Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!auvm!SPOT!SCHABTAC From: schabtac@SPOT.COLORADO.EDU Newsgroups: bit.listserv.emusic-l Subject: Re: Is this a Waldorf I see before me? Message-ID: <9002201635.AA09319@spot.Colorado.EDU> Date: 20 Feb 90 16:35:06 GMT Sender: Electronic Music Discussion List Reply-To: Electronic Music Discussion List Lines: 27 Approved: NETNEWS@AUVM.BITNET Gateway X-Envelope-to: EMUSIC-L@AUVM.BITNET >Keep in mind, though, that the WS is >>>>>>>>>$$$$$$$$$$$$... >If it has onboard effects, I'll cringe. If it has a sequencer, I'll puke! >Damn the DPM3!!!! From what I've been able to find out, the WS is ~$2500, while the Waldorf KitchenAid (sorry, folks, I'm still having a hard time with the NAME of the thing) is $2000. Assuming the usual 15-25%-off-list price for Korg gear, and also assuming the 'Dorf is gonna be hard to find stateside (even if Nick does coax the killer TD choir out of it, it just ain't gonna be a runaway seller in the U.S.) and hence will go for nearly list, the price difference between the two won't be enormous. With the WS, you get a keyboard (mixed feelings about that, but I guess I could put up with it) a couple of joysticks to waggle, and what looks to be a pretty nice front panel. You'll cringe, but you won't lose your lunch: the WS has two effects processors but no sequencer. The literatu::-,a:e::-:::: :::but th but that has to do with the sound generation (perhaps a scanning mechanism similar to the PPG/MixMaster, yes, maybe, hopefully?) and not sequenceing int the usual sense. I played a DPM3. Yawn. I really don't see why Keyboard got so excited about it. It sounds okay, but sonically speaking, the VFX SD sitting next to it blew the pants off it. Maybe they're influenced by all the advertising space Peavey has bought over the past few months (God, those are the worst ads for music gear I've ever seen). --Adam