RE: All I want for Christmas...

["Dave Bradley"<dbradley@ngw.qdeck.com>]

          To:   hammond @ zk3.dec.com
          cc:
          Subject:  RE: All I want for Christmas...



          >>>>Among the XB-2's problems, though, is not
          enough oscillators. Don't ya hate it when you do a left hand mash
          potatoes
          swirl only to discover all the oscillators got stolen from your
          right hand?
          I don't know how the XB-2 works, but it obviously only has a few
          oscillators, so it has to have some sort of assignent algorithm
          to figure
          out where to steal oscillators when it runs out.
          As the trend towards more oscillators continues, I thought, hmm,
          with a 128
          osc synth, you could solve this problem the right way. I don't
          think anybody
          has tried this before. <<<<

          Actually, this HAS been tried in the Voce V-3.  It uses 91
          oscillators to cover the 91 generators in a console Hammond, so
          you can smear to your heart's content, and not lose any voices.
          This feature is prominently mentioned in the Voce ads.