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by the looks of the RCA conntectors, I'd say that a big reason this device isn't MIDI is because they're really looking at the DJ market, which from where I'm sitting, doesn't seem to care much about MIDI. I was actually surprised the KAOSS pad did have it. Mark Mark Pulver wrote: > Wolf, Bill (10:12 AM 11.08.2001) wrote: > > >I can't believe it won't have a midi out. It would be a great > >alternative to something like a Kaos pad in addition to the cool > >theremin stuff. I'd love to be able to connect it to my Korg Karma. > > > >http://www.alesis.com/products/airsynth/index.html (check out the > >program chart pdf file!) > > In the original market model for both boxes, Alesis (actually, the boxes > are a pet project of the then Prez of Alesis), put a higher priority on > retail price than features. At one point MIDI was in the plan, but was > dropped because of the added complexity and development time - i.e, cost. > > Before the business issues there were "well substantiated rumblings" >about > a new version coming out that fit into the _original_ plan. i.e. MIDI'd. >:) > > But, those rumblings "back then" weren't even supposed to hit until >Winter > NAMM 2002, and given the change in hands, there's no telling that they >will > ever pan out. > > If you're looking for a "hand waving" controller, there are other >options. > One is Paul Perry's SpaceBeam: > > http://www.frostwave.com/spacebeam/ > > It generates CV, not MIDI, but CV->MIDI is around as well. > > There're also extensive (i.e. expensive) things like the Buchla >Lighting. :) > > http://www.buchla.com/lightning/index.html > > Mark