[net.music.synth] NAMM Goodies

mjn@teddy.UUCP (03/24/86)

Excerts and Information from NAMM: Happy Days are Here Again, Jock Baird,
Musician Magazine, April 1986

Sampling synths:
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Sequential Circuits, Prophet 2000 and 2002
	12 bit sample
	4 pole low-pass VCF, VCA, velo controled 4 stage envelopes
	8 voice, 16 samples on line at once, MIDI Mode 4 (Omni-off/Mono)
	Stereo, can load directly from CD's
	Memory upgrade to 512K (36 seconds of sample)
	Keyboard version:  $2600  (2000)
	Rack version:      $2300  (2002)

Korg, DSS-1
	12 bit sample
	Keyboard version:  $2000

Roland, S-50 (sound a like a data bus -mjn)
	12 bit sample
	16 wave oscillators
	48 evelope generators
	512K memory, 17.2 seconds of sample at 32KHz.
	Video monitor output for visual editing

Casio, SK-1
	Chicklet keyboard, no MIDI
	Price:  $99 (For a sampling synthesizer???? -mjn)

Yamaha, VSS-100
	FM presets, drums
	8 seconds of sampling
	Samples can be mixed with FM presets
	Price: $230


Piano Boxes:
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Roland, MKS-20
	Rack mounted module
	Structured/Adaptive synthesis (anyone know about this? -mjn)
	Sounds: Steinway, Bosendorfer, Harpsichord, Clavinet, etc.
	Price: $1700


Digital Synths:
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Ensoniq, ESQ-1
	3 digial osc. on each of 8 voices
	8 track sequencer, 10K notes
	80 character display, 32 waveforms, velocity sensitive
	Price:  $1295

Sequential Circuits, VS
	Vector synthesis, 4 osc. on each of 8 voices.
	128 waveforms, stereo panning, chorus, voice osc. mixing
	200 programs, velocity sensitive
	Price: $2600

Roland, JX-10
	Roughly two JX8P's, digital/analog hybrid
	24 DCO's for twelve voices, analog filtering
	Small sequencer


MIDI Guitars:
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Kramer, IVL Pitchrider 7000
	Pickup strip retrofit for guitars
	Pitch transpose, separate string assignment
	Octave shift, pitchbending, unkown tracking speed.
	Price: $1000

K-Muse, Photon Guitar
	Prototype demonstrated using Infared reading system
	16 bit frequency convertion at 10KHz,
	Uses own transmission net (M-NET) 16 times faster than MIDI
	96 channels, handles SMPTE, MIDI interface capability.
	Price:  $2000  Available:  April


Misc:
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Yamaha, SPX90 Multiple Effects Generator
	Reverb, early reflections, delay, chorus, stereo flange
	pitch change, gate reverb, ADR noise gate, auto pan, 
	digital parametric equations
	39 programs in ROM, 60 in RAM, MIDI IN, THRU
	Price: $700

Linn Electronics, MIDIstudio
	Splits Linn 9000 into remote pad/control module and mixer/disk drive
	32 track sequencer, drum sampling
	Sample time at 32KHz is 10 sec, dividable among 16 voices
	Drums sounds can be loaded from disk, SMPTE option
	Price: $6000

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		Mark J. Norton
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