Originally posted by Diki:
One can only hope this isn't patented technology, and eventually Korg and Roland (who we see have something like this in the pipeline on their Atelier organs) can incorporate it on to the already excellent SOUNDING (but not playing!) sax sounds...
Diki,
The Super Articulation technology IS patented by Yamaha. You can read the patent here (unfortunately only the abstract is in English):
TIMBRE GENERATION METHOD AND DEVICE Yamaha has a history of protecting its patents very vigorously - anyone remember FM synthesis? It is not likely that Yamaha will license the Super Articulation technology to any of its major competitors.
The SuperNatural voices in the new Roland Atelier AT-900/AT-900C has nothing to do with Super Articualtion. You have to select the different samples with controllers like velocity, aftertouch and two dedicated foot pedals. There is no automatic analysis of your playing style like on the Tyros 2. You can see a demonstration of Rolands SuperNatural voices in the last part of this video:
Roland Music Atelier: Tones If you want the ultimate in solo voice technology there is no way around the Tyros 2 or PSR-S900. But in my opinion an arranger keyboard is much more than its solo voices so Roland/Korg/Ketron will still be very relevant in the future.
Kind regards,
Tommy