[LAU] Hardware synths

[david]

Asmo Koskinen wrote:
> david kirjoitti:
>> I still think the Moog synthesizer sound is the best!
> 
> You remember Synclavier - Zappa was mad about it... Jazz from Hell...
> 
> "Synclavier Systems were expensive - the highest price ever paid for one 
> was about $500,000, although average systems were closer to about 
> $200,000 - $300,000."
> 
> Oh my...
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synclavier

Thanks for the reminders! I'd forgotten. I never had the money for 
Synclavier or Fairlight, but I would have enjoyed playing with one!

What the PC did for that market wasn't doing it better - just doing it 
cheaper. Just like the Amiga and the Video Toaster - it didn't do video 
effects any better than the hardware already in use in the video biz. It 
just made doing the same effects cheaper by a factor of 12.

-- 
David
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