Comments on: Elektor Formant Synthesizer Demo http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2008/05/17/elektor-formant-synthesizer-demo/ Synthesizer and electronic music news, synth and music software reviews and more! Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:14:44 -0500 hourly 1 By: Michael http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2008/05/17/elektor-formant-synthesizer-demo/#comment-142679 Michael Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:05:04 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=6706#comment-142679 I helped a friend build one, back in the 70's. Days and days of soldering and troubleshooting. This brings up memories, and I suppose that's what it's meant to do. I helped a friend build one, back in the 70's. Days and days of soldering and troubleshooting. This brings up memories, and I suppose that's what it's meant to do.

]]> By: MirlitronOne http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2008/05/17/elektor-formant-synthesizer-demo/#comment-138697 MirlitronOne Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:53:41 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=6706#comment-138697 I'm with you on that point, but be fair, this is way more interesting than some of those 15-minute videos of "I just built this cool Atari Punk Console - now, where's the switch?" However, a bit of a guided tour of the modules would have been a better use of the time. What is a 1 x COM or a 1 x RMF? How does a 1 x twin VCA differ from a 2 x VCA? Meanwhile, let's turn our attention to, "It was the first mini analogue synthesizer around with modular construction that could be built at home at an affordable price." Well yeah, if you choose to ignore Doug Shaw's 'Practical Electronics' project of 1975 - and few others that appeared in the USA around this time. I'm with you on that point, but be fair, this is way more interesting than some of those 15-minute videos of "I just built this cool Atari Punk Console – now, where's the switch?" However, a bit of a guided tour of the modules would have been a better use of the time. What is a 1 x COM or a 1 x RMF? How does a 1 x twin VCA differ from a 2 x VCA?

Meanwhile, let's turn our attention to, "It was the first mini analogue synthesizer around with modular construction that could be built at home at an affordable price." Well yeah, if you choose to ignore Doug Shaw's 'Practical Electronics' project of 1975 – and few others that appeared in the USA around this time.

]]> By: Marek Kuczynski http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2008/05/17/elektor-formant-synthesizer-demo/#comment-138667 Marek Kuczynski Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:25:46 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=6706#comment-138667 Why is is that whenever someone "demonstrates" a synth, they in fact just spend 10 minutes twiddling knobs at random to produce a cacophony of unpleasant noises which bores the viewer/listener to death? Come on guys, how about PLAYING the bloody thing? This particular video appears all over the place and yet it's so utterly uninspiring, I wouldn't buy/build a Formant on the strength of what I saw/heard!!! Why is is that whenever someone "demonstrates" a synth, they in fact just spend 10 minutes twiddling knobs at random to produce a cacophony of unpleasant noises which bores the viewer/listener to death? Come on guys, how about PLAYING the bloody thing? This particular video appears all over the place and yet it's so utterly uninspiring, I wouldn't buy/build a Formant on the strength of what I saw/heard!!!

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