Peter,
Let's face it, the deciding factor in keyboard size is the keybed, itself, plus the need for wheels, knobs, and switches. Miniaturization and digitizing have shrunk the actual electronics to almost pocket-sized. It's like laptops: I can make you one that will fit inside a day-planner, but you won't like the keyboard or the screen!
Regards,
-BW
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Bruce Wahler
Design Consultant
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bruce@...At 10:33 P 1/6/2002 +0100, you wrote:
>Hi Bruce,
>
>> Yes, 90% of what goes on in the AN1x (and any other analog modeling synth)
>happens between the CPU/DSP and the onboard ROM -- all in the digital world.
>At the end of all the processing, it gets converted back to analog by the
>DACs, and that's about it, sound-wise. Everything else is UI -- knobs,
>switches, display, etc.
>
>Yes, I know... I was just disappointed that it looks so pathetically little
>that does the sound generating. :)
>
>I've opened my EX5R (before I sold it) one or two times. Huge box, mostly
>air with a very big and sparsely populated PCB, and a lot of small PCB's for
>the controllers.
>
>- Peter