From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2017020122390062265-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > not really.  It's just something that came to mind thinking about the both   
   > of us here :-)   
      
   I don't think it's come down to that yet ;)   
   Just not all that crowded here ;)   
      
   > The guitar one was nice. Each month was a pic of some super high end   
   > Fender Custom Shop guitar, made of the rarest of wierdo woods with gold   
   > hardware and such.  Nice to look at. Not really practical gigging guitars.   
      
   I wouldn't mind one with keyboards...to look at, and wish, and wish some   
   more, and still not able to afford what I want :(   
      
   > There was a discussion on a pro audio froum last week about the various   
   > tools available and " sound ".  In the end the point was hammered home   
   > that it's not so much the tools as the skill of the operator that matters.   
      
   But that's how it is with everything, technology can Never replace Skill and   
   Talent!   
      
   > This, of course, allows that we can't go back to making music with sticks.   
      
   Like drums ;)   
      
   > They were talking about modern tools, and agreed that they were all " good   
   > enough ".  But hey, if you want to pay a lot more for something that is no   
   > better at all at getting the job done, have at it.   
      
   Unless of course, you already have it...like my old Wurlitzer 140 electric   
   piano ;)   
      
   > Buy exotic wood guitars because they are pretty. Or as a possible   
   > investment.  Fine. Just don't try to convince me they sound or play better   
   > :-)   
      
   If you can't hear the difference, why pay the difference? ;)   
      
   > Oh, trust me, I never doubted myself even for a moment. Learned a long   
   > time ago that people " project " their own beliefs and prejudices on   
   > others.  Racists think race all the time, and are very quick to blame   
   > others who don't agree with them on whatever of being racists.   
      
   I know that with most of the whiners, there are often Many psychological   
   problems with them...and they can Keep them, and Not try to project them   
   onto me!   
      
   > Yep, that's what they are for.   Much commercial gear is designed to fit   
   > in racks. It's an ok thing.  In a radio station, or a lab, make them as   
   > big and heavy as you want. For me, Mr. Solo Guy, they aren't   
   vthe most efficient packaging. Usable, but not ideal.   
      
   Ideal would be something much more adaptable, in both size and placement   
   capability.   
      
   > Ideal is less gear, more talent :-)   
      
   I've found that the more talent there is, using more gear allows for greater   
   creativity.   
      
   > It weighs about 25 lbs, maybe. Maybe less.  Not so heavy that it's an   
   > issue.  It doesn't have enough to do a proper band gig. I've decided that   
   > having more than one case is ok.  I could, in a bind, cram all my gear in   
   > one case, but then it would begin to weigh a bit much.  Since some of the   
   > stuff isn't necessary for solo work, the latest plan is to move most of   
   > that over to a second case.   
      
   I've always found that the racks do tend to be on the heavy side...but of   
   course, when they were designed, it was to hold even heavier equipment.   
      
   > Biggest thing is, constant improvement.  Little changes over time add up.   
   > Like now, most of the new wall wort power things are switching supplies   
   > instead of old transformer style.  Much lighter.  And since there are 7 in   
   > the case right now, that pound of so difference on each one matters.   
      
   They probably wouldn't be much lighter if they were internal.   
      
   > Nope.  Reasons are,   
      
   > 1 - so the manufacturers don't have to go thru the regulatory maze of each   
   > country they want to sell the product in. If the supply is built in, then   
   > canada's gov agency that regulates this crap has to approve it, and the   
   > one here in the US does also, and so on and so on.  Make the power supply   
   > external, you can skip all that for the device itself. All you need to do   
   > is ship the unit with an external power supply that has been approved in   
   > the destination country. Let the power supply company deal with the   
   > politicians.   
      
   Politics ruins Everything!   
      
   > 2 - it allows one model to work in various parts of the world, with   
   > various power grid specs.  Again, just package an appropriate power unit   
   > depending on where it'll be sold.  Otherwise, they would have to make 110   
   > versions, and 220 versions, and 240 volt versions of the actual processor   
   > or whatever the device is.   
      
   Such versatility could also be built in.   
      
   > use what you have.  that's what i do, as does everyone else.  nothing is   
   > actuall " better " sounding. Better sounding is just a bullshit phrase.   
   > Everything sounds like it does, none of it is absolutely better in every   
   > instance. Guitars are just wood and wire. Keyboards ... who knows what it   
   > in those :-)   
      
   Particularly with sampled or other synthetic representation of an   
   instrument, Accuracy is Everything!   
      
   > There aren't enough customers to matter. The market has moved to toy   
   > phones.  Apple is just following the money.   
      
   Root of all evil.   
      
   > Ok. But try finding service on a weekend in BumF**K, Iowa when you're   
   > touring   
      
   Perhaps there's a directory of sorts for the entire country ;)   
      
   > And that's why normal, real world, day in day out musicians aren't lugging   
   > them around anymore.   
      
   If you can't hear the difference, don't Haul the difference either ;)   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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