[sdiy] Interesting Midi Box for Parts etc...

[Alex]

Hi All,

I live in Los Angeles and I go to the All Electronics location in Van Nuys
that actually has these units on the shelf.  I can tell you that if you've
ever been to a ham fest or a electronic swap meet, that is basically the
inside of this shop. They also have Alesis keyboard assemblies in a box in
the back of the shop as well. From what I could discern from reading the
manual that they had in plain view was that this was one of the last of the
Nano series, It's a simple Midi Sequence Recorder that uses a PCMCIA card to
store it's memories on. The standard PCMCIA Blank PCMCIA card is sold at any
Mars or GC for about $100.  These units are in Brand New condition still
wrapped in their little plastic baggies in the little boxes. AllElec is a
surplus store, there is a lot of stuff in that store that I'm not sure that
they even knew where it came from.  All in all, it's a neat little find for
those that want to play back MIDI sequences especially handy for those that
still sequence live and don't want to be seen on stage with a laptop.

Oh well, that's my two cents worth, AllElec is a cool bargain hunters
paradise for electronics noodlers like ourselves.  The one cool thing they
do have is a whole bunch of motorized slide and rotarty pots for real cheap
and there's stuff in the store that they don't feature in the catalog.

Later.
Alcratin
----- Original Message -----
From: "DJ Marmalade" <djmarmalade at planetp.org>
To: <music.maker at gte.net>; <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 5:44 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Interesting Midi Box for Parts etc...


> The site did not say they have a software problem, it said "a software
> problem, or something like that".  That indicates to me that all
electronics
> doesn't really know.  It is possible, that the only thing wrong with them
is
> that it is a product that numark wants to just dump and not be bothered
with
> support issues.  By declaring they don't work, they assure that, for the
> most part, the units won't get into the hands of people that don't know
what
> they're doing. The price isn't really that good considering what these
> things sold for new.  I bet they work just fine, or at least as well as
any
> of them ever did.  Even if they do work though, I doubt there's enough
> interface on that thing to make it a really good sequencer.  Keep in mind,
> this is all coming straight out of my ass so wash your hands after reading
> this email and don't bother telling me I don't know what I'm talking
about,
> cause I already know.
>
> daryl
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Scott Gravenhorst <music.maker at gte.net>
> To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 3:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Interesting Midi Box for Parts etc...
>
>
> > Interesting.  Too bad they don't given even a drop of
> > a clue as to just how this "software problem" manifests
> > itself.  There are bugs and then there are BUGS.  If
> > I were wealthy, I'd buy one and critique it for the list.
> > However, if the bug is bad enough, you would be paying
> > $40 for a box and some jacks...
> >
> > Cynthia Webster <cynthia.webster at gte.net> wrote:
> > >Hi Group!
> > >
> > >I saw this and thought y'all might be interested...
> > >
> >
>
>http://www.allelectronics.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?category=395&item=EX-630
> 3
> > >&type=store
> > >
> > >Cheers!
> > >
> > >Cynthia
> > >
> > >
> >
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