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Friday, August 29, 2008

E-MU Virtuoso 2000

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"The Virtuoso 2000 is a 128-voice orchestral sound module with over 64 MB of sounds - an entire orchestra in a single rack space! Featuring the "Orchestral Session" soundsets 1&2 from E-mu, the sounds are great and they include violins, violas, celli, double basses, trumpets, French horns, trombones, bass trombones, tubas, piccolos, flutes, oboes, English horn, clarinets, bass clarinets, bassoons, contra bassoons, harp, orchestral bells, tubular bells, bell trees, celeste, xylophone, marimba and a percussion battery with over 20 instruments! With 128 voices, 32 MIDI channels, lightning-fast MIDI response and over 1,000 sounds you can create the largest of orchestral ensembles! Additional professional features worth mentioning include the twelve assignable real-time front panel controls, six analog outputs plus an S/PDIF digital output, two additional internal ROM expansion slots, ability to play back Flash ROMs authored on E4 Ultra Samplers and an advanced synthesis architecture based on the Proteus 2000. The Virtuoso 2000 is likely the best all-in-one orchestral sound module ever!"


KORG MicroKORG

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E-MU Planet Earth

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"E-mu's Planet Earth picks up where their popular Carnaval module leaves off. Polyphony has been doubled to 64 voices. And there is a 32 MB "World" soundset with an amazing collection of authentic rhythms and traditional world-instruments. E-mu's exclusive SuperBEATs performance mode is here as well. Planet Earth also has up to 16 syncable arpeggiators, digital 12-pole resonant filters, 12 real-time controllers and more! Sounds can be tweaked and warped using its advanced synthesis architecture and effects processor. On the stage or in the studio, Planet Earth is the professional's choice for World sounds and ethnic percussion! This Module includes the stock World Expedition 32 MB sound-set, but is expandable up to 128 MB via three additional slots for 32 MB expansion cards."


KORG M1

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Casio CZ-101

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Casio SK-1

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Yamaha DX100

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Sequential Circuits Six-Trak

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"modified with 6 separate outputs and the latest firmware rom update so the sequencer can sync to non-sequential midi! It is called the 'super six trak'"


Flame MIDI Talking Synth

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"The FLAME MIDI TALKING SYNTH is a small-sized MIDI-controlled sound module based on the analogue Speakjet ? chip, produced by the U.S. company Magnevation LLC. Originally designed for basic artificially generated speech output in American English tongue it was then refined and further developed as an 8-bit sound module with speech-like sounds and synthetic robot voices as well as beeps, alarms, noise and retro-style sci-fi sounds. Due to the structure of the Speakjet ? (with its complex sound synthesizer, preset sounds and serial interface) it offers an impressive range of possibilities. It contains 72 speech elements (allophones), 43 sound effects, and 12 DTM touch tones. The idea was to create sounds, patterns and sequences in the 8-bit style of the 80s or other retro sounds for making music instead of just simulating speech. Most allophones can be tuned and used tonally. The FLAME MIDI TALKING SYNTH contains two Speakjet ? chips to produce a richer and more complex tonal variety as well as generating a pseudo stereo effect.

Since the Speakjet ? has not originally been laid out for the purpose of making music it is actually not fully controllable via MIDI input, i.e.: once sounds are triggered they cannot be directly stopped by Note Off messages from a MIDI keyboard or a sequencer. Thus a MIDI-controlled audio tremolo has been implemented in the FLAME MIDI TALKING SYNTH virtually allowing MIDI control and enabling an easier integration into a MIDI setup. The FLAME MIDI TALKING SYNTH lets you play back preset words in its EXPANDER mode via an external MIDI keyboard or a sequencer. In addition you can use the FLAME MIDI TALKING SYNTH as a stand-alone MIDI controller since all controls and joysticks send MIDI control/change data to the MIDI-OUT connector."


Akai VX600

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Casio CZ-101

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Dave Smith Evolver

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Casio CZ-101

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