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Re: any other MIDI retrofit kit ?

2012-12-02 by scistudio440

Thanks.
1000 made you say ? So synthmuseum is wrong claiming they were 2000 units then ?

--- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, David Rogoff <david@...> wrote:
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> On Dec 1, 2012, at 3:36 PM, "scistudio440" <zevault@...> wrote:
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> > Hi, I would like to know if there is currently any alternative to the Kenton retrofit kit to control a CS-80 via MIDI ?
> > Thank you for your informed replies.
> > 
> > 
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> Not that I've ever seen.  There were only about 1000 CS80 made.  I'd guess there's about half of them left alive and maybe 200 people who'd want and pay for a MIDI mod. I'd also guess that at least half of that last group already has had a Kenton installed so there's not a big market for an extremely complicated interface.
> 
> I just wish Kenton would add MIDI out to their kit!
> 
>  David (with a Kenton kit waiting for me to install - my 4th!)
>

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