July 12, 2008 Members Share Posted July 12, 2008 ah fizmo just a strange kinda bird... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members whitepapagold Posted July 12, 2008 Members Share Posted July 12, 2008 700 is more than they were NEW when they blew them out at the end cause nobody wanted one... I almost bought one JUST cause it dropped so crazy in price but that things like the Variphrase... Not worth the effort! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Birdienumnum Posted July 12, 2008 Members Share Posted July 12, 2008 ...things like the Variphrase... Not worth the effort! Do you mean the Fizmo is too specialized and fussy to learn, like Roland's Variphrase? Really, it's a very knobby synth, it's made to tweak. Much more intuitive than my old DX7II . . . a lot of evolving sounds, which was the whole point of it, I think, with the transwaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stikygum Posted July 12, 2008 Members Share Posted July 12, 2008 Ever since I heard a yahoo Fizmo egroups sound clipof this thing I've been amazed. I have a Fiz, but didn't know it had the potential to sound super punchy and squishy. Nothing like it. I just want a proper editor, being that I never dive into the hidden parameters. It sounds like liquid. Liquid MaaaagMa... (pinky to lower lip) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members whitepapagold Posted July 12, 2008 Members Share Posted July 12, 2008 Do you mean the Fizmo is too specialized and fussy to learn, like Roland's Variphrase? . No I mean it sucks like the variphrase and sold less units... That synth was a complete failure... But if you like it cool- music is music. They built them because they thought there would be more of you... There weren't hehehehe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Birdienumnum Posted July 12, 2008 Members Share Posted July 12, 2008 No I mean it sucks like the variphrase and sold less units... That synth was a complete failure... But if you like it cool- music is music. They built them because they thought there would be more of you... There weren't hehehehe. Not trying to argue with you, but there's better explanations for the Fizmo's failure in the marketplace than "it sucked". Here is an excerpt from an interview with Scott Peer, who worked for Ensoniq on the MR/ZR-76, ASR-X and Fizmo synth engines: - - What do you think were the reasons for it not being very popular? "Fizmo Bashing" is evident on synth review archive sites. "I think the main reasons behind the Fizmo-bashing are two-fold: [1] For some reason, the message about it not being a virtual analog synth wasn't related well enough, and when customers tried it out, they couldn't find the TB-303 patch or the "Jump" patch. [2] I think the factory set of presets is a bit too "evolutionary" in nature. What I mean by this is that I have seen the typical way people normally try out sounds on a keyboard in a music store. They have one hand on the Preset button, and the other on the keyboard. If the sound they select doesn't hit home within 1-2 notes, they hit Preset. This method, of course, doesn't let the dynamic, synthetic, transwave technology be heard in Fizmo. Try selecting sounds this way - I think you'll agree. " The whole interview, from Tape Op magazine, can be found here: http://www.tapeop.com/magazine/bonuspdfs/fizmo.pdf Also, there were some problems with some units with the voltage regulator, causing occasional fried Fizmos. I had mine checked out, it's okey dokey . . . Carbon111 has a great page on the problem: http://www.carbon111.com/fizmo.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dereksljuka Posted July 12, 2008 Members Share Posted July 12, 2008 Ensoniq was a great synth company. I was a "Transoniq Hacker" subscriber for years (their newsletter), when I had an EPS sampler. Wish they were still in 'bidness. I once owned an Ensoniq wavetable synth... sort of... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 The catch is if Ensoniq had put presets in the Fizmo that appealed to the masses then the Fizmo might not have fizzed out. I'd still like to have a Fizmo Rack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tspit74 Posted July 12, 2008 Members Share Posted July 12, 2008 Somebody buy it! It's awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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