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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I sat down with one at a friends and I was really underwhelmed, especially given the price tag. It just really left me flat. That being said, I really haven’t liked the sound of any of the new Dave Smith stuff so maybe it’s just me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>James R. Coplin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> music-bar-bounces@lists.music-bar.org [mailto:music-bar-bounces@lists.music-bar.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tony Scharf<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 07, 2013 11:57 AM<br><b>To:</b> Music-bar<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: Tempest<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I talked to a few people who have one, and both said it was "the drum machine they always dreamed of". I also played with it a bit at knobcon and came away impressed. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>It has some UI issues from what I gather, but you get used to them. DSI has also been pretty good about implementing new features based on user requests. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Now that they are available second hand, I've thought about giving one a go....someday. The fact is I really just don't need a drum machine.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Tony <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Andrew Tarpinian <<a href="mailto:andrewtarpinian@gmail.com" target="_blank">andrewtarpinian@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Anyone play with one? I sort of wrote it off as being over priced, but on taking a closer look, it looks cool as shit, and sounds pretty amazing.<br>_______________________________________________<br>music-bar mailing list<br><a href="mailto:music-bar@lists.music-bar.org">music-bar@lists.music-bar.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.music-bar.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/music-bar" target="_blank">http://lists.music-bar.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/music-bar</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br>---------------------------------------------------------------------<br>NoiseTheorem:<br>Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/NoiseTheorem" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/NoiseTheorem</a><br>SoundCloud:<a href="http://soundcloud.com/noisetheorem" target="_blank">http://soundcloud.com/noisetheorem</a><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>BandCamp:<a href="http://noisetheorem.bandcamp.com" target="_blank">http://noisetheorem.bandcamp.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>