Analogue-sequencer

Yeah totally agree. Here's what I said about the Nemo on this jist in June
2009...
>I found the Nemo nothing more than a hugely frustrating, albeit very
pretty, box
>of tricks that I could trip up almost without trying.

I've always found the comments about the GenoQs gear very consistent. And
see no evidence of kicking a company when it's down.  

> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com 
> >[mailto:analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> >Ancient Eyeball Recipe
> >Sent: 01 February 2011 01:33
> >To: analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: Re: [analogue-sequencer] Re: OT: GenoQs closing operations
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> >I think that people have always said pretty much the same 
> >stuff - the Octopus is a great sequencer, mitigated by the 
> >fact that if you're not using all of its features 
> >repeatedly, it's very easy to forget some of the esoteric 
> >key strokes to accomplish them, exacerbated by the poor manual. 
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> >I think that people have also come down hard on them for the 
> >refusal to communicate for the last year. It seems to me 
> >that the only reason that they said something even now was 
> >that it got out that their corporation had closed, or 
> >something like that. 
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Cikira (Amanda)" <cikira@fairpoint.net>
> >To: analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com
> >Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 5:24:39 PM
> >Subject: [analogue-sequencer] Re: OT: GenoQs closing operations 
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> >>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. 
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> >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. 
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> >Just socializing, 
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> >Amanda
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