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Re: [yamahacs80] Re: Kurzweil MIDIboard: poly pressure vs. CS-80

2004-10-01 by David Evans

On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 02:19:32PM -0400, marzzz@... wrote:
> 
> Actually, many manufacturers don't implement PolyAT because of: 1) the cost- 
> you need separate sensors for each key; 2) Ensoniq (?) has a patent regarding 
> PolyAT that they refuse to license;

  My understanding is that that's not quite true.  Ensoniq has (or had; it
may have expired by now) a patent that covers most *cheap* ways one might
implement poly AT.  Thus only the expensive options are left.

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David Evans                                         dfevans@...
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