<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">The top of my wish list is a random arpeggiator. But based on this thread, maybe there's a JP-8 in my future.<BR>
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Get an old <U>Oberheim Cyclone</U> - incredible hardware arpeggiator. Blows away the JP8 (which I loved!) and MUCH cheaper! Recommended for everyone on this list (unless you have a software arp.)<BR>
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<B>FWIW: I am REALLY tired of hearing about:</B><BR>
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1) <B>slow LFO's</B> (Believe me - The Alesis people were already unhappy with this YEARS before you ever heard an Andromeda, but it won't change), <BR>
2) <B>Poly Aftertouch</B> (not hard to implement - BUT makes them no money, very few people want it, AND they have stopped writing code for the A6. There was also a list of other things to-be-done, ribbon stuff, random arpeggios, etc.)<BR>
3) <B>OS development</B>, we've discussed this to death. <BR>
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Cheaper, Easy to use, hip-sounding instruments are what sell well. Korg M1, Roland D50, Virus, Nord Lead, etc. Rarely do the "pro-level/push-the-envelope" synths do well. Not many Expanders sold, but there are tons of Matrix 6 racks. The DX-1 was a killer! - have you ever seen one? CS80 did not sell much, but the DX7 did. On and on... Companies make things to sell well, occasionally making something <B>cool</B> too. We already HAVE it!<BR>
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BrianK</FONT></HTML>