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From:
Michael V. Dvorkin
To:
ozymandias G desiderata , rbcIII
Cc:
Intelligent Dance Music
Date:
Tue, 13 Jun 1995 09:33:15 -0500
Subject:
Re: Query??
Msg-Id:
<9506130933.ZM662@gold66>
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<ogd@selway.umt.edu>
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On Jun 12, 4:03pm, ozymandias G desiderata wrote:
quoted 8 lines Subject: Re: Query??> Subject: Re: Query?? > > Is there anybody but me that sees the irony in the fact that > it frequently seems like techno musicians are making the music of > tomorrow with the technology of ten years ago? Is that how long it > takes to understand a given synthesizer? Maybe I'd better stick with > guitar. >
Well, it is easily explained by the price of a certain piece of gear. FM synths s.a. DX100, FB01 etc are relatively cheap nowdays, especially if you compare to the 'market' price of the analogue gear (Roland x0x in particular).. Besides DX100, CZ101 are so easy to use, they are rather portable and widely available... Besides all these cheap boxes are very much potent synths capable of wide range of sounds, whereas 101/202 are rather limited especially given their price. The only thing that digital ones lack are the knobs/sliders etc... So, why not use much cheaper alternative? For instance, you can get the Casio VZ10M for $299 new!!! ANd believe me it will blow the **** out of Roland x0x's! Mike Mike -- ------------------------------------------------------- .. .. .. .. .. .. .. / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ /GET OFF MY SINE WAVE\ / \ / \ '' '' '' '' '' '' ------------------------------------------------------- Mike Dvorkin (W) 708 435 0010 (H) 708 299 5332 Motorola Inc (F) 708 435 0028 (e) dvorkinm@pcs.mot.com ------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: if mail to me bounces try jeanniel@merle.acns.nwu, she'll forward it to me. She's a real bionaut!