From jackoverfull@gmail.com Sat Jan 21 05:07:04 2012
Subject:Re: First Video of the C2D from the NAMM both


Il giorno 21/gen/2012, alle ore 13.53, Simon Beck ha scritto:

> According to a forum I just looked at, it is a prototype, and suffers from
> various pre-production glitches.
>
Quite possible. Do you remember the Mojo prototype? There were a couple of manufacturing errors, they went to NAMM with an organ larger than the definitive one and with all the knobs mounted horizontally instead of vertically.

> But the one to watch is the new Casio XW-P1 performance synth. Drawbar organ
> with sliders (with 8 steps per drawbar!), 6-oscillator monosynth (including
> external input processing), 6-layer poly section, programmable drums and
> arpeggiator and lots more, all for $499. And then the idiots forgot to put
> an expression pedal input on it! Oh well...
>
Too bad for the pedal…But you're right: I've tried a few 200 euros Casio pianos from time to time and they sounded and felt incredibly good for something so low priced. i always recommend them to would-be piano players.
Any videos for the XW-P1?

> Simon
>
>> Step backward? I thought everyone took for granted it was an improvement…I
>> don't think (from the videos) it sounds better than VB3 or KeyB, but I
>> don't see why they would ship an organ with a worse emulation than the
>> older model…
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