BassTractor

Externalisation. The company board of directors thinks of the shareholders first and foremost, and the costs of the board's choices, as much as possible, are to be taken by society. They call this "sound thinking". In this, they trust the workers of other companies - companies that are less good at externalisation as they are themselves - will earn enough to buy these good and services. The larger the company, the worse of an externalisation machine it is. IMHO it's lame thinking, incongruous as you say, but that's the world of the myopic bean counting investors and decision makers.

Good one. Twas '76.

@Burns-bass was probably in part responding to my "I have no words", as all of the nine previous comments about the thread title were milder. It's what I decided on after noticing the OP had been online just before my comment, but had not responded in the slightest to the earlier comments on a thread title that effectively said: "Guys! Stuart Zender is dead!" It's quite possible I should've been able to find better words, but I didn't at the time. As to the idea of sending a PM: not everyone is prone to writing PMs on an online forum, and not everyone even looks at PMs. There's also the aspect of a whisper-in-yer-ear PM possibly making too huge a point of it all. When we're sitting around a pub table in a cold winter, and someone comes in and leaves the door open, someone else will shout "Close that door!" and two minutes later it's all forgotten. Whispering in his ear instead (while the door is still open) might well have unsoughtafter effects. I also notice with interest that Burns-bass opted to not write a nice PM to me before his "world gone mad". Dunno what that tells about him or me.

Indeed: please change the click bait thread title, @Sean It's not funny, and even if this was not on purpose, I have no words ...

Now I don't know the Kurzweils specifically, but it probably has a type of hammer and a sensitive pad underneath (I don't know the right terminology here). This pad then probably is knackered - - not necessarily after impact: tmight be dirt or corrosion or whatnot - - and in case needs a repair or replacement. You could try opening it. As said, I don't know the specifics of these. Me, I'd open the piano and, if all of the pads are identical, I'd simply use the pad for a non-used key on the dusty end, moving it to the position in question. You might also be able to get a new pad from the importer. However, I tried similar for my Roland, without success for half a year, so this might be trickier done than said. Best of luck whatever way you choose! bert

Huge problem. To compare: Andy Partridge wrote just one song about his terrible ex-wife, but XTC felt the need to write a whole album about the thread subject ... I already have my coat on ...

Aye, and this reminds me of the gig of so-called avant-garde electronic music I once went to, where a reel-to-reel tape recorder, an amp and two speakers were the only things on the stage, and some guy walked on - - to a grand-but-ironic applause, to which he sniggeringly bowed - - and proceeded to said recorder and turned the lever to PLAY. I tried to protest: "Playback!", but got the big "SHUSH!".

Of course, but you weren't there, and you probably also do not know @kwmlondon. There are probably several possible explanations, of which playback is only one; another one is the one kwmlondon offered: that the player in question had chosen the material with care. BTW, I'm an unfan, and I'm much biased too. I like to believe this rat is also committing many other acts of low quality.

Dunno if this is helpful, but we did have a thread last year: https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/498002-fanny/#comment-5285120

Tmight seem that way for Dutch and Belgian customers, who've had a good shop in Bax, unlike our British brethren, but the CNV workers union had earlier stated than Jochanan was a terrible CEO - one of the worst they'd seen. They'd love a restart ... if it was without him. The CNV is to come with a new statement today.

Ohw! Thanks for that; I had no idea. Ordered! Been a fan for 50 years and seven months. 😀

🙂 We understood. 🙂 As to my Behringer Model D, there was a known issue with it, which was easily taken care of with a new wall wart and a firmware update. In case someone owns one or is on the fence: the weird declining click-like sounds in the Sustain phase, for nearly every second note, vanish with an update to v 1.1.2, so let that aspect not hinder you. Now I've heard the Model 15 and Model D together, I'm even more impressed with the Model 15 than I was a few weeks ago. Its timbre is sooo sweet and luvverly that it brings me back to models like the Moog 35. A third oscillator, against my expectations, isn't missed at all on this one - given that the thing has so much to offer elsewhere on the panel. Also, from limited experience, it seems to me as if it's more stable than the Model D. I can't remember having had to retune at all, which is much needed on the D - - annoyingly so, especially with its knowb being tiny (which of course is part of the deal; one knows that before buying). This is in stable room temperature and the synths placed side-to-side on a table. I've always loved the Minimoog to bits, but am now shaking my head in disbelief over the Model 15. Awesome.

