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where can I demo the DrumBar? BC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harvey Starr" <harvey@cts.com> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 6:32 PM Subject: Re: Max in hardware? > At 12:29 PM 11/9/01 -0800, you wrote: > >This looks like a neat box, but it's MIDI implementation from the >website > >sounds about the same as the DrumKAT that I bought in 1991 and upgraded >a > >few times, can you tell me what is different? > > This is a quiz, right? Well, we include a lot of those features and used > some of the language because we were trying to reach drummers who had >some > familiarity with the drumkat but wanted to do more and do it more easily. > Also, there was an intention to mate this to 8-level multi-sampled drums > (or guitars, whatever) in the Kurzweils but let me see what's different: > > There's more Continuous Controller features, the ability to send groups >of > CC messages, fixed-data CC's, mix CC's and notes together (verrry > interesting effects). > We can handle pedals and Pressure-sensitive Resistive pads as inputs. > Any jack on the EventStation is configurable for any hardware and any > output function, even for things that might not seem to make sense. > Nothing is hard-coded in the unit. > There's a programmable velocity-window for each event, not just each pad. > Triggers (hardware or software) may be mapped to more things of greater > variety. > Notes/Events may be programmed to Latch on/off, sustain from the input > (like a keyboard), or play a gated duration. > Our note durations will play both shorter and longer and are programmable > in both MIDI clocks and milliseconds. > We have a cool 'ShowAll' set of screens that lets you quickly view >variuos > sets of parameters. > We've got a 32 beat programmable metronome (with programmable accents!) . > Our programming interface is (much) cleaner and easier to read and navigate > than the drumkat. > We've got a real-time sequencer that captures all MIDI performance, > notes/CC's/other sequences/whatever. > Loop 'n'-times for sequence playback. > An extra HiHat mode that triggers an 8-level sample set while sending a > programmable CC-message. > All 16 of our response curves are user-programmable. > There are 16 touch-sensitive front-panel keys that duplicate the > functionality of the rear-panel jacks so that you can program/test your > setups without having any performance hardware connected. > There's a rear-panel Expansion Port that will be used to accept external > sensor-arrays such as a multi-zone touch-surface or one of our guitar > fingerboards. > MIDI input re-mapping is availabe to all 128 Input notes. > I'm probably forgetting something. > The development staff is still on the project. > The drumKat is very cool and on the flip-side the dKat benefits from >being > old and stable. We're new, our feature-set isn't completely nailed down, > nor entirely bug-free, although we're ready to 'beta'. Having said that >we > give free software updates. > thanks, > harveyS > > > > > Kevin > > > >On 11/9/01 9:08 AM, "Harvey Starr" <harvey@cts.com> wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> I might offer our EventStation as fitting this description. 'Max-in-a-box' > >> was sort of the motto as we developed the unit. It was originally intended > >> as a percussion controller but the specs evolved to give it more MIDI > >> re-mapping capabilities. Basically it has 16 rear panel stereo jacks which > >> accept a variety of inputs, 1 or 2 zone percussion pads (Roland > >> compatible), footswitches, expression pedals, pots, piezos, ??? . Each jack > >> maps to 2 programming slots. Each slot is programmable for 8 events or a > >> variable-length sequence which you can input live from the system or > >> externally via MIDI. Each event may be a note or CC and there is a > >> velocity-window for each event that determines where you want the >event to > >> appear. There's MIDI clock, tap-tempo and a lot of >performance-oriented > >> features. There are actually so many features we've had a hard time > >> defining the market for the unit. It's still a beta-unit but they are > >> available. If you want more info you can check out > >> http://www.starrlabs.com/kurzweil.html > >> > >> cheers, > >> harveyS > >> > >> ps. sorry for the commercial intrusion but since you asked... > >> > > > >-- > >Unit Circle Media > >http://www.unitcircle.com > > > > > > > > > http://www.starrlabs.com >