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I have had another hobby since I was a boy, electronics. It specialised in amateur radio and test equipment gear and I collected and fixed tons of related things for decades. That was the starting point of my 22 years of R&D work and also of my current electronics home lab (already for 12 years), where I develop my current job. So I can't really be angry about all those things which helped me to build my career. But, as happens with old synths, younger people just don't care about those nicely built HP / Tektronix/ Marconi ... generators, oscilloscopes and analysers, built to last using the very best materials, as gold plated PCB contacts, Teflon covered coaxial wires, heavy aluminium cast chassis and such. So now I have a warehouse full of yesteryear electronics which nobody but I seems to care about 🤔 It is not just for the large amount of money I have spent on that gear, which in perspective is as money burnt, but the lack of appreciation by my children / wife and by people in general, makes me sad, as the only way out is to trash most of it. I hope my growing collection of music gear does not end in a similar way. I am mostly interested on 80s plus synths (lots of them bought faulty and fixed by me) and accessories (well, and also some guitars, electronic drums, EWIs, amplifiers, ... 😬). My idea is to clean up the currently area full of radio and test gear and convert it into a music studio plus storage area for music gear. At least I will be able to use it and, in the future, my heirs can do what they wish with all of that (I hope it keeps some value so they can cash it, but don't lose my sleep for it 😅) Anyway, what would be of us without our toys? 😉
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By charliepersol · Posted
I just bought one used two days ago. I had in the past (a very past) the original ARP Odissey and an Avatar (the guitar version of the Odissey). They sounded quite differenti, and now I understand why: two different version of the filter. A friend of mine still have the all black one with coloured sliders, which Is again different, maybe two poles filter? Anyway the Behringer sounds good but a bit differenti too. My ARP had a ring modulator I used to build fabolous bell like sounds: metallic, full of harmonics. The kind of sound you can hear on Japan Tin Drum or Oil on Canvas albums. Until now I couldn't recreate this sound. Neither the Avatar did. Just my ARP Odissey I sold for little Money :( -
In V.A.S.T., be it the original V.A.S.T. or the newer vaster V.A.S.T. with Cascade and Dynamic, there are several ways you can use internal DSP sources with Samples: 1. Samples only 2. Internal DSP Oscillators only without any Sample 3. Samples mixed with internal DSP Oscillators In the new V.A.S.T., you can certainly use a multi-sampled Keymap, alongside an internal anti-aliased DSP Osc, e.g. a 2-block SINE+ for a single Layer, or even an aliased one like the old SAW+. For larger AA DSP Oscs, e.g. the 4-block SAW, you'd need to use Cascade Mode, a passthrough signal and a Mixer ALG. So these aren't mutually exclusive. Instead, what the manual seems to indicate is that if you want to do a traditional analogue subtractive synth, then you'd rather not use a Keymap, which makes sense since analogue subtractive synths don't use them at all. You can still use a Keymap's sample Envelope if it is set to Natural, even if the Sample itself isn't sounding via the Layer, say, if you have simply a 4-block AA DSP SAW. That SAW block effectively cuts off any of the Sample signal. However, as the AMPENV mode is set to Natural, it is the factory AMPENV for that multi-Sampled Keymap that is applied to the Layer. The Natural envelopes have more details than can be produced with a User AMPENV. The thing that happens with setting the Keymap to Silence is that it sets each key's amplitude to the same maximum amplitude. Maybe that's what you need in a certain program, but sometimes, if you are doing an emulative program, you could be better off actually referencing the emulation's Keymaps Sample although the latter isn't heard, with the corresponding Natural Envelope, or of course, you could just go into User Mode and make your own envelope. Hope this helps. -
Sweetwater might accept to deliver to Canada, but you will be charged transport accordingly and as anything going USA to Canada your item will go through customs and it is always possible to end up with extra fees - sometimes very expensive. I personally had a very bad experience about 10 years ago and promised myself to never import again from the USA unless the seller confirms on paper he pays for all possible customs and duties extra fees. Buying Kurzweil products in Canada has always been complicated. In the 1990s a few stores in the province kept a couple of them, but if you wanted something they didn't have you had to order sight unseen and wait months to get your purchase. That is how I bought my MIDIboard, K1200 and finally, around 2000, a PC2X. I hated the Fatar action on the PC2X from day one and swore to never buy a keyboard sight unseen ever again.
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