Mellotronists

As a simple synth engine, I still think the ESQ-1 was one of the most 
powerful and easy-to-use digilogs I have ever found.  I loved them so much I 
bought two of them when they first came out, and found it to be a great live 
platform and a fun early workstation that helped me get comfortable with 
sequencing for the first time.  Although today, I'm an ardent fan of Korg 
stuff, the M-1 couldn't hold a candle to the ESQ-1 for sonic power. 
Speaking of Korg, I'm walking on air today!  The new replacement for my 
beloved X5D synths is out, the X50, and it covered almost everything I had 
on my wish list for an updated model, except for still more polyphony and 
portamento.  I can't wait to get my hands on a few of them.  Of course, that 
means there will be a handful of well-kept X5D's available on eBay in the 
next few months...

A humorous aside - ever notice how many internet locations that permit you 
to submit comments require you to choose a "Mr., Ms., Mrs., etc." prefix?  I 
signed on one a while back that had a long pull-down menu of prefixes, and 
as I really hate those things, I chose "HRH" (His Royal Highness) since it 
was offered, and I apparently ended up on some mailing lists because I now 
receive spam and land-mail addressed to HRH Jon Salley.

Not only am I an asshole, I am a ROYAL asshole.