Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!umich!samsung!psuvax1!psuvm!auvm!LFCS!NICK From: nick@LFCS.ED.AC.UK (Nick Rothwell) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.emusic-l Subject: Prophet VS reincarnated Message-ID: <510.9002051013@subnode.lfcs.ed.ac.uk> Date: 5 Feb 90 10:13:59 GMT Sender: Electronic Music Discussion List Reply-To: Electronic Music Discussion List Lines: 31 Approved: NETNEWS@AUVM Gateway Via: UK.AC.ED.LFCS; 5 FEB 90 10:11:26 GMT In-Reply-To: schabtac@EDU.COLORADO.SPOT's message of Fri, 2 Feb 90 12:03:02 MST <6182.9002030250@lfcs.ed.ac.uk >So, campers, are we gonna fork the $2K for the Waldorf kitchen appliance, >or hold off and see what Korg can come up with? The wavetable synthesis >market heats up... This could be interesting. I don't think the Waldorf is going to take off in the US because it's too expensive there; this new Korg might not take off here because the UK prices for Jap gear are quite a bit higher than the US prices. So... Btw, who the hell buys synthesisers because of how programmable they are, anyway? I know all the advertising hype goes into how intuitive the architecture is, how much realtime control it has, and all that, but I can't help feeling that the average punter just wants a machine with nice (preset/buyable) sounds (which go CHIFF). Anybody know how many people buy machines that they want to program? Does the marketing reflect this? Just curious. Does anybody know enough about the VS to say whether it's really comparable with the the PPG/Waldorf? Presumably the wave mixing has the effect that sweeping through a PPG wavetable does. I wonder if it's more flexible? I seem to remember that the VS let you set parts of the envelope to loop, and things like this. The Waldorf does as well. Being Korg (=> Yahaha), the new machine will presumably be microtunable. The Waldorf is as well. The VS could accept new samples (it supported sample-dump messages for 128-word waves); the Waldorf has MIDI-loadable wavetables... I think these machines might well be (as Anne of Green Gables would say) kindred spirits. Nick.