From atomic@netcom.com Thu Aug 25 14:32:52 1994
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 1994 12:20:11 -0700 (PDT)
From: atomic city <atomic@netcom.com>
To: Arne Claassen <claassen@ebs330.eb.uah.edu>
Cc: Analogue Heaven Mailing List <analogue@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Subject: Re: arpegiation is important (fwd)

Arne Claassen (ISE) jotteth....
>
>Metlay rants (his word not mine): about the Cyclone:
>> Heh. Try synching it to something and watch the fireworks. Or, better yet,
>> try to do a sysex dump....hee hee hee...!
>> 
>> End of rant.
>
>I know this must have been covered a thousand times around here, but once again
>not until my interest was educated enough to be piqued, i have ignored any
>references.
>
>So, if the Cyclone isn't any good, what MIDI arpeggiators are there?

There are NONE! That's the problem!! The standalone Akai is useless
and the only good MIDI arps are built into synths, most or all of which
are not being made any more. Offhand, I can think of....

Prophet 2000/2002  \ WAY cool arps; can layer polyrhythms and add rests!
Prophet VS/VS Rack /

Emax and its kin:  \ Nifty features incl. "Cruz Control" wherein a fixed
Emax SE, Emax II   | time interval got divided into as many notes as you
(keybds AND racks) / hold down; four quarters, five "fifths", etc.!

Kawai M8000          Basic synchable unit, weird to use with piano keys
Roland JP-6          Only syncs to trigger pulses
Roland Juno-60       Only syncs to trigger pulses; needs MD-8 to send MIDI
Roland U-20          Bog-stupid; can't sync to ANY external source!
Oberheim Xk          A few nice features; only syncs to trigger pulses
Korg DW-8000         Syncs to MIDI but doesn't transmit notes over MIDI
Kurzweil MIDIboard   Very powerful, many features, went through several revs
Kurzweil PCX88 (sp?) The MIDIBoard arpeggiator lives again!

Have I forgotten any?

-- 
mike metlay * atomic city * box 81175 pgh pa 15217-0675 * metlay@netcom.com
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 can always kiss the neighbors dog.  Oh, and I rent too!  Man, some people
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