[A6] RE: Neuron (ot)

[Dr. Georg Müller]

"F.A.S. Truhan III" schrieb:

>      Ok, I'm going to ask a question, let's try to be objective here. I
> personally care more about the end result of the synth (i.e., the sounds it
> can make) moreso than the means (process it uses to make the sounds) that
> it uses. So, ignoring the supposedly original synthesis method the Neuron
> uses, am I the only one that thinks that any decent sampler can be used to
> synthesize such sounds?

The neuron to my ears seems to sound fine, if you play the model with the
original set of parameters. So to speak in true resynthesis mode. But then 
a sampler with good time/formant/pitch shifting does the trick as well. If 
you start tweaking the sticks you drift away from that nice sound into more
or less a "destructed" version of that sound. The filter is allmost never of
any use to the sound in the way I like with those classical analog filters.

>      Now, this isn't the first batch of sound samples of the Neuron I've
> heard. I know I've heard about a half a dozen sets of samples of it from
> various tradeshows and such, any I can't help but be horribly disappointed.
> To me, the sounds it makes are like a good sampler meets a so-so
> VA...perhaps a glorified and turbocharged D50. Am I the only one in
> thinking this? I would really love to hear the opinions of others on this
> point.

I think the point about the turbocharged D50 describes quite well, the way I 
perceived the neuron sound all the times I heard one. There is easily this
"digital", "gritty", "breathy", "grainy" tone to the sound.

As others stated allready, I think as well, the neuron is a synth for some
special people, who like that sound.

Georg.