andrews@ubc-cs.UUCP (Jamie Andrews) (12/10/85)
Someone may have asked something similar recently, so apologies in
advance & I'll keep it short.
Does anyone make a drum synth that's generally available, which has
NO sequencer? *All* the ones I've seen have one! -- unnecessary for my needs.
I'm sure there is such a beast, but what are the net's recommendations on
which one? I would even prefer one with NO keyboard, but a MIDI input, so I
could play it or program a sequence on it from my Poly-800 if need be.
--Jamie.
...!ihnp4!alberta!ubc-vision!ubc-cs!andrews
"And four months later she died of typhus in Corfu"keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle) (12/17/85)
In article <123@ubc-cs.UUCP> andrews@ubc-cs.UUCP (Jamie Andrews) writes: > > Does anyone make a drum synth that's generally available, which has >NO sequencer? *All* the ones I've seen have one! -- unnecessary for my needs. >I'm sure there is such a beast, but what are the net's recommendations on >which one? I would even prefer one with NO keyboard, but a MIDI input, so I >could play it or program a sequence on it from my Poly-800 if need be. >--Jamie. I'd kind of doubt it, most people probably find a drum synth useless without a sequencer. In the modern world of MIDI there is a possible use for sequencer- less synths, but they are getting pretty cheap either way so what's the difference? I just picked up the Yamaha RX-21, a $250.00 box that uses digitized live drums, MIDI, and a pretty good sequencer (at least to me, but then I've been using the Mattel Synsonics up till now). Thru MIDI, you can individually adjust the loudness of each note, etc. It has 3 toms, kick drum, snare, open-high-hat, closed-hi-hat, cymbal, and clap. I've been particularly pleased with the high-hat sound, you can merge from open to closed or from closed to open quite cleanly, making a darn good high-hat sound. Toms and bass are real good, the cymbal is ok, but I'd prefer a bit more sizzle, and though the snare is pretty good, I'd prefer a little longer decay. From the block diagram that is included with the box, it seems that the sound prom is completely seperate from the program prom, and so it might be able to support alternate sound proms, though you'll have to figure out how they are storing the information (PCM in some form). Though I've found the claps useful, I'd like to have the option of more bizzare sounds such as gunshot, oxygen tank dropped on concrete, etc. Keith Doyle # {ucbvax,ihnp4,decvax}!trwrb!cadovax!keithd # cadovax!keithd@ucla-locus.arpa
tre@sdcarl.UUCP (Tom Erbe) (12/17/85)
In article <987@cadovax.UUCP> keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle) writes: > ....I just picked up the Yamaha RX-21, a $250.00 box that uses >digitized live drums, MIDI, and a pretty good sequencer (at least to me, but >then I've been using the Mattel Synsonics up till now). > > ....it seems that the sound prom >is completely seperate from the program prom, and so it might be able to >support alternate sound proms, though you'll have to figure out how they >are storing the information (PCM in some form). Though I've found the >claps useful, I'd like to have the option of more bizzare sounds such as >gunshot, oxygen tank dropped on concrete, etc. > I have heard that all the Yamaha machines use serial ROMs to store the sound information, which makes it difficult to put your own sounds in the box. (Most commercial alternate sound chips are on byte-wide EPROMs). -- thomas r. erbe {ucbvax,ihnp4,akgua,hplabs,sdcsvax}!sdcarl!tre