mini shelter meet

[Tony Scharf]

My impression of the 999 when I demo'd one was that it had great
sound, but was unfortunately constrained by a brain numbing interface.
 Intuitive is definitely not a word in the JoMoX vocabulary..

That said, Niall seemed to get on with it better than I did.  Maybe
its one of those things you either get or you dont?

Tony

On 9/17/07, Martin Naef <mnaef at navisto.ch> wrote:
> Gert van Santen wrote:
> > It has been awesome to meet with them
> > again! We had a nice chat, some great
> > Z?ri-gschn?tzlets (if you're a
> > conaisseur), a couple of Laphroaigs and
>
> The food was excellent BTW - and it certainly tasted very authentic,
> despite it being cooked by a Dutchman... ;-)
>
> > Martin did some solo-jamming on my
> > spanking new Xbase 999. Man, does this
> > thing sound phfat! Glad to finally own
> > some real Jomox sounds again after I
> > sold my Airbase 4 years ago!
>
> Jamming is a rather big word - merely just getting a first impression,
> trying to create a nice drumset and pattern. I have to admit, though,
> that the Xbase didn't really speak to me immediately. I didn't bother
> checking any presents, just went straight in and tried to program some
> cool sounds. I made quite a few stupid moves on the user interface that
> brought me back to square one (if there's a big knob labeled TEMPO, I
> expect it to change tempo and not the preset!!!), so I probably spent
> more time finding my way around the UI instead of really focusing on the
> sound. Nonetheless, despite a few 'duh' moments, it was easy enough to
> get some sounds going and getting a first feeling for the machine. If
> you're into that kind of drums, the Xbase certainly looks like a very
> attractive option - I've only scratched on the surface. I'm sticking to
> my V-Drum / Electribe combo, though.
>
> Bye
> Martin
>
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