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   iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jun-2024 11:35:25 JST iced depresso
   https://reverb.com/item/21724471-jellinghaus-dx-programmer-for-yamaha-dx-7-1984-blue well thats some nonsense
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     woke on a whaleheart (harneyb@decept.org)'s status on Monday, 10-Jun-2024 01:31:58 JST woke on a whaleheart

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     @icedquinn what 2 sliders does to a synth
     (see also: basically every synthesizer that had to behave like a rompler and needed a third party editing tool)
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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Monday, 10-Jun-2024 01:31:58 JST iced depresso

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     @HarneyB i hear a lot about how the buttons and value slider are bad, but tbh FM seems kind of bonkers in general
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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Monday, 10-Jun-2024 04:24:19 JST iced depresso

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     @HarneyB i don't actually have any high end synths except for one digitone :neocat_melt: i don't know what the really good ones are like.
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     woke on a whaleheart (harneyb@decept.org)'s status on Monday, 10-Jun-2024 04:24:20 JST woke on a whaleheart

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     @icedquinn A good amount of synth parameters become redundant if "knob per function" is a aimed goal. The problem with the DX7 and basically every synthesizer until the Roland SH-201 & Korg MS2000 was that companies saw an opportunity to reduce costs, turning so many into LCD menu diving tedium. At least every flagship keyboard after the 00s generally has the excuse of having over 9000 points of modulation to a rough official external program.
     
     The newer Opsix comes closer to what was possible to make modifying FM easier, though I hear that it's far from perfect.
     Not related, but oh wow the Microkorg 2 is real and it even has more than 4 voices of polyphony!
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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Monday, 10-Jun-2024 08:19:11 JST iced depresso

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     @HarneyB i kinda want a preen3 although i've also been told it isn't great so idk.
     
     they're 400$ to buy finished, dunno about assembled
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     woke on a whaleheart (harneyb@decept.org)'s status on Monday, 10-Jun-2024 08:19:12 JST woke on a whaleheart

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     @icedquinn Having once used one of the 'professional' tier Casio synths, a big portion of what people want is a combination of brand image and something that looks pretty while making noise. This is because if one wants a quality hardware synth for as cheap as possible, the preenFM2/3 and Waldorf Blofeld have been on sale for years at this point. And even so, most synthesizers have been at least capable of Good sound for multiple generations now.
     
     Still unsure how manufacturers plan to build MIDI 2.0 deeper.