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yes its April already. my god, how time flies.. so, if u have new additions, GAS attacks, death by GAS poisoning etc.. report it here :cool:

 

 

i wanted to start this out, but reverb gadget i'm expecting is still in the mail.

 

edit: well, actually i did order a few more diy absorber panels from my carpenter today. they are going in the mix room, and will look very much like these i used in the vocal booth:

 

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+1 for nostalgia!


I've spend days watching it in the brochure i had in '94. That was actually all i could do - watch it every day, on that picture, and imagine things i could do with it. There was no way i could buy that synth at that ime - my financial situation was terrible. Few months later i bought ESQ-1, my first real synth (got it for something like 400$)...

 

 

I remember those days. I had nothing but a cheep casio (CT670) and an amiga computer running bars & pipes. I also had my TG33 which I had bought with money that was meant for school...

 

I had the brochure tacked up on my wall, and would go in about once a week to the music store near me to play it. They almost had a heart attack the day I walked in with the cash (earned delivering pizzas, and not having any kind of social life whatever) and took it home. I never ever should have sold it.

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I remember those days. I had nothing but a cheep casio (CT670) and an amiga computer running bars & pipes. I also had my TG33 which I had bought with money that was meant for school...


I had the brochure tacked up on my wall, and would go in about once a week to the music store near me to play it. They almost had a heart attack the day I walked in with the cash (earned delivering pizzas, and not having any kind of social life whatever) and took it home. I never ever should have sold it.

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Similar story here! Unfortunately i had to sell Amiga 1200 (running Protracker) to finance the ESQ-1. And what turned me on (again) to SY-85 were Paolo's demos i heard recently, specially these sounds:

 

http://www.synthmania.com/Synthesizers/Yamaha/TG500/Audio/Preset%20Voice%20II/41%20ME%20Mello.mp3

http://www.synthmania.com/Synthesizers/Yamaha/TG500/Audio/Internal%20Voice%20I/46%20ME%20Poot.mp3

 

Keep in mind all these are single tone patches (Roland series have 4 tones per patch), so effect unit in SY-85 must be great. It loads samples too, and that is exactly what i need. (I am into ambient stuff)

 

EDIT: and one more thing. It still sounds good, even today, i can only try to imagine how good this thing sounded in 1994.

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Planned purchases for April/May:

 

I just can't wait for these (ADAM A7):

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Tax returns = yay: (MOTU 828 MKII Firewire)

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Gone are:

Novation Nova

Waldorf Q

MPC1000 (this week hopefully)

Neuron VS

 

On the list to go are:

Mackie VLZ 24-4 pro

01V w/ ADAT - depends a bit because it's quite a luxurious ADAT interface :D.

 

Hail to the king, baby!

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I never ever should have sold it.

 

 

Famous last words. I sold my Triton LE61 a few months ago to finance my Yamaha PSR1500. I use the Yammy in church, and it's great, but I still had that sinking feeling that I had made a mistake. Last month I searched KSS for picks on a good synth for ambient pads. Guess what? Everyone had written of the LEs pads. Damn! I had forgotten so quickly.

 

Long story short: Walked in to GC yesterday & walked out with a used LE for $499.

 

I'm all better now, but that's definitely my biggest DOOOHHH! moment!

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I bought burster1's MuRF:

 

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Still waiting for the euro subrack I bought a few weeks ago to arrive from Germany. Starting to worry about that one.

 

Also bought a Power-One supply and back-plate for the euro-rack.

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Here are the ones from the Feb/Mar thread that should have technically been under April:

 

Moog CP-251 Control Processor

MOTM 800 ADSR

 

(the rest were purchased in March)

 

Also, I'm planning to design a face plate for a MOTM/ModCan B version of the Wiard Boogie Filter. Not sure if this will be done in time to do the purchase in April or not, but why not throw it in? :)

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my new lexicon 300 has arrived from Germany in one piece. haven't hooked it up yet - need to solder a few xlr->trs cables first..


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Hi Clusterchord,

 

...curious to hear your opinions (and hopefully audio demos:) ) on the high-end Lexicon 300... I'm thinking to sell my MPX-1 and go for a high-end reverb unit myself, perhaps the Lexicon PCM series, T.C., or one of the Eventides... opinions? :D

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:thu:
Similar story here! Unfortunately i had to sell Amiga 1200 (running Protracker) to finance the ESQ-1. And what turned me on (again) to SY-85 were Paolo's demos i heard recently, specially these sounds:


http://www.synthmania.com/Synthesizers/Yamaha/TG500/Audio/Preset%20Voice%20II/41%20ME%20Mello.mp3

http://www.synthmania.com/Synthesizers/Yamaha/TG500/Audio/Internal%20Voice%20I/46%20ME%20Poot.mp3


Keep in mind all these are single tone patches (Roland series have 4 tones per patch), so effect unit in SY-85 must be great. It loads samples too, and that is exactly what i need. (I am into ambient stuff)


EDIT: and one more thing. It still sounds good, even today, i can only
try to imagine
how good this thing sounded in 1994.

 

You know, Don... I sold a lot of synths recently but one that I really miss is the TG500! It definitely has a special character. I just got a TG77 because I've wanted one since I tried the SY77 when it came out.

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Moog CP-251 Control Processor

MOTM 800 ADSR

 

Why did you buy a CP-251 if you have a modular system? Good combination of price/features (I was thinking a kit built DIY CP-251 might be nice as well)? Size and portability for gigging? Lack of rack spaces for simple things like Mults? :)

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Why did you buy a CP-251 if you have a modular system? Good combination of price/features (I was thinking a kit built DIY CP-251 might be nice as well)? Size and portability for gigging? Lack of rack spaces for simple things like Mults?
:)

 

I just sold off a Frac and Euro system to go large format. (ModCan B and MOTM) I also picked up a Little Phatty, and a couple of Foogers, so it made sense to grab one of these as well. (mults/attens/etc.) I didn't use multiples on my Frac/Euro system because I had so many modules that could split and mix signals, but I'll definitely need this ability now with such a large mixture of different 1/4" gear. (it doesn't hurt to have the noise gen, LFOs, etc. either) :)

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