Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!auvm!ANDREW!KG19+ From: kg19+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Kurt A. Geisel) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.emusic-l Subject: Re: Is this a Waldorf I see before me? Message-ID: Date: 21 Feb 90 23:13:55 GMT References: Sender: Electronic Music Discussion List Reply-To: Electronic Music Discussion List Lines: 28 Approved: NETNEWS@AUVM.BITNET Gateway X-To: Electronic Music Discussion List In-Reply-To: >>Nice formants, but it really reminds me of Alvin, >>Simon, and Theodore. >...whoever they are...? Ach! No wonder the US is going down the tubes! :-) Nick, you DON'T WANNA KNOW! >It appears >that Waldorf is just a money-spinner to keep Palm and Duren going >while they get more involved with some of the new Steinberg Digital >Audio stuff, like the Topaz Direct-to-Disk system. Frankly, even if the Waldorf is a PPG, it is sounding less and less appetizing all the time. I didn't know it would be $2000 in the US. >The only other machine which seems even >remotely comparable at the moment is the VFX... Don't forget the Korg WS. It's looking better all the time. Besides, you don't want an "ugly American synth"! :-) - Kurt Kurt Geisel SNAIL : Carnegie Mellon University 65 Lambeth Dr. ARPA : kg19+@andrew.cmu.edu Pittsburgh, PA 15241 UUCP : uunet!nfsun!kgeisel "We just need to short-circuit the continuum on a BIX : kgeisel 5 or 6 parsec level." - Forbidden Planet