Regarding the Estradin in this post, here is a shot of one with keys via this auction.Details:
"IT FEATURES 3 (THREE!!!) VCOS WITH DIFFERENT SHAPES, VERY POWERFUL VCFS WITH CUTOFF, RESONANCE AND ADSR, LFO + ADSR AND A NOISE GENERATOR. IN ADDITION THE SYNTH HAS AN INPUT (!!!) WHICH ALLOWS THE USE OF ITS FILTERS AND OTHER PROCESSING FACILITIES BY EXTERNAL INSTRUMENTS LIKE GUITAR, OTHER SYNTHS ETC. THIS FUNCTION IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE CLASSICAL ARP 2600. THE SOUND OF THIS BEAST IS BRAIN DAMAGING!!! CRYSTAL CRISP WITH INCREDIBLE LOWS. YOU CAN FIND SOME EXAMPLES HERE
BUT THE POSSIBILITIES ARE LIMITLESS. YOU CAN PLAY WITH IT FOR HOURS GETTING NEW VERY USABLE AND VERY FAT SOUNDS STRETCHING FAR BEYOND ANY MODELLING GEAR. IT ALSO SOUNDS A LOT LIKE POLYVOX ANOTHER SOVIET MONSTER WHICH ACHIEVED CULT STATUS (RICK WAKEMAN, DEPECHE MODE, ETC). YOU WILL THROW AWAY YOUR NORD LEAD AFTER YOU HAVE HEARD THIS BABY!!! THIS SYNTH BELONGS TO THE SAME FAMILY AS MOOGS, ARPS AND OTHER CLASSIC ANALOGUE MACHINES. IT IS LESS KNOWN (AND MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE) THAN ITS RENOWNED COLLEAGUES BUT JUST AS POWERFUL. AND IT FEELS AND LOOKS INCREDIBLY CHECK THE PICTURES!!!
MOREOVER, AFTER MANY REQUESTS, TO MAKE A QUICK COMPARISON AND SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO WE HAVE INCLUDED A SAMPLE CD WITH MOOG, ARP AND SOVIET SYNTHS (POLYVOX)SAMPLES SO YOU CAN JUDGE THEM NEXT TO EACH OTHER AND USE IN YOUR PRODUCTIONS. THE SYNTH IS RARE. IT IS NOT BEING MADE ANYMORE AND THE PRICE IS GOING UP SO IT IS A GOOD INVESTMENT TOO.
via synthcat.
BTW, if anyone knows of a tool that will convert upper case to lower case, let me know...
If you're on a mac osx machine, make a file, go to terminal.app, then type cat filename | tr [A-Z] [a-z]
ReplyDeletethat'll spit your lowercase back at you.
Brandon, you're such a neophyte .. besides, uppercase is BEAUTIFUL. I guess you haven't been using computers that long because UPPER CASE wasn't so LONG AGO.
ReplyDeleteOh, and do it right .. you sound like a DOS weenie that just got pipes.
$ tr "[A-Z]" "[a-z]" < filename
in Word: Format:Change Case:Sentance Case
ReplyDeletein Excel: paste the words into a cell (say, a1), then in an adjacent cell type =proper(trim(a1))
in Ruby,
ReplyDeletewhile (line = STDIN.gets.downcase)
puts line
end
Excellent. Thanks all. I'll use this for future posts.
ReplyDeleteIf you're stuck in Windoze, Textpad'll get the job done. It's a great tool.
ReplyDeletefor mac, tex-edit plus is very handy
ReplyDeleteTextWrangler is free and from the people who make BBedit. Highly recommended and has a Change Case command.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/
anonymous *nix geek is irrationally angry, but whatever. STDIN syntax isn't as readable/understandable to the average mac user. But as we see here, 10 different people will give you 20 different ways to skin a cat...
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