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Yeah,

Kenton have abandoned making the plugstation some time ago now, perhaps 18
months - 2 years ago.

Nice bit of kit, came to the market a little too late, mine is populated
with AN and DX boards, and links to my SW1000XG which in turn links to one
of 2 DSP Factory cards also in my music PC.  I route SW1000XG sounds to
channels 3-8 of the 8 channels it can send directly digitally into the DSP
Factory mixer, leaving channels 1 and 2 for the plugstation boards.  Works a
treat and sound quality is excellent.

If you find one, don't forget to check the firmware version.  Kenton used to
keep the latest firmware on their website www.kenton.co.uk - it was still
there when I went to it a couple of weeks ago (looking at Yamaha PF15 MIDI
Retrofit boards).  But just tried to access the site and they now direct you
to a redesigned site at www.kentonuk.com - hopefully the plugstation
firmware is still on there, as I didn't have time look properly.

Also there were several variants of the plugstation - basically a box that
you could choose to populate with one or more of 3 boards to increase
functionality.  So make sure you check which boards are included before you
buy.

One board you have to have to get the basic functionality.

A second board gives you the connection to the SW1000XG, remember that you
can use the plugstation standalone, without this board, triggering the
boards via midi, if you don't have an sw1000xg.

A third board gives you 8 analog outputs and the ability to route sw1000xg
and/or PLG board outputs to those analog outputs.  The D/A convertors are
pretty good spec too.

I haven't got the manual in front of me, but that's probably still available
on the Kenton website too.  I think they were called X Y and Z boards.  

The key thing is to check which boards are installed.

Best of luck,

Nigel

-----Original Message-----
From: AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of rtintner@...
Sent: 28 September 2005 23:10
To: AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [AN1x] Kenton Plugstations

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Dan 
  To: AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 1:04 PM
  Subject: [AN1x] Kenton Plugstation - Where to buy?


 << Does anyone know whether any retailers in the US are still selling 
  Kenton Plugstations (used to host Yamaha PLG boards)? 

  I didn't find any by doing a quick Yahoo search, checking the major 
  online music retailers' sites, or on eBay.>> 
 
Rogue music in New York still has some listed - but they aren't making them
anymore
 
Ron Tintner


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