On Thu, 20 Mar 1997, Britton James wrote:
quoted 16 lines While I commned any publication who tries to educate the public in> > While I commned any publication who tries to educate the public in
> the
> > history of synthesizers and the like, I can't say I would reccomend
> this
> > magazine. There are quite few glaring errors in at (inculding
> calling ARP
> > nothing but a "moog ripoff" or something of the sort among other
> things).
>
> You know, I've had to correct this post before. If there are errors in
> the synth material in the Grand Royale #3, they are errors by the
> interviewees. The issue is full of interview material, so if you like
> the idea of reading Bob Moog, Dick Hymen, Wendy Carlos, and Walter sear
> in conversation, get this issue. I'm not a big Beasty fan, but they've
> done a good job here. I'd rather read Bob Moog than somebody else
> talking about him. Ditto the others.
I don't like the idea of these legends being interviewed by a clueless
idiot. Check out the Saul Stokes interview of Bob Moog in XLR8R for an
especially embarassing example.
quoted 3 lines As to ARPs rip-off, it's the truth. ARP had to yank Bob Moogs filters> As to ARPs rip-off, it's the truth. ARP had to yank Bob Moogs filters
> out of their machines or face a lawsuit from Bob himself. Is there any
> way around that being a BOB MOOG RIP-OFF? If so, I'd like to hear it.
According to my friend free (synthgod), the reason there was no lawsuit
was because Moog ripped off Alan R. Pearlman's (ARP get it?) patented
exponental converter, so they had each other in a Mexican standoff. Is
there any way around calling Moog an Arp ripoff? free says if you should
sit down and listen to a MiniMoog and an Arp 2600 side by side before you
say one rips off the other. I've heard them and they sound very different.
quoted 4 lines To ask more of a magazine than some eclectic good reading is absurd.> To ask more of a magazine than some eclectic good reading is absurd.
> Yeah, you can get the synth books (doubtless we all have them), but to
> compare books to magazines and find magazines wanting is faulty. They
> are two different animals. Need I go on? Get loose!
You can be eclectic without printing half-baked bulshit as fact. Sloppy
journalism is what I'd call it. If I wanted creative fiction billed as
the truth, I'd buy the National Enquirer.
Che