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Re: [Evolver] Re: PEK Product

2007-04-08 by Dale

some things, can't be fixed with a OS update...
hardware is needed ...
Like the MS2000, timing issues with the arp .. sure they did a OS update and that took it as far as it will go ...
AN200, DX200, the skip beat on seq. etc.. workarounds for all ... but
I wish I had a 100% then I would be able to bic. more about the other things ...
Well maybe not, I grown use to these things ... most of the time by beating my head on the wall wondering what stupid thing did I do ..
hence the why I am on over 102 groups ... to ask and keep up on these things so I don't kill off what 2 brain cells I have left ...
Aftertouch is a big issue here, I use it for so many things sometimes on our tracks ... that would be a killer ...
PEK works fine, just not as sensitive as I would like or should I say use too ... Extreme aftertouch is what I use mostly.. Even the Fusion aftertouch drives me
crazy sometimes ... s-80 isn't as bad however on aftertouch either but really that is my wife's keys, I just use once in a while.
Once again, I am very thankful for midi, as I can adjust and mix as needed with all these hardward items that don't work 100% ....
dale
----- Original Message -----
From: mr julian
William Soraparu wrote:

> I do not need to troll...my XTK has never burped...

So that pretty much means that with your xtk....
1) you've never set a sound to mono mode and played or sequenced legato
lines.
2) you've never used it as a master keyboard, to control another MIDI
device with aftertouch enabled
3) you've never run the xtk in multi mode with midi in controlling the
sounds on multiple channels, and keyboard set to control another sound
(in another slot) set to channel one.

I know this, because I've owned an XTk for many years now, and for a
while we tried using it as our main synth(alongside a few other synths,
with an MPC as the sequencer!) for playing live.... and we went through
all sorts of hell for what should have been a very simple thing to ask
of a moderm multitimbral synth. And waldorf knew about these bugs for
YEARS before they shut down. They always promised to fix the problems
SOON.... but always, nothing....

So, yeah.... if you think the PEK has more problems than other
manufacturers gear, and you think that DSI is not as good at support for
customers as waldorf was, well you just plain haven't been paying
attention to the gear you own.



julian

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