Back When Synths Were Beautiful

[Jay Vaughan]

Fs1r definitely .. But they all need more knobs, grrrr ..

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On Sep 22, 2008, at 21:31, Peter Korsten <peter at severity-one.com> wrote:

> Jay Vaughan schreef:
>
>>> Just to make sure, a DX5 is like the Big Mac version of the DX7,
>>> with a
>>> better (or at least bigger) keyboard, but without the space shuttle
>>> controls of the DX1?
>>
>> No, the DX5 is a DX1 without the major panel work - just the
>> horrendous FM-era menu and operator-select buttons and not much else.
>
> Hmm, I thought that's what I said, and it's more or less what Vintage
> Synth Explorer says, but hey. :)
>
> I've always wondered what the ultimate *hardware* FM synth is... I  
> think
> your vote would be for the TX-816, or perhaps the FS1r after all?
>
>> I've gone off Yamaha completely since the AWM2 era failed to cease.
>
> Too bad they never continued on FDSP. It's quite an interesting
> enhancement of AWM2, although I have trouble hearing the difference  
> with
> a normal effects processor. Perhaps that's why it quietly disappeared?
>
> - Peter
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