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Conference napalm::commusic_v1

Title:	* * Computer Music, MIDI, and Related Topics * *
Notice:	Conference has been write-locked. Use new version.
Moderator:	DYPSS1::SCHAFER

Created:	Thu Feb 20 1986
Last Modified:	Mon Aug 29 1994
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2852
Total number of notes:	33157

1593.0. "Yamaha DX21 4op FM Synth: Comments?" by TOOK::DDS_SEC (What, are you silly?) Wed Aug 03 1988 12:01

    	Ok, guys, another question.  How is the DX21 for a low-end synth?
    I haven't seen it anywhere for review and I was wondering if someone
    could tell me what it's all about, key splits? multi-timbral? (prob-
    ably not) velocity-sensitive?  I'd appreciate any input in the long,
    vast search for my synth.  Thanks,
    
    				Mike Bell

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1593.1	Don't say "DX" in front of len...	JAWS::COTE	I'm not making this up...	`Wed Aug 03 1988 12:13`	18
	I own one and like it... It's a 4-op (sine wave only) FM synth. 8 algorythms. 5 octave keyboard. Receives velocity info, but doesn't send it. Great pitchbending modes (key-on, hi-note, low-note). Supports splits and layers. 8 note polyphonic. Split or layer mode can be 4/4 voice or 7/1. 128 ROM voices. 32 RAM. 32 performance memory slots. Mono or stereo outputs. MIDI IN, OUT and THRU ports. Seperate TX and RX channels but no local off mode. On board chorus. Headphone and BC jack. Saves to tape or sys-ex. Non- backlit LCD (uck). There was one for sale in here a short time ago for around $350. If I'd had the cash, I'd have bought it sight unseen. Don't know if it's still for sale... FM programming is bizarre but you catch on after a while. Edd
1593.2	Ma, I wanna be like everybody else...	DRUMS::FEHSKENS		`Wed Aug 03 1988 12:19`	6
	But you can say "TX" in front of me. After I've fully absorbed my D-550, a TX-802 is next on the list. Then I'll really be one of the guys, instead of the neighborhood Roland weenie. len.
1593.3	She's busy on the phone right now.	TOOK::DDS_SEC	What, are you silly?	`Wed Aug 03 1988 12:25`	3
	Where are you, len? Just curious. MjB
1593.4	Don't love ya cos ya feets to big	MINDER::KENT	I can't Dance to That	`Wed Aug 03 1988 12:25`	11
	Hey Edd Is an algorythm a formula with a beat ? We should start a whole topic on musical dipthongs. Like ...... ( I can't think of any more)
1593.5	But is a D50 a real instrument?	MINDER::KENT	I can't Dance to That	`Wed Aug 03 1988 12:28`	6
	re .2 Hey Len I came over the wall first. I should have been a democrat. PK.
1593.6	Tell 'em 'bout algae rhythms, leonardo...	JAWS::COTE	I'm not making this up...	`Wed Aug 03 1988 12:31`	10
	Doncha just hate when people come in and trash your note with jokes, snide remarkz, and ratholes? Me neither. It's what makes this place seem like home... :^) Edd
1593.7	Then There're the "I'll Go Rhythms"...	DRUMS::FEHSKENS		`Wed Aug 03 1988 12:43`	6
	I'm right here, where'd you expect me to be? Here being LKG1-2, about 10 feet north (more or less) of pole A17. len.
1593.8	Al Gogh Rithems	TOOK::DDS_SEC	What, are you silly?	`Wed Aug 03 1988 13:25`	3
	I'm at LKG2-2/BB9, and how do you know I'm `right here'!? s-s
1593.9	well, Im sitting in my cube, where are you?	HJUXB::LEGA	Bug Busters Incorporated	`Wed Aug 03 1988 14:15`	12
	Hey Guys! I am reading this notesfile over a very slow connection. (Im down here in NJ) Can't you have your personal conversations via mail. I don't mean to be a wet blanket on your party, but your making it frustrating. (60-90seconds to wait for each reply, just to see your personal stuff) (I asking nicely, because you guys do contribute great stuff to commusic, and I dont want you to stop doing that)