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Re: [AN1x] an1x as master keyboard?

2002-05-22 by Bruce Wahler

Jon,

>Hhhm, I was under the impression Yamaha had a much larger 
>stake in Korg - something like 51%?!

No, it is less than half; of that much I am certain.

>And I though Fatar licensed their keyboard mechanisms to MANY synth 
>manufacturers (in addition to marketing low cost models under 
>their own name.) Am I mistaken on this too?

No, this is completely true.  Fatar sells OEM keybeds -- the proper name for key-and-switch mechanisms -- to Korg (CX-3), Peavey (DPM-8), and Clavia (Nord Electro), to name a few that I know of first-hand; as well as selling their own line of MIDI master controllers, the Studiologic series.  I didn't mean to imply otherwise, I simply meant to explain that Fatar is not a subsidiary of Yamaha or any other musical instrument company.  Fatar keybeds appear in a large percentage of all modern musical instruments.

Regards,

-BW

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