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In article <richard.779859019@citadel.cit.gu.edu.au> richard@kurango.cit.gu.edu.au writes:

> My dad sent me a (non-specialist) review and the demo CD for this keyboard
> the other day. I'm ever so slightly impressed with the sounds it produces.
> However, I get the impression that the demo CD doesn't really do the
> machine justice - the recreation of things like French Horns and so on
> wasn't really what I wanted to hear it doing. Sure, it does a pretty good
> job (most of the time), but I wanted to hear the *really weird* stuff.

You're looking at the wrong box, then.  The VL-1, although a serious
synth, was really prett much a demonstration of a high level of
integration and processing power.  In the hands of a skilled player,
it can do a very good job of emulating brass instruments with more
natural expression than more conventional synthesizer technology.  IT
wasn't, however, designed with the idea of creating new (or, as you
put it, 'weird') sounds.  If you want the power to create what you can
imagine (and you probably won't find that on any demo CD), look for
something with a more flexible synthesis process, like a Kurzweil
K-2000.

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