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1995-06-02 20:31Kent WilliamsOn Jun 2, 1:14pm, mAD sCIENCE 2o wrote: > Subject: Re: Black Dog? > On Fri, 2 Jun 1995, VI

From:: Kent Williams <cadsi.com!kent@elvis.cadsi.com>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.com>
Date:: Fri, 2 Jun 1995 15:31:44 -0500
Subject:: Re: Black Dog?

On Jun 2, 1:14pm, mAD sCIENCE 2o wrote:

quoted 7 lines Subject: Re: Black Dog?

> Subject: Re: Black Dog? > On Fri, 2 Jun 1995, VIRALGON wrote: > > > > > Hey, have you guys heard how much JD-800 they used on > > SPANNERS, it was used on almost every track. >

You don't have to like the record, but this is a twee criticism. It's like saying "all Glenn Gould plays on the Goldberg Variations is a Steinway grand, and he doesn't even bother to detune the strings."

quoted 6 lines Hmm... maybe it's because you know what a jd800 sounds like. I

> Hmm... maybe it's because you know what a jd800 sounds like. I > happen not to, but I sure as hell like the Spanners disc. > Speaking of presets, their first CD has all kinds of TX81z stuff > all over it, totally unprocessed, somehow it comes out sounding > cool. >

As a synth musician I find that while I labor mightily over some patches to get a distinctive sound for a song, as I'm filling it out, I cycle through presets looking for stuff. Sometimes a preset is just the ticket. -- [Kent Williams/CADSI/2651 Crosspark Rd/Coralville IA 52241] kent.williams@cadsi.com

1995-06-04 15:11allert>As a synth musician I find that while I labor mightily over some >patches to get a distin

From:: allert <allert@knoware.nl>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.com>
Date:: Sun, 4 Jun 1995 17:11:27 +0200
Subject:: Re: Black Dog?

quoted 4 lines As a synth musician I find that while I labor mightily over some

>As a synth musician I find that while I labor mightily over some >patches to get a distinctive sound for a song, as I'm filling it >out, I cycle through presets looking for stuff. Sometimes a preset >is just the ticket.

Damn right...exactly my sentiments... if the sound is good..the sound is good... If I programmed it myself...nice.. but I don't have to do good work if it's been done already do I ? Love, AA Allert Aalders - Big Time Concepts - allert@knoware.nl - allert@riv.nl why not check http://www.riv.nl/yuliana - a Bio Boostin' Music server shape on IRC - mostly on #digistad

1995-06-06 11:59Jon KaleIn message <199506041705.KAA14043@taz.hyperreal.com> you wrote: > >As a synth musician I f

From:: Jon Kale <jon@powerslv.demon.co.uk>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.com>
Date:: Tue, 06 Jun 1995 12:59:10 +0100
Subject:: Re: Black Dog?

In message <199506041705.KAA14043@taz.hyperreal.com> you wrote:

quoted 10 lines As a synth musician I find that while I labor mightily over some

> >As a synth musician I find that while I labor mightily over some > >patches to get a distinctive sound for a song, as I'm filling it > >out, I cycle through presets looking for stuff. Sometimes a preset > >is just the ticket. > Damn right...exactly my sentiments... > if the sound is good..the sound is good... If I programmed it > myself...nice.. but I don't have to do good work if it's been done already > do I ? > Love, > AA

Precisely - the art of preset-tweaking is greatly underrated, but if you have to program a synth from the front panel 'cos you can't afford/find an editor it's often the best (only!) way. As for the claim that Spanners has got JD all over it - isn't this the same as saying that Orbital tracks are covered in 909 or Plastikman tracks are all BassLine <g> Just my $0.02 of course. And while we're on the subject of 909s, has anyone outside the US managed to d/l the 909 samples off Hyperreal? Every time I try to ftp them, I get about 50KB worth at a rate of about 2KB/min and then the connection times out. This has happened about five times now (at varying times of day, from midday to 8pm BST); is it possible? -- Cheers __ | /\ |\ | \/ \/ | \|