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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 2453.1 | Cheap and Light | AQUA::ROST | Rockette Morton takes off into the wind | Wed Sep 19 1990 14:29 | 10 |
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It's made in Italy, it's built into a road case and it's cheap. It's
control functions, compared to boards like the Roland A-80 or Yamaha
KX-88 are underwhelming. A guy I play with ocassionally dumped a
Kurzweil MIDIboard for one. Before you all gasp, it was strictly a
question of weight for him. He uses it to drive a Kurzweil 1000PX for
piano only, and it works for him. He also is less than thrilled with
the touch, but lives with it.
Brian
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| 2453.2 | I think they've gone down hill a bit | RANGER::EIRIKUR | | Wed Sep 19 1990 15:03 | 8 |
| I played one of the early ones and liked it a great deal. Last week I
was at the Framingham (Mass) Wurlies and played a current production
model which I didn't like. I really think there was something
different. When it came out, it was the only reasonable price
piano-action controller. That's probably not true any more.
Eirikur
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| 2453.3 | M-m-m my generation | RANGER::ROBERT | | Wed Sep 19 1990 17:09 | 19 |
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The 1st generation of that controller was *very* basic. Simply 88 I
believe wooden or at least wooden-like keys that just sent velocity and
had one split point- and I think only 2 MIDI channels too... Alright as
strictly a piano controller I guess.
However a recent Keyboard (possibly EM) did a review on master MIDI
controllers and there's another generation of the Fatar out that looks
pretty impressive, they give it a pretty good review. The definite
plus is the compact size/weight and built right into it's own
hard-case. Great for gigging!
The one going for under $1K must be the older one which I don't think
is worth it. However if it's the newer one then I think it's a
good-great deal. I'll have to look into that, I'm in the market for
a controller.
-TR
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| 2453.4 | Have *light* controller, can travel (easily...) | DELNI::SMCCONNELL | Next year, in JERUSALEM! | Thu Sep 20 1990 16:57 | 17 |
| If it's the older one (less complicated...kind of an understatement ;-)
I had one. For the factors of price, portability, and the fact that I
was driving *only* an MSK-20 piano module (meaning, I didn't need fancy
controller functions), it can't be beat.
Touch is not fantastic (esp. compared with the Kurzweil MIDIboard IMO),
but one can get used to it.
If they're selling for less than $1K (how much less?) you may want to
snag one up.
Besides, Scott, you never have to TUNE it! ;-)
FWIW,
Steve
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| 2453.5 | | DELNI::SMCCONNELL | Next year, in JERUSALEM! | Thu Sep 20 1990 16:58 | 3 |
| re: .4
(oops, that's MKS-20 {blush})
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