[sdiy] PPG sacrilege!

[Richard Wentk]

At 09:23 12/05/2006, Oakley Sound wrote:
> > and get a Prophet T8 first - mostly for the Poly AT, which is 
> performance gold dust.
>
>I have played the T8 a few times and I'm sorry to say I didn't like the 
>keyboard action. And the sound of the T8 isn't particularly special either.

I'm not so wowed by the sound, but 76-notes weighted with Poly AT would be 
a good thing to have.

> > the DX7 has PolyAT :-)
>
>I don't think it does.

Nope.

>And it doesn't send the full velocity data either, going up to 100 I 
>believe. Nice keyboard though.

Yep.

>Some of the Ensoniq keyboards sent poly aftertouch. The ones that use 
>magnetic coupling and needs to calibrate itself on power up. Very nicely 
>built too although they do get warm on UK mains voltages.

Since they're easier to find than a T8, and there are 76-note versions 
around, I should probably hunt one of these down instead.

Last time I tried one I thought the action was clacky, and I've heard the 
AT isn't all that long-lasting. But - still - worth another look now.

Richard