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ian-s
Joined: Apr 01, 2004 Posts: 2669 Location: Auckland, New Zealand
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mosc
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Joined: Jan 31, 2003 Posts: 18197 Location: Durham, NC
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Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 7:05 am Post subject:
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Pretty neat. It's a bit difficult to sort out these performances - things get really complex with the interslot communication. It's not like a simple patch where you can see most of the connections with patch cords. This is the way things are going though; much of the G2's power is in multi-slot performances. |
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ian-s
Joined: Apr 01, 2004 Posts: 2669 Location: Auckland, New Zealand
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Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 4:04 pm Post subject:
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Yes, very powerful and easy to get so complicated even the creator looses track of what's going on. Not to mention hard to work on, it's difficult to make small adjustments when another slot is doing its own tweaking.
I tend to think of the midi stuff as 'automation' and because it takes a while to set up (and I am basically lazy), I use it minimally and at the end.
I should use more comments now that the text pad has been fixed but I patch much the same way as I write programs (real programmers don't comment code, if it was hard to write, it should be hard to read )
I will be interested to see/hear what is being produced in a year as everyone uncovers the as yet unknown techniques.
Mind you, I still like simple patches that produce very interesting results for little effort. One reason I like FM, but it applies to everything I guess.
Physical modelling I think has failed commercially because (a) it is so complicated and (b) it offers no 'intuitive' interface for creating or adjusting the nature of the sound. Like additive synthesis, it is just too cumbersome to work with for most people. It is nice to have them as an option though. |
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cappy2112
Joined: Dec 24, 2004 Posts: 2465 Location: San Jose, California
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Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:39 pm Post subject:
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mosc wrote: | s. much of the G2's power is in multi-slot performances. |
In this way , the G2 is like the Oberheim Xpander/Matrix 12.
It has a Multi mode which gives it multi-timbral and multo-channel) capabilities. The OB's don't have multi-slot audio/midi pasing though, so the G2 opens ups worlds of new ideas.
Sadly, I haven't used Multi-mode on the Xpander that much. Now that I have the G2, I'm think I'll start getting some new ideas though. |
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