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| 1575.1 | MIDI too slow? | HPSRAD::NORCROSS | | Thu Jul 28 1988 13:59 | 10 |
| > it is NOT triggered via MIDI.. instead it uses a "very fast"
> audio triggering circuit.. it's marketed as a 'drum replacement' unit.
> For $600, I'm VERY interested ! Any comments from the community?
Yeah, is MIDI really that slow? I've never noticed any slowness,
but I'm just a home midiot. Do the professionals experience
significant delays in the MIDI drum trigger path?
/Mitch
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| 1575.2 | $600 still aint cheap... | LOLITA::DIORIO | | Thu Jul 28 1988 14:00 | 5 |
| Yeah I saw the ad too and it sounded interesting, but why is it
not controllable via MIDI? Is there any benefit to the audio triggering
method given the (IMO major) disadvantages of no MIDI control?
Mike D
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| 1575.3 | | SALSA::MOELLER | DECblocks Product Support | Thu Jul 28 1988 14:03 | 6 |
| re no MIDI control.. I wish it were there, too, but their rationale
was that as this is meant to be a real-time drum sound replacement
unit, ANY delay was not acceptable.. if I remember it'll take audio
inputs, line or mic, or an 'intermittent trigger' switch.
Think of it as Rx for your RX !! (sorry)
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| 1575.4 | Want One, But... | DRUMS::FEHSKENS | | Thu Jul 28 1988 14:03 | 15 |
| Yeah, I want one.
I saw the ad too. I wish I could hear one before I lay out the
cash. I read a review some time ago, probably in Music Sound Output,
and it sounds like the closest thing to my fantasy LENcymbal box.
The lack of MIDI is a minor annoyance, especially since "MIDI to
pad" convertors are not exactly a hot item these days.
I don't recall if it supports dynamics (it's virtually useless if
it doesn't), and I'm not aware of a box that converts MIDI note
ons with velocity to the corresponding pulse amplitude.
len.
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| 1575.5 | No problem- if you got $ | CTHULU::YERAZUNIS | Time is important; try to answer as quickly as possible. | Thu Jul 28 1988 14:16 | 7 |
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If you manage to latch onto an Xpander for cheap, it's trivial to
program the Xpander to be a MIDI to pad converter, with velocity,
pressure, wheel sense, whatever.
-Bill
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| 1575.6 | how many samples? | HPSRAD::NORCROSS | | Thu Jul 28 1988 14:20 | 4 |
| I don't have the ad in front of me, but didn't it only support like two
samples at a time (ie, kick and snare cartridge)?
/Mitch
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| 1575.7 | Long Samples | DRUMS::FEHSKENS | | Thu Jul 28 1988 14:34 | 10 |
| re .6 - yes, but they're really big samples. Also, I believe there
may be two samples per cartridge - e.g., the snare has left and
right hand strikes. The unit has some neat features, e.g., you
can set it up so if a second hit comes in close enough to the first,
it plays the second sample instead. Thus, you'd alternate the snare
samples on fills, but use the same sample for every backbeat. Gives
a more realistic effect.
len.
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