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Peter999 · Post by **Peter999** » Mon May 21, 2012 1:06 pm

SonicProjects Stringer compared to a real Logan String Melody II and playing some of the other included sounds:

The two other sampled string machines are the ARP Omni 2 and the very rare and less known Weson Symphony.

Have much fun watching

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rasmusklump · Post by **rasmusklump** » Mon May 21, 2012 1:19 pm

Its great.
As a Stringer owner I can say its totally worth the price.

Peter999 · Post by **Peter999** » Mon May 21, 2012 3:26 pm

Thanks

Fortunately the old machine still worked...

mclane · Post by **mclane** » Mon May 21, 2012 6:28 pm

Sounds great! Now I finally can learn to play "watcher of the skies". Wasn't this played on a Mellotron originally?

Peter999 · Post by **Peter999** » Mon May 21, 2012 6:34 pm

Yes, Tony Banks used a Mellotron, a mix of brass and strings. But it's fun to play it with this sound too

In some of the live gigs the Mellotron was a bit whining sounding imho, but sometimes also simply great

Sendy · Post by **Sendy** » Mon May 21, 2012 6:52 pm

Peter999 wrote:

Lol at the massive *clunk* when you press the white buttons

Sounds like a spitting image. (Minus the clunks - maybe you should put those into the GUI?)

Peter999 · Post by **Peter999** » Mon May 21, 2012 7:53 pm

Sendy wrote:Lol at the massive *clunk* when you press the white buttons

Sounds like a spitting image. (Minus the clunks - maybe you should put those into the GUI?)

Yeah, those are real massive pre-war radio buttons - you really know when you have chosen a preset

It's a tank anyway - all wood and metal - 23 kilograms

Examigan · Post by **Examigan** » Mon May 21, 2012 8:41 pm

Sounds great Peter

I really have to write it into another song. This time I'll let it take more of the spotlight, it deserves it.

donato · Post by **donato** » Mon May 21, 2012 9:32 pm

Why are there two string machine computer programs titled, "Stringer" is my only question

mclane · Post by **mclane** » Tue May 22, 2012 8:21 am

Peter999 wrote:
Sendy wrote:Lol at the massive *clunk* when you press the white buttons

Sounds like a spitting image. (Minus the clunks - maybe you should put those into the GUI?)
Yeah, those are real massive pre-war radio buttons - you really know when you have chosen a preset

It's a tank anyway - all wood and metal - 23 kilograms

boah...

Peter999 · Post by **Peter999** » Tue May 22, 2012 8:48 am

They all were quite heavy. At least the Logan has the flight case right built in, it's a case by itself, including handle.

These btw. are the sampled devices:

The Logan ist the best sounding of all String Machines imho.

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Lost_Highway · Post by **Lost_Highway** » Tue May 22, 2012 11:54 am

I didn't think the Logan was that heavy. I weighed mine when I was looking at keyboard stands and I seem to recall that the Logan was about 15 kg, probably a little under, and the Solina was 25 kg. Certainly the Solina is much heavier than the Logan. But it's been a while since I moved them - they're stable so they're staying put

I needed a stand and extension that would take all that weight, plus a Mopho Keyboard, Dark Energy and other shit on top of the Logan

I'll have to listen to this when I get home, sadly no sound here at work.

donato · Post by **donato** » Tue May 22, 2012 3:18 pm

I had a Logan, Crumar Performer and Solina at different times. I actually thought the Solina was the best but only by a small margin over the Crumar- they were quite different. I also liked that the Crumar was light. The Logan to me was by far the worst sounding. Maybe other units sounded better than mine, I don't know. String machines are quite subjective though.

Peter999 · Post by **Peter999** » Tue May 22, 2012 8:02 pm

Lost_Highway wrote:I didn't think the Logan was that heavy. I weighed mine when I was looking at keyboard stands and I seem to recall that the Logan was about 15 kg, probably a little under, and the Solina was 25 kg. Certainly the Solina is much heavier than the Logan. But it's been a while since I moved them - they're stable so they're staying put

I needed a stand and extension that would take all that weight, plus a Mopho Keyboard, Dark Energy and other shit on top of the Logan

I'll have to listen to this when I get home, sadly no sound here at work.

It's strange, some sources (including wikipedia) say its 23 kilograms, others say 15. Maybe there are different versions. I've never weighted mine, but with the cover it's really heavy.

Peter999 · Post by **Peter999** » Tue May 22, 2012 8:10 pm

donato wrote:I had a Logan, Crumar Performer and Solina at different times. I actually thought the Solina was the best but only by a small margin over the Crumar- they were quite different. I also liked that the Crumar was light. The Logan to me was by far the worst sounding. Maybe other units sounded better than mine, I don't know. String machines are quite subjective though.

Did you have the II or the I? There also was a previous model (without II) which only had one sound. The Melody II, at least imho, has very fat and lively sounds, and it has an envelope for each key, not just one for all as the ARP Omni 2. But the ARP of course has the well known 70ies/80ies strings.

Logan String Melody II vs. SonicProjects Stringer - watch video!