Re: [linux-audio-user] Re: "Music" made with Linux!

On Fri, 2005-07-08 at 14:28 +0300, Juhana Sadeharju wrote: You gotta be kidding. Are you suggesting to replace a Kurzweil K2661, or an Alesis Andromeda, or a Hartmann Neuron with ZynAddSubFX? And (besides Kurz) I'm not even mentioning the big classic workstations (Korg Triton, Roland Fantom, Yamaha Motif). Even my "little" Alesis Ion ("little" as in "it does 50% of what the Andromeda can do for 25% the price") is not replaceable by Zyn. Now, to use Zyn _in_addition_ to a powerful hardware synth, I can understand that. I fiddle with the Ion often, yet I still find Zyn nice and useful. It's a pain to use a softsynth if you're used to the convenience of a palpable interface of a hardsynth (especially if it's an excellent design like the Ion, with immediate access to pretty much any function on it's own separate physical knob or button), but hey, if it makes nice sounds then it's ok. Heck, when the Alesis Fusion gets released (any time now), I'll get it if I can snag the money from somewhere, and that's while continuing to use softsynths such as ZynAddSubFX. But "replace"?... Not in the foreseeable future. Have a look, compare features and draw your own conclusions: http://www.kurzweilmusicsystems.com/products.html?Id=281 http://www.alesis.com/product.php?id=10 http://www.hartmann-music.com/home/ http://www.korg.com/gear/product_info.asp?a_prod_no=TRITONEXTREME&categ… http://www.rolandus.com/products/details.asp?catid=8&subcatid=36&pr… http://www.yamaha.com/yamahavgn/CDA/ContentDetail/ModelSeriesDetail/0,6373,… http://www.alesis.com/product.php?id=9 http://www.fusionsynth.com/ -- Florin Andrei http://florin.myip.org/