On Fri, 30 Nov 2007, david wrote: > David Griffith wrote: > > On Fri, 30 Nov 2007, david wrote: > > > >> Well, I think that Yamaha's sound patches in their hardware synthesizers > >> sound much better than any soundfont I've heard. But if you're talking > >> about a pure synthesizer (one that generates its own sounds, not simply > >> playing what is basically just a sampled sound) - hard to tell. I still > >> think the Moog synthesizer sound is the best! > > > > Another thing that hardware synths have over software is the user > > interface. You just can't get the kind of flexibility that you have when > > you reach out and grab cables and frob knobs. > > I agree with that! The Moog was so *manipulable*. Even the Hammond organ > I played during my professional music career was manipulable in ways > that synthesizers don't conveniently make available - moving the > tonebars in and out while playing, for instance. Check out http://www.synthesizers.com/ for new synths in the spirit of the old Moog modulars. About $2600 gets you a 22 module system in an oiled walnut case. On the cheaper end, a Paia Fatman is a worthy machine at only about $250. -- David Griffith dgriffi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
