Whenever someone puts something out in a public forum for evaluation and critique, if it isn't quite up to snuff, or at least in someone's opinion it isn't, that's just the way it is. It's always about opinions anyway, and since everyone has one, who's to say who is right or wrong ?

Who said anyone has to be a music producer or be able to produce "a better" demo in order to be qualifed to critique what they hear ? Who wrote that rule anyway ? I constantly see that on these forums as if it's a defense when someone's stuff gets crtiqued. Do you guys think that all of the top studio producers and major magazine critics are also necessarily always top flight musicians ?

I think the G70 itself sounds fine in this demo btw. Musically, to me, the piece isn't awful, the notes seems to be in place, but I won't say it sounds quite near the original or does justice to it. It sounds like a typical arranger being used to imitate a cover song, nothing wrong with that since many of us buy arrangers for just that perpose.... but it just doesn't give me quite the same feel as the real and "real" analog instruments that were used in the original. Then again very few of today's synths seem to do the analog sounds with the same force. Ya know what though..? If we were to see "Europe" doing this piece live today I'm guessing it probably wouldn't sound exactly like the original either.

I still get the impression from the demos I hear that both the G70 and PA1x sound more like a live performance, while The Tyros sounds more like a CD recording. I think the Tyros has the cleaner sounding lead instruments, but I think maybe I prefer the live performance sound of the other's styles.

Real analog is almost a funny term too btw, since analogs in the early days were advertised as having been designed to mimic real acoustic instruments. We all know how that turned out, but many of the popular sounds made by them are now classic in their own right and are sought out to this day, by me included. I absolutely love analog and some of the better wave based synths that followed it, like the Korg Wavestation for example.

AJ



[This message has been edited by Bluezplayer (edited 01-15-2006).]