From atomic@netcom.com Fri Aug 26 13:56:54 1994 Date: Fri, 26 Aug 1994 08:14:10 -0700 (PDT) From: atomic city To: Analogue Heaven Mailing List Subject: Arpeggiators...the listing continues! Aaron N. Hughes jotteth.... >metlay writes: >>Arne Claassen (ISE) jotteth.... >>> >>>So, if the Cyclone isn't any good, what MIDI arpeggiators are there? >> >>There are NONE! That's the problem!! The standalone Akai is useless >>and the only good MIDI arps are built into synths, most or all of which >>are not being made any more. Offhand, I can think of.... >> >>Prophet 2000/2002 \ WAY cool arps; can layer polyrhythms and add rests! >>Prophet VS/VS Rack / >> >>Emax and its kin: \ Nifty features incl. "Cruz Control" wherein a fixed >>Emax SE, Emax II | time interval got divided into as many notes as you >>(keybds AND racks) / hold down; four quarters, five "fifths", etc.! >> >>Kawai M8000 Basic synchable unit, weird to use with piano keys >>Roland JP-6 Only syncs to trigger pulses >>Roland Juno-60 Only syncs to trigger pulses; needs MD-8 to send MIDI >>Roland U-20 Bog-stupid; can't sync to ANY external source! >>Oberheim Xk A few nice features; only syncs to trigger pulses >>Korg DW-8000 Syncs to MIDI but doesn't transmit notes over MIDI >>Kurzweil MIDIboard Very powerful, many features, went through several revs >>Kurzweil PCX88 (sp?) The MIDIBoard arpeggiator lives again! >> >>Have I forgotten any? Aaron then adds: >mebbe - the Emulator III has one similar to the Emax (but better) , and it >goes out over MIDI I do believe - I have an EIII but I can't verify all the >features since I sent it out for repair right after I got it :-/ (that was >...oh i dunno- a bit more than a month ago). To this I should add thanks to those who pointed out the Multitrak (and the fact that it syncs to MIDI, which I had been led to believe was NOT the case since the SikTrak's arpeggiator and sequencer don't sync) and the MonoPoly, which isn't a MIDI synth but what the heck. If you add nonMIDI synths to this list, the listing goes through the roof: The Juno-6, MonoPoly. Polysix, SH-101, Pro-One, etc. -- mike metlay * atomic city * box 81175 pgh pa 15217-0675 * metlay@netcom.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Go home, grab a beer, kiss the wife and SAMPLE THE DOG!" (j. krikawa) "Hate beer, selling the sampler. But the kissing part worked OK." (metlay) "No beer, no wife, no sampler (until that soundscape clone gets here!),...I can always kiss the neighbors dog. Oh, and I rent too! Man, some people just have it all don't they? :-)" (r. weigel) "Sample a few beers, kiss the dog; grab the wife and tell her to go home." (d. harkless)