[net.music.synth] CZ 3000, TX 7, Address Correction, Opionions?

parris@itcatl.UUCP (Parris Hughes) (02/05/86)

	First off, I bumbled giving my net.address.  I'm at
gatech!itcatl!parris.  

	A correction to a recent posting of mine on the CZ3000:  it does not
possess reverb.  I am really embarassed about this, but I am sure the
salesman at the local keyboard store made this statement to me.  A visit to
another store tells me the reverb was probably on the sound board the CZ was
running through.  I am a little perturbed about this, and intend to verify
this guy's honesty before I deal with him.

	As I was saying, I was in a local music shop trying to get an ear
for some of the multi-timbral instruments in my price range  (I currently
have a DX7, and want a multi-timbral for realtime performance).  I heard a
CZ 3000 (which I had heard before),  a Matrix-6, and a TX 7.  I went through
all the presets on the CZ 3000, but just a few on the Matrix-6 and the TX 7.

	My impression of the CZ 3000 was this:  It has some neat sounds.
I could see alot of possibilities, and, of course, I know nothing about what
may be programmable.  But in general, the presets I heard sounded real
"synth".  I really didn't hear anything that sounded like a REAL instrument.
Same sort of thing with the Matrix-6 (though for $300 more than the CZ [my
area], it did provide touch sensitivity).

	The TX-7 really perked my interest.  I have some MIDI documentation
from Yahmaha some person somewhere in the company sent me (I called a number
which gave me another number which gave me...).  The MIDI documentation
seemed aimed at the TX-7.  A handwritten note informed me that some
parameters might not apply to the DX-7.  Now that I really want to go back
and look, I can't find the MIDI doc in my files.  I've seen some stuff on
the net about the TX-7 and I would appreciate some input.  Here are my
impressions and questions:

	The TX-7 supports 16 simultaneous voices, as does the CZ 3000.  Both
places told me the CZ gets kind of weak when using all 16, where the TX does
not.  The idea of getting a synth I am already used to programming is
appealing.  But the sound of 16 DX7's sounds too good to be true for the
price they quoted ($695).  A TX-7 is programmable only via a DX-7, TRUE?  If
the same voice is programmed on all 16 voices and all voices play the same
notes, do you therefore get an good rich sound (as opposed to playing the
same melody with only one voice)?  Does the TX receive on 8 MIDI channels
(as does the CZ)?  I have always felt frustrated at the relative
non-availability of keyboard specs in my area.

	I am really just starting to look around.  I'll probably wait for my
tax return to come back.  Thanks in advance for any Comments/Suggestions you
can provide.

		Parris			gatech!itcatl!parris

Meanwhile, back on the farnm Granny lies helpless in a ditch.