Sound cards
So, I guess I wasn't so far off. Good to know my memory still works
(parity okay, heh?).
The DX7 has some really *hot* steel drum sounds. Strings were good, too.
the DX7 was the keyboard that really seemed to change the way that popular
music sounded. The fat analog sounds were being replaced by the really
interesting dynamic sounds from the DX7.
-cool-
I almost bought a DX21 (I think that's what it was), but I waited until I
could afford an Ensoniq ESP sampling workstation. Workstation means it has
the ability to be a MIDI Master controller, has a disk drive, advanced
performance features, and advanced sequencer.
Now, I kind of which I had a proteus. -sigh- If a proteus is really
inside of that card, it would be a really interesting buy. Although, do
not get too excited about that; the thing that makes the proteus a really
great keyboard is the quality samples that come with it, are the samples
that come with the card the same? Is the user able to manipulate the
sample playback like on a `real' keyboard? I think the rack mount version
of the Proteus (no keyboard on it, all electronics in a standard 2 high
rack unit) costs about $650.00 (or more, yikes!). Therefore, I do not
believe that this card has all of the capability of the Proteus. Although,
Hmmm, this card would not need as much memory, a big processor, etc becuase
this is included in the PC! Interesting…
Anyway, the card sounds pretty nice. I just would not expect it to be
everything the advertisements and columns claim it is. Although, I suspect
it is more than adequete for most of *todays* MM presentations.
-Mike.