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what is "sync licensing deal"?
Music you made which is now used for adverts or tv or films
Or video games.
Korg PS-3300 is back
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Re: Korg PS-3300 is back
#72Am I the only one who takes these “legends returns“ for a lack of innovation? Noticed that for a while in triple A gaming. I get it, companies are playing safe, but I don’t want to be sold the same thing over and once again.. Edit: typo
> a lack of innovation
This is a recreation of a retro classic but in terms of new flagship hardware synthesizers there isn't much innovation because music synthesis because the gating factor is DSP and a well-configured modern laptop generally has more than enough power to generate just about any kind synthesized sound used in commercial musical performance. The innovation is happening in software plug-ins.
Synth hardware is generally for live performers or those who don't want to work with a MIDI keyboard connected to computer as their primary interface.
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Sorry, I can't make any sense of your comment. "Polyphonic analogue synth" means several independent envelope generators and VCFs. Doing this is pointless -- it increases your synth's costs by orders of magnitude and provides no musical benefit whatsoever except make it slightly easier for piano players with no synthesizer experience to play it. > The growth of cheap analogue synths Yes, but literally none of them ar…
What is it that you don't understand? > Yes, but literally none of them are doing analogue polyphony. That's simply not true. Korg Minilogue, Mililogue XD, Prologue, Behringer Pro-800, Sequential Take 5, Prophet Rev2, Prophet-10, Arturia PolyBrute 12, Oberheim OB-X8, Moog One and many more. Polyphonic analogue synths are popular and very useful actually.
Most of these are either discontinued or some sort of paraphonic and/or hybrid-digital architecture. :)
There's no point in trying to make an analogue synth that mimics the percussive nature of piano.
Synths are much closer to woodwinds.
Re: Korg PS-3300 is back
#74notification of go-live to FCFS on a limited quantity, these are all going to be bought out by scalpers and resold secondhand at a 500% markup. I'll just stick with synth clones
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What is it that you don't understand? > Yes, but literally none of them are doing analogue polyphony. That's simply not true. Korg Minilogue, Mililogue XD, Prologue, Behringer Pro-800, Sequential Take 5, Prophet Rev2, Prophet-10, Arturia PolyBrute 12, Oberheim OB-X8, Moog One and many more. Polyphonic analogue synths are popular and very useful actually.
Most of these are either discontinued or some sort of paraphonic and/or hybrid-digital architecture. :) There's no point in trying to make an analogue synth that mimics the percussive nature of piano. Synths are much closer to woodwinds.
> Most of these are either discontinued or some sort of paraphonic and/or hybrid-digital architecture.
I can't tell if this is a serious reply or not.
A quick look at Thomman would show you that they are all analogue polysynths not paraphonic mono-synths.
I think the only model from my list in short supply is the Prologue but you could swap it for a Dreadbox Nymphes if you like.
The Minilogue xd is "hybrid" only in the sense that it has an additional 3rd digital oscillator per voice but that can be turned off. It's still a true 4 voice, 2 oscillator analogue polysynth. If that's not good enough then swap it for a Behringer UB-Xa.
There's no shortage of models to choose from.
There's so much amazing music made with analogue polysynths. I don't know why anyone would ignore the work of Vangelis for instance. If you think he uses his CS-80 polysynth as a bad piano I don't know what to tell you.
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Very little of lifestyle products is about need. Folks will open their wallets for some combination of personal wants, exclusivity (or the illusion of it), or even something as simple as a coffee table discussion piece. These sorts of "collectible clones" are pretty popular at the moment. A big part of it is nostalgia.
Nostalgia and also specifically catering to people who are affluent enough now to afford things they couldn't afford as kids or teens.
Again though, it’s for people who want a personality-free expensive Acorn Archimedes running Linux, or a very very expensive Raspberry Pi 500 with more horsepower but not enough actual horsepower to do anything useful. No idea who those people are or if there are more than a few dozen of them out there.