For those who're interested, the V50 is essentially two TX81Zs in a
keyboard, plus a cheap drum machine and some basic effects. They're
still going for fairly bargain prices, too.
And yeah, the TX81Z is underappreciated; not quite as classic as the
DX7, but much more featureful than a lot of the 4-ops, and the
additional waveforms and flexible layering open up a lot of sonic
territory that the big DXen can't easily replicate.
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On 6/15/21, LarryS <vision1@...> wrote:
Certainly true.
I am one of those fair-weather-FM users that had a TX81z and it never went
anywhere. The presets were middling and nowhere could I find super sounds
at the time, so I ditched the thing because my exciting life just didn’t
have time to stare at a 2 line display.
As I recall, I had gotten it because the TX-7 wasn’t rack mount and the
TX816… well, who could afford THAT? Nothing in between.
While I’m not up on every piece of hardware any longer, I’m still quite the
fanboy of FM and would very much love to see someone take it to the next
level. Multi wave forms. 8 (or more) operators. Adaptable, even
dynamically assignable algorithms. Real time parameter changes. Not
especially tough in software with today’s hardware, but I doubt we’ll ever
see a Grand Old Keyboard made from it.
L.
but I could make an argument that if the FM community as a whole had spent
as much time programming the TX801z as the DX7, there might have been a lot
more surprises to enjoy. I performed for over three years with *nothing*
but four -- yes, four -- TX81z modules in my rack., connected to a Roland
MKB-300
Regards,
-BW
Bruce Wahler
Halfmoon-Switch.com?
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