[LAU] My JX-8P is dead, any SW based synth that can handle the heritage? :-(

[rosea.grammostola]

On 03/11/2012 07:56 AM, James Stone wrote:
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> On Mar 11, 2012 12:19 AM, "Jostein Chr. Andersen" <jostein at vait.se
> <mailto:jostein at vait.se>> wrote:
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>  > On Sunday 11 March 2012 00.26.25 Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>  > > > I realize that nothing is like the real thing, but hope that i can
>  > > > find something that's close enough, or even better.
>  > >
>  > > Google for survival kits and CEM/Curtis chips. If you just wish to get
>  > > the sounds characteristics of some vintage synth and you should be
>  > > willing to use Apple or Microsoft, than you'll find some proprietary
>  > > soft synth there. I dunno if they will do something similar to the
>  > > sound you need from the JX-8P. If you need the full CEM sound quality,
>  > > than you definitively get stuck.
>  >
>  > To late for my JX. First, every 8th (or was it 12th?) keys was stopping
>  > to produce sound (but they still sended MIDI signals), so I was able to
>  > use it as a MIDI controller (one of the best keyboards I ever used) and
>  > use another MIDI controller for triggering the jx-sounds. Then I could
>  > not do program changes, and then it stopped to make sounds - all this
>  > within two weeks.
>  >
>  > It does exist some Juno SW synths for MS Windows and Mac, but I won't use
>  > it. I'm usually pragmatic and do use both Mac and Windows for work (Linux
>  > is still main OS there also), but here, I run native Linux on everything
>  > and don't want to run another OS in my studio.
>  >
>  > > Better? If you expect something completely new, than yes, you might
>  > > find something better, but if you expect something that sounds like
>  > > vintage synth, than all soft synth are less good, far away from the
>  > > originals.
>  >
>  > Well, I think I might try to get a new one again but also consider to see
>  > if I can make amSynt or even take my time to learn Yoshimi and see if it
>  > can do the job.
>  >
>
> Have you tried Whysynth? It's pretty nice and somewhat underused.
>
> James

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