> From: "charel196" <charel196@...>
> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 16:14:51 -0000
>
> hey I LOVED and used my M400 live for 25 years and had an Anvil
> ATA case and was always on one end of it when it was moved so I
> know they can hold up on the road, if properly cared for. But in
> that 25 years I did have several tape breakages....and one motor
> card capacitor blow out.
And I used to love playing my Stratocaster, but in 25 years there were
∗several∗ string breakages. So yeah, now I play a sampler with a
cardboard cutout of a Stratocaster duct-taped over it, and that's much
more reliable. After all, what is rock'n'roll if not reliability,
right? :-)
> I'm not too sure how many of these units they'll sell
> anyway...given the limited niche market. But I am glad to see
> it.Yeah....nothing will 100% duplicate the real deal but it could be
> a useful tool.
"Useful tool"?
Okay... They're taking a generic sample-playing keyboard, putting it
in a box that vaguely resembles the targeted musical instrument,
slicing off some of the keys and likewise crippling the sampler's
other capabilities to match the functional limitations of the targeted
musical instrument, and marketing the result that as a modern version
of that instrument.
At a deep philosophical level, don't you think that's... kind'a weird?
-- Don
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Don Tillman
Palo Alto, California
don@...http://www.till.com