ctdonath@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Carl T. Donath) (07/03/90)
1. Am I right in thinking that the Yamaha DX-21 is the big brother of the DX-100? I recall that there are about three incarnations of this machine, but cannot remember the numbers.... 2. Can anyone tell me anything about the Yamaha RX-21 drum machine? I have a chance to buy one at $150 obo, and want to know if it's worth getting. What can it do? - Carl
eatond@mail.enet.dec.com (My name is...) (07/03/90)
In article <3787@rodan.acs.syr.edu>, ctdonath@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Carl T. Donath) writes... >1. Am I right in thinking that the Yamaha DX-21 is the big brother >of the DX-100? I recall that there are about three incarnations of this >machine, but cannot remember the numbers.... The DX21 came out first. It is bi-timbral, has a few extra things like a pitch envelope generator and built-in chorus (very mild, imo). The DX100 came next, without the PEG and chorus, and was mono-timbral. The trade off was that it had more ROM patches. The DX100, of course had 49 mini keys. The DX27 came out next - it was the same basic synth as the DX100, but had 61 full sized keys. >2. Can anyone tell me anything about the Yamaha RX-21 drum machine? >I have a chance to buy one at $150 obo, and want to know if it's worth >getting. What can it do? I'm not sure what the used market is like where you are, but in New England (where I used to live), you could do much better. The RX21 sounds are poor by most standards. If your funds are limited, you might be able to find a used TR707 for the same price (I've seen them for as low as $100!) and you'd have much better drum sounds, as well as more variety, individual outputs and individual volume sliders for each sample. The RX21 (to answer your question) is a very basic drum machine, and it came out around, oh, 1985 or so. For the time, it was an o.k. deal for the money, but drum machines have improved so much that I think you can do a lot better. Dan Eaton >- Carl