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Subject: Re: NAMM 04

From: "pacificamsx" <pacificamsx@...>
Date: 2004-01-26

I'm still waiting for my G2--- hopefully by the end of the first week of February...
The "G1" has been a huge success for me in my setup since it came out.

Korg's virtual Wavestation made me smile, as well. Have to wait until March for that
one. Maybe I won't have to fix my hardware WS's faded display after all... ;) And their
little fake MS-20 USB controller was too cute for words.

Being an E-Mu user and beta tester from the Emulator 2 up through the E4XP, I was
impressed with the Emulator X's feature set. Unfortunately, it not only requires a PC, it
has at least two PCI cards. My "token" PC is in a Shuttle case, and only has one free
slot. So, I guess I stick with my E4 Platinum.

It was a shame not to have the analog modular companies out in force this year, but I
think they get more business "mileage" from the Web and word-of-mouth. I know
that most everyone who's seen my 70+ module MOTM system has become a
customer.

I agree with the notion that it's a good time to invest in other parts of my studio, to
round it out and make it a more comfortable place to spend the long hours. Making
good multitrack recordings is no longer an issue, and I'm happy with my mix of old,
new, and "hybrid" instruments.

-Russell


--- In oldsynths@yahoogroups.com, Marvin Jones <mjones@s...> wrote:
> Nord was showing their new 2nd generation Modular. New ASIC
> architechtures allow more local RAM and processing speed for each DSP, so
> the sounds are more rich and with lot's of ambience and effects
> processing. We need to get a report from Russ Brower, as he has one on
> order, and it should be arriving any day now.