4 Nov
2004
4 Nov
'04
1:47 p.m.
On Thu, 2004-11-04 at 11:22, R Parker wrote:
--- Ryan Gallagher <ruinaudio(a)comcast.net>
wrote:
Uhm, you have one of the most powerful and amazing synth/samplers out
there. It has a core engine called V.A.S.T. (Variable Architecture
Synthesis Technology), that basically lets you take samples, ROM
waveform noise or whatever and apply almost any synthesis technique.
And almost everything is realtime midi controlled.
Man, I'm envious.
I've been dreaming of finding a K2000RS for a good price. It's truely a
music production machine, it's amazingly full featured... enjoy.
-ry
On Thu, 2004-11-04 at 06:25, Dave Griffiths
wrote:
a sampler is far better
for
I've got a Kurzweil K2000R. I haven't used it beyound
testing but it's a sophisticated machine. I looked at
them on e-bay recall seeing one for about $500.00 U.S.
It's alot of synthesis, MIDI function controling,
sampling and basic sequencing for that price. It's got
eight analog outputs and a stereo paired digital
output. You gotta love digital outputs. On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 00:34:18 -0800, Florin Andrei
wrote
> Well, there's little or no point in
buying a
hardware sampler if you
> wanna create new sounds; i currently own an
Alesis QS6.2 and, while it's
> an excellent sampler on its own (high praise
to
Alesis for creating
> an instrument that's robust,
straightforward and
appealing), it's
> not appropriate for creating new sounds
(well,
no sampler is, by
> definition). Some people appreciate a
sampler
(those who want to
play
existing sounds)
To just be pedantic - but I don't get this at all, making unique sounds surely?
You can do what you want with sounds from any
source - ok, so you need a
source to begin with, but a synth is actually
more
restrictive as you can only
make the sounds it's capable of (even a
modular),
with a sampler you can make
an entire track from the sound of someone
sneezing
- if you have enough
creativity and time... :)
dave
Absolutely true. Samplers are very misunderstood.
Samplers can be far
more "abstract" and creative in sound synthesis
IMHO. Also most
samplers (hardware ones anyway) include basic
oscillators and filters
and LFO's. All of the samplers I've owned could
make synth noises
without ever sampling anything or loading any
samples.