[LAU] Hardware synths

[David Griffith]

On Fri, 30 Nov 2007, david wrote:

> David Griffith wrote:
> > On Fri, 30 Nov 2007, david wrote:
> >
> >> Well, I think that Yamaha's sound patches in their hardware synthesizers
> >> sound much better than any soundfont I've heard. But if you're talking
> >> about a pure synthesizer (one that generates its own sounds, not simply
> >> playing what is basically just a sampled sound) - hard to tell. I still
> >> think the Moog synthesizer sound is the best!
> >
> > Another thing that hardware synths have over software is the user
> > interface.  You just can't get the kind of flexibility that you have when
> > you reach out and grab cables and frob knobs.
>
> I agree with that! The Moog was so *manipulable*. Even the Hammond organ
> I played during my professional music career was manipulable in ways
> that synthesizers don't conveniently make available - moving the
> tonebars in and out while playing, for instance.

Check out http://www.synthesizers.com/ for new synths in the spirit of the
old Moog modulars.  About $2600 gets you a 22 module system in an oiled
walnut case.  On the cheaper end, a Paia Fatman is a worthy machine at
only about $250.

-- 
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu

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