Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

I bought two of the things around '91 or '92.  I put one of them on a cart
with a 12 volt marine battery, and a 500 Watt amplifier and used them in a
marching band!!!!

At the time, I was band director for a small county school district.  When I
took the job, morale in the band was low because, frankly, the band sucked!
I felt that my first job was to get the kids excited and feeling good about
playing in the band.  I used the VSX-SD to cover then instruments that were
missing in the band and to reinforce the overall sound of the band.

Before long I had a group of kids that were excited about being in the band
because suddenly they sounded GOOD and were getting positive feedback from
their non-band classmates and the community.  Next thing I knew, they were
actually practicing  on their instruments and doing all of the things that
musicians need to do to become better musicians.

Also used the VFX-SD with my beginning classes from the very beginning.
Beginning method books usually start out with a unison pitch played for 4
counts followed by 4 counts of rest and repeated several times.  Pretty
boring stuff - even for a group of 12 year-old kids.  I would sequence a
jazz background with bass, drums, etc. and suddenly the exercises were fun
instead of boring.  In addition, the beat was steady, so they were learning
about musical pulse and the bass provided a pitch center so they were
learning about intonation right from day one.

Of course, the other band directors though that I was cheating so I got a
lot of static from guys (and gals) who did not have a musical bone in their
body!!!

By the was, a VFX-SD played through a 500W amp puts out about the same
amount of sound as a 180 piece marching band!

JI

-----Original Message-----
From: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Frank Crawford
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 11:34 AM
To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Original Owners - Give A Shout!


i am an ORIGINAL   bought 2 , new units, &2500 each, 1993 in syracuse ny..
at this point, my wife and i do a duo, completely sequenced, country, disco,
r&r, and swing.  i have a laptop, and a couple sound modules, but NOTHING
compares to the SD-1 sound or versatility

frank crawford



----- Original Message -----
From: "swomp_rabbit" <swomp_rabbit@...>
To: <Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 9:59 AM
Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Original Owners - Give A Shout!


I am curious as to how many original VFX and/or SD-1 owners are in
this group???

I am an original owner having purchased my VFX-SD in 1989 and my SD-
1 in 1992. Both units are still in excellent condition and working
perfectly.

Actually, I originally purchased a VFX in May of 1989 for $1795. In
December of that year that same music store (Art's Music in
Montgomery, Alabama) received their first VFX-SD and I just had to
have it. They allowed me to trade in my VFX and allowed me $1444 on
a trade in for the VFX-SD which sold for $2295. In hind-sight, I
think I came out way on top in that deal.

I purchased the SD-1 in 1992. I don't have a receipt showing
my `total' cost of the SD1. The music store (Boyd's Music in Little
Rock, Arkansas) had to order it so I gave them "X" amount of dollars
for a down-payment and my balance when the unit came in was $1650. A
guess would be that I may have given them around $1000 down-payment
to get the order going - making the total cost at that time around
$2650.

SR







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