Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

meatball-----i wouldnt be complaining about 6 voices--- you can at least play a triad chord with each hand---(i realize this has to do with  actual live 'pianoplaying' and not step sequencing.) or even not have a voice drop out when just using 2 fingers of both hands with long release sounds. . 

meanwhile the emphasis is on HALF - in 'Half-full'. why not 'all-full'? i want 'all-full'  ['half a loaf' is not considered good.] 

i would certainly have paid some more for the 8 voices--- its probably worth another $800[ maybe 1000] --- since all it is is part of another PC board. I see NO other companies bragging about their new delux 4 voice synth--- the average new PEK is $2400 (used 1400-1750)  so that would make an 8 voice model  $3200-3400. Hey it supposed to be  top-of-the-line, right???? [a new Waldorf Q+ is $3900.] 
as i said --make it an OPTION or an UPGRADE-- it would NOT  be hard for the company to do. and you can keep yours at only 4 voices because you love it so much that way .   I would pay for 8.



--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "meatballfulton" <hubcapbrian@...> wrote:
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> --- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "em" <musiclists@> wrote:
> > As I said, as a poly synth its severely crippled with only 
> > 4 voices. It makes me think, "What was Dave Smith thinking??" 
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> Maybe he was thinking he didn't want to charge $4000 for the PEK!!!
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> As far as 4 voices being "crippled" that's just because we're spoiled today by synths with up to 128 voices available. There weren't lots of complaints about 4, 5 and 6 voice polysynths back in the 70s and 80s. 
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> The glass is half full, not half empty.
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