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Anybody else play the synthesizer?

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    Pretty self-explanatory question. If you do play the synth, what equipment do you have?
     
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    Really? Nobody?
     
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    There's really nobody else on EC who plays the synth?
     
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    Poor Peter XD
     
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    I know, right? I mean, there's GOTTA be at least one other person on here who plays the synth!
     
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    Keep hoping. Stay determined and I'm sure someone will come.
     
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    Yeah. I mean, the synthesizer is, without a doubt, the best musical instrument, so, yeah.
     
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    Are you talking about real, old-school hardware synthesizers or do you just mean MIDI-controller keyboards? If it is the latter I have an M-AUDIO Axiom 49, and then I guess FL Studio 12 would be my synthesizer module then. :slight_smile:
     
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    Either one! I'm just glad somebody finally posted on this thread! I own a modern Yamaha MOX workstation, and a vintage Yamaha SY77 workstation. I'm thinking of getting a vintage Roland D-550 sound module, too. (It's the rack-mount version of the legendary Roland D-50 synth from 1987.)
     
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    Oh, you have some nice equipment there! :slight_smile: I sometimes wish I had a regular hardware synth too (that SY77 looks awesome BTW) because I suck at playing and the little delay caused by the data going from the keyboard and the computer processing it throws me off sometimes. Maybe a better sound card could help with that? Or perhaps I should just practice more. :lol:
     
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    I think a fast computer would help. Do you connect the controller by USB, or do you use actual MIDI cables? Cause I know there's extra latency with a USB connection, since the MIDI standard predates USB by over a decade, so it has to to a buttload of conversion.

    Also, the SY77's great. (The only problem is that the floppy drive in my unit doesn't work anymore. I need to replace the belt, and I ordered a replacement, but it has to ship all the way from Europe. Such are the downsides of using hardware from 25 years ago.) I miss FM synthesis. I was thrilled when I heard that Yamaha was bringing it back with the Montage.
     
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    I use a USB connection, so that is probably where the problem lies. My sound card is just an integrated one, so it doesn't even have a MIDI interface. :frowning2:
     
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    Oh. Then you should get a nice sound card with a MIDI interface. I use a vintage Sound Blaster AWE64 sound card, but that's not an option for most people. (Most people's computers don't have an ISA slot, and also, Creative Lab's drivers only work in DOS, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows ME.)
     
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    I will get a new sound card at some point, but right now I can't afford it. :icon_sad:

    Haha, I remember that sound card! I used to play games in DOS when I was a kid and you had like 5 options for sound cards and you had to pick the right one or there would be no sound at all, and that was always one of them. :lol: Where on Earth did you find a computer that it works in today?
     
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    I use it with my Pentium 150 that I specifically put together for playing DOS games and early Windows games.
     
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    Also, I'm not the only one still drooling over the Korg Kronos, am I?
     
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    Cause it's pretty awesome. I could totally imagine a t-shirt that says,

    "Bitches love my Kronos".
     
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