Analogue-sequencer

I dont want my comments to be taken as a 'kick them while they are down'
message.  I had a lot of lust for the Octopus at one time, and getting to
play with one was really rewarding.  That said, for some reason, I just
couldnt remember from one session to the next how certain things worked, and
when I left it for a few weeks.....i forgot just about everything

I really wished the Nemo were only slightly different in its physical shape.
 I could imagine it being about the size and thickness of a computer
keyboard, with an angled front panel, and perhaps with the MIDI and power
connections being in a separate breakout box to keep the clutter off the
desk that it would have been much more convenient.  Like if they had just
made an octopus but smaller.

Tony

On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 7:24 PM, Cikira (Amanda) <cikira@fairpoint.net>wrote:

>
>
>
> >I had a chance to play with the Octopus for an extended period and the
> Nemo
> >as well. I didnt take to either particularly well, but the Nemo was
> >particularly frustrating as there was just no convenient place to put the
> >thing. Its design was just horribly inconvenient.
>
> I've found use for tabletop guitar stands to hold weird-shaped gear.
> I find Nemo nice to pick up and play on my lap. It's rounded edges
> feel good. But then I have a habit of putting my feet up on my desk.
> You have to at least give them credit for doing something different,
> without pointy corners.
>
>
> >The Octopus was absolutely huge. Far bigger than I had anticipated.
> > Beautiful kit, and very well made...but horribly impractical.
>
> Yes, it's huge. I'll confess before this company that I own the
> supremely impractical Octopus Diva. It's beyond ridiculous, because
> moving it anywhere isn't an option. It proved to be all I could
> manage to get the thing unpacked, and after much struggling I said to
> hell with un-boxing photos. I thought the frame would be sliced slate
> laminate which is enjoying vogue as a finishing material, but around
> the stainless face of this model there is solid rock. It really gives
> you a what-have-I-done-now moment. It's cool how it says Stone Age
> and Humanity's Music Language in the same slab.
>
> My point is, it's a magnificently romantic instrument if you are a
> MIDIot. You need the same kind of insanity to buy a Memotron, a new
> digital Mellotron, or even the real thing, when you might as well buy
> a sample library. I just received photos from a friend who's having a
> guitar neck inlaid top-to-bottom with classical scenes, for an amount
> of money I don't want to think about. Clearly there is a market niche
> for the horribly impractical, among people who want to be in love
> with their music making thing, whatever it is.
>
> I'm still looking forward to my Cirklon, make no mistake! I think
> it's going to hit the spot for people in all respects.
>
> It's interesting to me how hardly any bad word has ever been said
> around the forums about the Octopus, yet now with the news of that
> company closing, in some others all the negative things people can
> think of to say are coming out. There must be a mentality to jump in
> and kick a closing company out the door. I expect that will pass, but
> it's disturbing to see.
>
> Just socializing,
>
> --
> Amanda
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>



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