From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2018082121484280057-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > One of my musician buddies has a new car.  A small, very nice car.   
   > Dropped by today, so we went on an ice cream getting test drive.   
      
      
   > Here's the thing.  I eventually got around to wondering how I'd carry my   
   > gear in a car like that.  Cars like that are the future ( electric   
   ).   
      
   Electric and non petroleum based fueled vehicles, sure, but tiny, puny, too   
   small cars - that says nothing but DECLINE!!!   
      
   > It has plenty of room inside, but I wonder about weight capacity.   
      
   I'm currently driving a 2001 Buick Regal and can carry an 88 key keyboard on   
   the rear seat with no problem closing the doors.   
      
   > On our recent WV trip, we drove my Honda Odyssey EX. It's a cross betweeen   
   > a car and a cargo van. Smaller than a work van, but with nice seats and a   
   > heater :-)  For the WV trip, with all the stuff I'd use at a gig, plus the   
   > drum set, plus luggage, plus a large cooler, it was pretty stuffed.  Yes,   
   > like pretty much any tourist thing, we took FAR more than we needed.  My   
   > van has two removeable rear bucket seats. I wanted to take those out,   
   > leave them at home so we'd have more space. Wife over rode that, thought   
   > we might want to use them for passengers while on the trip. We didn't.   
   > Not even close.  But there they were, at about 50 or so lbs each and   
   > sucking up a lot of room.  Next time, out they come :-)   
      
   I looked that up on wikipedia and it sure looks small...sort of like some   
   compact station wagon masquerading as a minivan - makes me wonder what it   
   can carry.   
      
   > Still, the smaller / lesser amount of gear I take, the less weight on the   
   > vehicle, and the less space it uses inside.   
      
   Only problem there is having to buy the latest lightest gear, even if the   
   older stuff works just as well if not better.   
      
   > This is a recurring thing with me. That's not a bad thing.  As better,   
   > lighter gear comes along, find it, get it, use it.   
      
   That sounds like it could get expensive.   
      
   > Next week the plan is to order a new midi controller. Looking at an Akai   
   > LPD8.   
      
   I looked that one up too, and checked it out on youtube. Seems all it's good   
   for is playing around with Zombie Robot noises -  but what does that have to   
   do with making Real Music?   
      
   > I'd like to use the 8 pads as function buttons for Logic, start, stop,   
   > cycle ... and the rotary controls for who knows what, maybe channel   
   > volumes.  This would be a replacement for the hopelessly buggy Korg   
   > nanoKontrol.   
      
   Older technology perhaps.   
      
   > Biggest thing is the Akai doesn't seem to need drivers.   
      
   I saw that too - just plug it into the USB port and go...only problem is go   
   WHERE???   
   It doesn't seem to do anything useful, only makes silly meaningless noises.   
      
   > The nanokontrol doesn't play nice with Logic Pro at all.  Could be Logics   
   > fault, forgetting the nano's presets. Or is could be the nano's fault,   
   > crappy driver software that disconnect from the computer at a whim.   
      
      
   Jim   
      
   I'd still like to know of any meaningful purpose for such a device in the   
   first place.   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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