Nigel,
Being a pain in the ass that I am I have to remind everyone that the D50, MT32 and Roland synths that featured L.A.S. were fully digital and featured no analog circuitry aside from the D/A converter on the main output.

It's "analog" waveforms and filters were digital. Initial confusion was generated by some of the KB articles on D50 and L.A.Synthesis were the description of D50's tone architecture was rather ambiguous (basically describing the D50 as if it was a hybrid synth when it actually was a totally digital instrument).

So I'm afraid the only thing that can explain the dark character of MT32's sound is it's low fi sound and 8-bit FX as well as 15k quality of most tape recorders. Like I said there was no true analog component to the sound of L.A.S. based synths and modules what so ever. It's just a miss-conseption that seems to live on even today.

Chris was one good guitar player though. Really dedicated and strong in his technique. That can only be admired.

-ED-



[This message has been edited by 3351 (edited 09-22-2005).]