From Andrew Scheidler Sent Tue, Nov 14th 2006, 20:32
From Andrew Scheidler Sent Tue, Nov 14th 2006, 20:32
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll >>> ... snafu ... <xxxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xx> 11/14/06 3:18 PM >>> i think VIRTUALS - especially soft-synths are much better than analogues,= =20 because they sound much warmer and so much more analogue than analogues... simon ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "synth" <xxxxx@xxxxxx.xx> To: <xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 10:04 AM Subject: Re: [AH] Yamaha GX-1 on Ebay... > virtual is no match for real analogue's IMHO > > S. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "OH" <xxxxxx@xxx.xx> > To: "Benjamin Ward" <xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxxx.xxx>; "Analogue Heaven" > <xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> > Cc: <xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx> > Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 3:52 PM > Subject: Re: [AH] Yamaha GX-1 on Ebay... > > >> i think, it's merely a price problem. >> i mean 125 000 for a GX1... >> OK it's awesome and rare >> but you will have to keep up with >> servicing, too. and a CS80, is at least >> transprotable to some extent. >> if i can get a M5 for the same price than a >> 2600... >> if new stuff can do more for much less >> and is more reliable... >> than there is a problem. and i am not talking >> about digital or virtual competition here. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Benjamin Ward" <xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxxx.xxx> >> To: "Analogue Heaven" <xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> >> Cc: <xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 3:31 PM >> Subject: Re: [AH] Yamaha GX-1 on Ebay... >> >> >> > > >> >> KE > But at the current prices it seems people are buying image = (curb >> >> appeal) over substance. >> >> >> >> Nothing wrong or unusual with this. Its the same in any vintage >> >> market, >> >> for example; cars and houses. Character over pragmatism. >> >> >> >> The character of the instrument can often inspire you to do great >> >> things. Or you can use it to simply sound like someone's music you >> >> grew >> >> up with. >> >> >> >> Its also an investment - although, this can be more fickle. >> >> >> >> And as William Morris said over a hundred years ago: >> >> >> >> "Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or >> >> believe to be beautiful" >> >> >> >> With an old Moog modular you surely have both. >> >> >> >> Tony >> > >> > Perhaps this is demonstrated by the fact that an awesome old Roland >> > System 700 failed to sell on the last Vemia auction for the relative >> > bargain price of UKP10,000. Perhaps these things (and I include the >> > non-selling GX-1 and other recent hard-to-shift stuff I've seen like >> > an Arp 2500, and there are probably more examples) are just too >> > heavy, unwieldy, expensive and (nowadays) less flexible and desirable >> > than say a modern MOTM or Doepfer. The 700 looks just massive... >> > >> > As Tony suggests, an equivalent old Moog different and seems to >> > attract none of this kind of problem, however. >> > >> > Yours in a philosophical mood, >> > Ben >> > >> > Korg Kornucopia - analogue synthesizers >> > >> > >> > >> >=20