From organbarry@gmail.com Thu May 13 06:14:13 2010
Subject:Re: sample over synth

Good points - its interesting that 1960's Vox and Farfisa combo organs
that people were literally throwing away in the '70's and '80's are
selling on eBay for thousands of dollars. The Ensoniq Mirage with its
fizzy low-fi sound is now in demand but much 'better' sampling keyboards
that were out at the same time like the Roland S-50 (which was designed
not to have its 'own' sound) aren't. Since the Electro was designed not
to have its own sound but to sound like other, older instruments it's
hard to guess what people might think of it in 20 years.

Paul Cunningham wrote:
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>
> Oh I'm definitely a synthesis over sampling kinda guy. The only thing
> my Emu does is play mellotron samples. Apparently the NE3 has my
> number. I'm sure someone will be looking for that vintage NE1 "tone"
> 20 years from now, or that classic DX11 organ sound, but it's all
> about getting accustomed to these instruments and the music they have
> made successful over the decades. To listen to them long enough to
> really hear their idiosyncrasies and warming up to them sometimes
> takes another generation of listeners. I never thought the C64 SID
> chip sounded cool but younger musicians have done a lot with it that
> amazes me. Sometimes all it takes is the right song. The real question
> is what does an Electro do that's unique and unobtainable on any other
> organ -- that's what will get remembered in the future.
>
> I was thinking of this earlier today: Who here has purposely set the
> vibrato/chorus switch on their Hammond M1 halfway to get that unique
> choppy vibrato modulation? Does a B3 even do that? I bet there's no
> one with a clone wheel on this list who can get *that* sound! ;)
>
> More modulation choices are always better, and this is why I'm a
> synthesis guy. -pc
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> O
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