Re: [MMM] microtonal synths

cb,

{you wrote...}
>In my opinion, a synth with decent sounds that don't make you cringe is >more important than a synth with massive re-tuning capabilities.

Let's see: no shit! I bought an old TX-802 for the ability to use full keyboard tunings *in the hope* that more complex voice architecture would yield fuller timbral possibilities than my two TX81Z boxes. No dice.

>Of course it would be great to have both.

Yep. Not to mention good available microtonal players on acoustic instruments.

>But meanwhile, I'm happy with my Roland XV-5050.

Is that the latest generation of my JV-1080? I still gravitate to this box, and am now working in 12 note scales just so I can use sounds that are more pleasing to my ears...

Addendum: some people seem to make FM synthsis work just swell for them; Rick McGowan comes to mind.

Cheers,
Jon