Just curious - if a person were to want to compare synth programming power between the old Polyfusion system ( like TOTO used to use with Steve Porcaro ), the old Moog 55, the Roland modular, etc., etc., and the Zebra 2 - which would win ?
I know it may be a silly inquiry, but those synths had / have, a lot of sonic power, and I thought it would be interesting to do a comparison on programming capabilities.
Could today's Zebra 2 "out-synth" the Polyfusion / modular stuff of yesterday, or is all of that monolithic hardware still "the king" ?
Plusses and minus of each ? Where does the hardware out-do Zebra ( if at all ) ?
Thanks for your input !
~JT.
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Which is more capable - Polyfusion system or Zebra 2 ?
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- KVRist
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- 98 posts since 13 Sep, 2005
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- KVRAF
- 1529 posts since 12 Jun, 2004 from Portland, OR
They're different.
Just love Zebra for what it is.
Love it dammit!!!!
But seriously, most modulars only do mono, and Zebra has comb filters like you won't find hardware, osc FX, MSEGS, FM oscs, wave creation and morphing, etc...
The old modulars probably have amazing sounding oscs and filters, but if you put Z's oscs through an XMF, I don't think you will be disappointed.
Just love Zebra for what it is.
Love it dammit!!!!
But seriously, most modulars only do mono, and Zebra has comb filters like you won't find hardware, osc FX, MSEGS, FM oscs, wave creation and morphing, etc...
The old modulars probably have amazing sounding oscs and filters, but if you put Z's oscs through an XMF, I don't think you will be disappointed.
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- KVRian
- 1084 posts since 12 Sep, 2008 from Your basement
Shit, now I've got that awful "Rosanna" song stuck in my head. Thanks a lot, man.JPTinAshland wrote:TOTO
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- KVRAF
- 6895 posts since 9 Mar, 2003 from the bridge of sighs
just bless the rains , down in africa ...Ogg Vorbis wrote:Shit, now I've got that awful "Rosanna" song stuck in my head. Thanks a lot, man.JPTinAshland wrote:TOTO
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Meet you all the way...
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- KVRAF
- 9216 posts since 23 Jul, 2002 from Pequot Lakes, MN
The Polyfusions were available as polyphonic instruments, though- I almost bought a four voice Polyfusion system 15 years ago. And, FM was one of its strong points; most of the Toto sounds you think of were FM patches using the Polyfusion.kodama wrote: But seriously, most modulars only do mono, and Zebra has comb filters like you won't find hardware, osc FX, MSEGS, FM oscs, wave creation and morphing, etc...
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- KVRAF
- 4126 posts since 23 May, 2004 from Bad Vilbel, Germany
The mighty Zebra Modular System II (1971) had the following collection of modules:
8 oscillators
8 multimode filters (2 of them built to order by R.A. Moog)
5 "resonant wierdness" filters (labelled CMB and SBF)
4 multimode waveshapers
3 ring modulators
2 noise generators (with integrated LP/HP filter)
8 envelope generators (4 of them have integrated stereo amps)
6 LFOs
1 stereo reverb
2 stereo tape delay units (!)
2 phaser/chorus modules
2 compressors
2 4-band parametric EQ modules
1 16-step, 3-row sequencer
...plus several voltage controllable amps/mixers.
Not bad, eh? What do you guys think of the new emulation?
BTW: Check this new hardware spec out...
http://forums.johnbowen.com/viewtopic.php?p=1646#1646
8 oscillators
8 multimode filters (2 of them built to order by R.A. Moog)
5 "resonant wierdness" filters (labelled CMB and SBF)
4 multimode waveshapers
3 ring modulators
2 noise generators (with integrated LP/HP filter)
8 envelope generators (4 of them have integrated stereo amps)
6 LFOs
1 stereo reverb
2 stereo tape delay units (!)
2 phaser/chorus modules
2 compressors
2 4-band parametric EQ modules
1 16-step, 3-row sequencer
...plus several voltage controllable amps/mixers.
Not bad, eh? What do you guys think of the new emulation?
BTW: Check this new hardware spec out...
http://forums.johnbowen.com/viewtopic.php?p=1646#1646
