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On Mar 11, 2012 12:19 AM, "Jostein Chr. Andersen" <<a href="mailto:jostein@vait.se">jostein@vait.se</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On Sunday 11 March 2012 00.26.25 Ralf Mardorf wrote:<br>
> > > I realize that nothing is like the real thing, but hope that i can<br>
> > > find something that's close enough, or even better.<br>
> ><br>
> > Google for survival kits and CEM/Curtis chips. If you just wish to get<br>
> > the sounds characteristics of some vintage synth and you should be<br>
> > willing to use Apple or Microsoft, than you'll find some proprietary<br>
> > soft synth there. I dunno if they will do something similar to the<br>
> > sound you need from the JX-8P. If you need the full CEM sound quality,<br>
> > than you definitively get stuck.<br>
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> To late for my JX. First, every 8th (or was it 12th?) keys was stopping<br>
> to produce sound (but they still sended MIDI signals), so I was able to<br>
> use it as a MIDI controller (one of the best keyboards I ever used) and<br>
> use another MIDI controller for triggering the jx-sounds. Then I could<br>
> not do program changes, and then it stopped to make sounds - all this<br>
> within two weeks.<br>
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> It does exist some Juno SW synths for MS Windows and Mac, but I won't use<br>
> it. I'm usually pragmatic and do use both Mac and Windows for work (Linux<br>
> is still main OS there also), but here, I run native Linux on everything<br>
> and don't want to run another OS in my studio.<br>
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> > Better? If you expect something completely new, than yes, you might<br>
> > find something better, but if you expect something that sounds like<br>
> > vintage synth, than all soft synth are less good, far away from the<br>
> > originals.<br>
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> Well, I think I might try to get a new one again but also consider to see<br>
> if I can make amSynt or even take my time to learn Yoshimi and see if it<br>
> can do the job.<br>
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<p>Have you tried Whysynth? It's pretty nice and somewhat underused. </p>
<p>James<br>
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