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Re: Very weird (but useful) feature suggestion!

2002-05-20 by nbaryosef100

I think so too :))
--- In xl7@y..., erik_magrini@B... wrote:
> This post is completely stupid or something....
> 
> rEalm
> :)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Okey, here's a weird one. But remember, only because it's weird, 
it's 
> not bad and unrealistic.
> 
> I guess there's a couple of us who owns the XX-7 or Proteus 2500 
that 
> uses it as their main sequencer. I do.
> 
> Sometimes I miss the visual overview of a software sequencer, the 
LCD 
> screen is basically way too small to show the info I need. A piano 
> roll interface would be useful while in Step mode... Perhaps 
> something that shows the curves of controller changes [and so on].
> 
> This would of course require a bigger "screen". But building a new 
> one to plug in to the XX-7 would probably be way too expencive. So 
> (and here comes the weird part) why not use something that already 
> exists. Perhaps a Gameboy? (Yes, it's crazy). Their new system has 
> 65535 color screen and of course ability to connect it to other 
> devices, and such stuff, and with some programming it might be 
fully 
> possible to connect one to the XL-7 and use it's screen for visual 
> overview.
> 
> Okey, I don't really know if it's possible, but at least it could 
be 
> a nice solution. I would buy it for sure.
> 
> (And please, don't reply telling me that this post is completley 
> stupid or something, because that, I already know)
> 
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