These things happen, and no apology needed. Yeah, the Behringer was mentioned earlier in this thread, when we compared a potentially £300 Lego to a £169 Behringer. I guess you thought that was a joke (or didn't see it), but it was the actual price at the time. I got mine for slightly less even, at 1/26th of the Norse price of a real Minimoog. I feel the Lego is cool as f, but for that money two Behringers give more sound. The Behringer hate must be strong in this one for me to opt for the Lego. BTW, there exists a synth manufacturer who uses lotsa construction set parts. Say a knob is actually a cog. Forgot the name and the details. Cool as the proverbial.

I guess Lego are fully aware of how these things work, BUT since they could be bothered to post it, maybe they are indeed willing to put it out - provided most parts are standard and don't require new molds to be made. Maybe every part must be standard; I don't know how expensive molds are these days. If they do, then I gather only massive sales will see another model later - - though I think the model pool is very tiny indeed. As to the "homage", I didn't understand your post. Did you mean the Behringer Model D or a possible future homage that is more its own thing?

Absurd, and smells not like Tesco's official let's-drive-our-customers-away policy, but more like youthful staff having a larf. Me, I'd be happy with a Barilla substitute for Garofalo, but would be willing to make lotsa noise when 3XL is changed into S. Is this system designed so you can deny taking the nonsense without making lotsa noise? In case: do they then fetch it, or do you need to go to a shop?

Not good enough. We wanna read everything about this Ergo guy. Seems like quite the character. 😁

Reportedly, and also from my own experience, Music Man are extremely particular about parts. I think you're probably best off contacting them directly. They'll likely ask you to send the part to them before they'll send out another. I hope I'm wrong, and that my case was the odd one out (took a year before I received a fitting pot for my NOS Bongo).

Compare that to the Behringer Model D at £169. 🙂 (Though admittedly the latter is only a scale model. 😀 )

Much saddened by this. Sam clearly was a very decent human. I believe her contribution to NHS as well as BC will be remembered. May she rest in peace. Thank you, Steve, for caring enough.

This thread brings back memories of the StingRay being introduced (how time flies) with lots of tech speak and calculations. This was supposed to show us exactly how and why the StingRay position made sense. Corporate mumbo jumbo? Dunno, but the sound was convincing enough.

No idea. I've never been knowledgeable in this, and also have forgotten more than I ever knew. I've tried to have thoughts about this, and thought that maybe Hz/V is more easy to get right in the upper octaves. However, I do not know this, and it might be bollocks. At any rate, it seems limiting if all you have got to work with are limited voltage ranges - e.g. that V/Oct might give a broader frequency range without the use of expensive circuitry. I do remember interconnecting my Kawai 100F with my MS-20, which gave that going down a half tone on one keyboard meant the other synth went up, but then with either a quarter tone or a whole tone - depending on which keyboard one played. Also, we had this interconnecting trick (do really not remember the specifics), whereby the MS-20 patch bay and the mod wheel together made interconnecting a "doddle" of sorts. You'd have to turn the mod wheel very carefully to a fixed position to get this right, and you lost normal use of the mod wheel. Ghastly, but still had a certain charm. I vaguely remember having seen your circuit-in-jack-plug solution somewhere, but haven't used it myself. Yeah, it seems a shame that standardisation hasn't occurred morely betterly.

Don't know yet (have not had the time), but have seen 1V/Oct, 5V triggers (the 2600 reportedly being the odd one out (10V IMS) even though it should normally work from 6V and up), and CV ranges from -2.5V to 2.5V (but I think I somewhere also saw -5V to 5V without me remembering the product that relates to). One day I hope to find everything out for the units I have (or might buy later). Right now stuff goes on in my life that keeps me from doing that. I don't know to what degree stuff has been standardised lately, but Eurorack is reported as being non-standardised. I know zilch about Eurorack.

Thanks, @pfretrock. Really helpful. Without knowing too much about this stuff, I think we may be seeing similar design quirks in the Behringer 2600 inputs. Half-related only, and I've yet to write down the factual details, an opamp might be in order also to send sequences to the 2600, as it reportedly demands high voltages - - though reportedly not as high ones as the ARP 2600.

Aye, and I can find them a bit more easily. Don't like rummaging.

Seems they might be going bankrupt in Holland now. Before, Bax in Holland had a good name, and all the criticism I saw was about their UK branch. Unknown to me how and why. Reportedly, also Bax Holland's name has gone down the drain recently. Today (Saturday) one or more of their Dutch shops were closed, and the firm filed for "postponement of payment" or something like that, which normally is a step towards bankruptcy. Dunno the finer details.