From Ben Bradley Sent Mon, Feb 26th 2018, 20:43
From Ben Bradley Sent Mon, Feb 26th 2018, 20:43
I don't recall if Fender ever made anything that could be called a synth (though an electric guitar and guitar amp CAN make a variety of sounds), but I've always been dumbfounded at Fender's use of vibrato for tremolo and vice versa. On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 3:03 PM, Marshall Craig <xxxxxx@xx.xxx> wrote: > Speaking of which, on some various forums a few years back, there was thi= s > guy who insisted on calling synthesizers =E2=80=9Csizers,=E2=80=9D I alwa= ys thought that was > kinda weird. Yeah, I just bought a new sizer and it has 8 voices. > > > On Feb 26, 2018, at 11:02 AM, Peter Forrest <xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xx.xx> wrote: > > Hi Flavio, > Synthesiser is actually the UK spelling, so it=E2=80=99s not a mistake ex= cept > inasmuch as we Brits aren=E2=80=99t following America=E2=80=99s lead :o) > Peter > > > From: Boniforti Flavio [mailto:xxxxxxxxx.x@xxxxx.xxx] > Sent: 24 February 2018 10:17 > To: Peter Forrest > Cc: AH send > Subject: Re: [AH] spelling mistakes on synth panels > > There's at least following two as well: > > Analogue Solutions Telemark "Synthesiser" (back side) --> > http://analogue.test-digital-growth.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/tele= mark_4.jpg > Vermona Synthesizer - VCO1 reads "OCTAVE", while VCO2 reads "OKTAVE" :-) > This fact is known, but not *all* units have this "cosmetic issue" - I gu= ess > it's been corrected somewhen ;-) --> > http://greenanorak.org.uk/sites/default/files/images/synthland/versynth/v= s_ocoktave_600.jpg > > F. > > https://soundcloud.com/bonnyfused > > 2018-02-24 11:08 GMT+01:00 Peter Forrest <xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xx.xx>: > I was just editing photos of (an incredible) PPG 1020 and realised that > Wolfgang Palm managed to label one control OSOILLATOR. > It reminded me of Korg writing LIMITTER on some PS-3100s, and possibly Or= gon > Systems=E2=80=99 naming their main synth Enigiser (though that might have= been > deliberate). > I know there are others but I can=E2=80=99t think of them at the moment. > Anyone know any others (deliberate drug references and jokes not counted)= ? > This is ultra-nerdy, but .... > Peter Forrest > >