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Re: [yamahacs80] Re: Kurzweil MIDIboard: poly pressure vs. CS-80

2004-10-01 by David Evans

On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 02:19:32PM -0400, marzzz@... wrote:
>
> Actually, many manufacturers don't implement PolyAT because of: 1) the cost-
> you need separate sensors for each key; 2) Ensoniq (?) has a patent regarding
> PolyAT that they refuse to license;

My understanding is that that's not quite true. Ensoniq has (or had; it
may have expired by now) a patent that covers most *cheap* ways one might
implement poly AT. Thus only the expensive options are left.

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David Evans dfevans@...
Research Associate, Ph.D. Candidate http://bbcr.uwaterloo.ca/~dfevans/
University of Waterloo "Default is the value selected by the composer
Ontario, Canada overridden by your command." - Roland TR-707 Manual

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