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Re: Top 10 Worst Keyboards

2007-12-03 by tomdcour

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, kinchmusic@... wrote:
>
>  Thar's odd, I loved my polymoog and never had a problem with it. I wasn't expecting it 
to be a minimoog under each key though and it certainly wasn't. I could get maybe four
really good sounds out of it but I thought it had a pretty rich analog voice. I really liked the
tiny mesh ribbon controller till it wore out. Just goes to show you that this list thing is silly 
(but fun).



> In a message dated 03/12/2007 18:47:14 GMT Standard Time,  
> ecclesreinson@... writes:
> 
> Yes I  do. The Solina only got one vote on the shit list. How can
> that be?  
> 
> 
> 
> I don't know, it was a pile of poo. 
> BUT, I forgot, and so it appears did everyone else here, to  vote for the 
> Polymoog! 
> Those who know what I have here will know that I am one of  Moogs biggest 
> fans, but imagine my disappointment when I got this baby  home...trouble from day 
> one. Bad key contacts, rubbish sound. Yet I remember  some the advertising... 
> Imagine a Minimoog under each key. Yeah Right! Top of my  list, and should be 
> for every one here.
> Andy K
> My revised list...
> 1. Polymoog.
> 2. Solina
> 3. Vako Orchestron
> 4. Moog Opus 3
> 5. Arp Omni 2
>

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