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> I also own an Encore Expressionist and I have 2 of the new 650s on
> order.  My personal complaint with the Expressionist is that it only
> keeps a 2 note history, so in some instances, and with some playing
> techniques it will lose notes.  It is my understanding that the 650
> will also support micro-tunings and alternative scales.  I can't
> wait to try that.  The 650 will be released soon.

A few things:

* True 16 usable bits of DAC for the CVs (all the way to the jack)

* The 650 supports 8 different voice allocation modes in either 1, 2, or 3 
group configurations

* Two arpeggiators with 4 modes of operation on top of 4 orders of play

* Constant rate and constant time portamento (adjustable from 1ms to 
65.535 seconds) - per voice group configurable

* Microtuning support, in addition to inverted scales

* Sync to internal, external or MIDI clock, including MIDI clock 
generation

* Arpeggiator clocking can divide *AND* multiply regardless of clock 
source

-->Neil

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