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Just wondering why Martin or Dave Kean never followed up on this
concept with the usual wooden cabinet instead of the aluminum
"Maytag".Seems like a cool idea...no moving heads,individual track
volumes,eq,panning,outputs.Or what about using 8 or 16 tracks ala
Chamberlin/Jtron? Why not offer a tron with these improvements(since
no one seems to want a digital one)?
I have read the 4 track had some problems with sound quality but Dave
Kean thought it would be corrected with better tapes.Anyone ever hear
or play one in person? How did it compare to a 400?