Re: Few items up for sale here first

[rick <bs@tanawana.com>]

It actually does play the sequences back. Used to use it live like this
for a while as a backup band feeding my sound modules. Surprised more
units like this aren't made to just do that easily.


On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 05:28:12PM +0100, goddard.duncan@mtvne.com wrote:
> >YAMAHA MDF-2 MIDI DATA FILER
> >Nice unit that you can put your midi files on a floppy and take with you
> >and use it to then play through any sound modules. $125.00<<
> 
> rick, if I didn't already have one of these, I'd bite y'r hand off,
> especially at that price. more than once, the datafiler has got me out 
>of a
> tricky situation. I use it to back up sequences (p3, alesis mmt8, 
>octopus),
> patches (proteus modules/XL7, memorymoog) & perform software updates on 
>kit
> that's too far from (or too big to get near) a computer (p3 at our 
>rehearsal
> studio, octopus, novation supernova...)
> 
> just think how many different FCB1010 setups you could get on one floppy!
> 
> it also plays back sequences itself- as I recall, you can adjust the 
>tempo-
> which is very useful if you're trying to minimise a rig for a travelling
> gig.
> I bought one of the last new ones, years ago, & paid probably four times
> that for it.
> 
> duncan. 
> 
> 
> 
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