Axis 49 Friendship Day Discount

GovernorSilver

http://forum.c-thrumusic.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=118

jksuperstar · Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 2:15 pm Post subject:

Sweet!!!

Thanks for the heads-up! I've been looking at these for a while, and this might be the reason to pull the trigger on a new purchase! Wink

jksuperstar · Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 10:16 am Post subject:

I put in an order yesterday...more to come.

BobTheDog · Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 11:13 pm Post subject:

Snap.

DrJustice · Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 7:12 am Post subject:

Uhm... The offer was for one single day? Shocked

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DJ
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BobTheDog · Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 7:21 am Post subject:

Yep just one day.

Looking forward to it, heard nothing from them yet though Sad

DrJustice · Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 9:41 am Post subject:

BobTheDog · Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:04 am Post subject:

They may well do it again, they were probably testing the water for a price decrease.

I have had an email from them saying they were inundated with orders, mine should be sent in a few days.

I ordered mine about 8am on Sunday so there must have been quite a few ordered before mine.

Andy

jksuperstar · Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 5:48 pm Post subject:

I haven't heard from them yet, but did get in order #581. Ordered around midnight denver time,so that's about 8am in the UK? Don't know if these are ordered in UK or California...

BobTheDog · Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 9:38 pm Post subject:

I'm #582!

The only reason I heard is that I emailed them asking about when it would be sent.

BobTheDog · Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 11:11 pm Post subject:

Mine has been dispatched, estimated delivery on Monday.

jksuperstar · Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 7:53 am Post subject:

Mine arrived yesterday. It's very small! Which I LIKE. It attaches instantly, and shows up as a generic "USB Audio Device", no other name is given. It's really about the size of a laptop keyboard, but the equivalent of a 3 octave keyboard! The pattern based playing is very natural to me, as I also recently learned the bass guitar. It shares the same pattern shaped chords idea as the frets of western stringed instruments. This will be very easy to learn for me.

The build quality is good: mostly plastic, with an aluminum face plate. But it strikes a balance between lightweight, and also being sturdy enough for it's weight. It will be a few days of playing before I can get some accuracy in velocity, and also for this thing to break in. Right now, some lighter touches don't always trigger a note - I'm not sure if that's my playing, the velocity curve used, or the ableton synths I was using at the time, since I didn't run it through a MIDI Monitor such as MIDIOX to see the data it produced.

I can already dream up a wishlist for this thing: Velocity profiles, various tables of alternate tunings (just intonation, etc). It is attached to the computer, so having an editor to change these things is perfectly acceptable. And there are languages that are cross-platform that would allow the device to maintain it's "generic" driverless USB attachment idium.

BobTheDog · Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 7:59 am Post subject:

Got mine as well, I was a bit shocked it doesn't support aftertouch!

Sticking the stickers on was a nightmare as well.

It is a noisy little thing as well very clackety indeed.

But after a few hours playing it I am already better on it than the keyboard, makes a lot of sense as a guitar player. Just need to practice scales and try to use more than 4 fingers now.