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What is LA Synth?

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What is LA Synth?

Postby Frayo » Mon Jan 19, 2004 12:52 pm

I have heard of a sound called the LA Night/LA Synth sound. What was this? Who falled into this category?
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Postby Frau_Blucher » Mon Jan 19, 2004 1:17 pm

I grew up in LA and don't recall an "LA Synth" movement. However, given your interest in synths, could you have seen it in reference to Roland's late-80s sound modules like the MT-32? These were called Linear Algorithmic or Linear Arithmetic (I can't reme
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Postby Bob-O » Tue Jan 20, 2004 2:05 am

FB-01 made by (I think) Yamaha was also an LA synth module.
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Postby newwavr176209 » Tue Jan 20, 2004 7:20 am

Thats really cool that you mentioned that. Because in my latest stab at the recording industry, I am doing a CD made on vintage video game tones and notes.

Its been a total blast using these old noises.

What I have used is a Prophet-5 and a low qual
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