From Giles Ward Sent Fri, Feb 9th 2018, 22:39
From Giles Ward Sent Fri, Feb 9th 2018, 22:39
Hmm! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E2oumeL_-4 On 09/02/2018 22:31, Michael Taylor wrote: > This is going to sell to indie rock kids. > > It will sell for the same reason the microkorg sold in the 00's. > > All our synth gobbledygook only really matters to synth people. You > really don't need my in the way of synthesis to play strings, chords, > and melodies in a five piece rock band. > > On Feb 9, 2018 5:20 PM, "Mike SynMike" <xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx > <mailto:xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx>> wrote: > >> On Feb 9, 2018, at 10:40 AM, Marshall Craig <xxxxxx@xx.xxx >> <mailto:xxxxxx@xx.xxx>> wrote: >> Question- why have a string machine, when you can have an >> analog(-ish) poly? Weren’t string machines a sort of stop-gap 70’s >> poly, and faded when real polysynths became available? > > String machines sound different from synthesizers because of the top > octave generator and divide down and the chorus circuits. A > synthesizer can close to the sound sound, but it’s not exact. A > synthesizer is far more versatile, so better for most people. But if > you want “that” sound, you need a string machine. > > That said, I don’t expect this Behringer to be successful. I think > the guys who play string machines choose them at least in part > because they are old, ugly fake wood, limited, quirky, brand names > that nobody but synth geeks recognize, and there is no way the guy > down the street has the same one as you. > >> Also, these days I prefer /no/ keyboard and at least 8 voices. I >> already have some nice 76-key controllers. > > I understand the choice for no keys. But if it has keys, then it > should have enough keys to let the instrument do the job properly. > > For you, it sounds like 76 keys is a good number. I like 61 for > polysynths; With split keyboard 76 might be better but I’m willing > to live with 61 for portability sake. A vocoder with 4 octaves is > okay. A monosynth with 3 octaves is okay. But the synth industry is > chasing the customer. Customers seem to be voting with their dollars > with bigger numbers buying the cheapest stuff out there. So one way > to lower price is to cut an octave off. > > This Behringer needs 4 octaves like the Roland it copies. The 3 > octaves is way too limited for using the Split keyboard function; > The lower side is only 1 octave. > > >>> On Feb 9, 2018, at 11:34 AM, Mike SynMike <xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx >>> <mailto:xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx>> wrote: >>> >>> I’m intrigued to try it. >>> >>> Unfortunately, many of the new synths coming out these days that >>> interest me have 1 less octave than I want. >>> That should have 4 octaves instead of 3. >>> The Deepmind 12, OB6 and Prophet 6, System-8 and JD-XA, should >>> all be 5 octaves instead of 4. >>> The race to the bottom continues. >>> >>> The number of 4 voice synths bothers me too. In the 80s the synth >>> industry kind of settled on the idea that a polysynth needs at >>> least 6 voices. >>> >>> >>>> On Feb 9, 2018, at 5:13 AM, Kenny Balys <xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx >>>> <mailto:xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> First analogue stringer since the Hohner String Performer in 1981! >>>> (as far as I know) >>>> >>>> https://i1.wp.com/www.synthtopia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/behringer-string-synth-vocoder.jpg >>>> <https://i1.wp.com/www.synthtopia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/behringer-string-synth-vocoder.jpg> >>> >> > >