h4yn0nnym0u5e
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To quote from EMEO's FAQ page:
I do find it quite bizarre that 50 years after the Lyricon was introduced, the state of the art has apparently regressed to "practice instruments", with no attempt to provide more than rudimentary expressive capabilities. Over $1500 is a lot to shell out for such a product, and I find it really hard to believe much market research went into figuring out the right balance between price and capability. A buyer who can afford $1500 can probably afford $1700 if it's going to get them an extra two or three channels of MIDI data for expression.
And this malarkey about "unnecessary features which distract from the playing experience"? Who do they think they're kidding? If pitch bend is "distracting", then you disable it until you're less easily distracted - oh, look, a staot! - and then turn it back on.
Never mind, maybe they got the really important thing right for their target market - there are three different finishes
(Note: there doesn't actually seem to be a second of all...)Why does the Emeo not have pitch bend or bite control?
First of all, the Emeo is a practice horn and we have made an effort to keep it pure and simple, and so we have not added unnecessary features which distract from the playing experience.
I do find it quite bizarre that 50 years after the Lyricon was introduced, the state of the art has apparently regressed to "practice instruments", with no attempt to provide more than rudimentary expressive capabilities. Over $1500 is a lot to shell out for such a product, and I find it really hard to believe much market research went into figuring out the right balance between price and capability. A buyer who can afford $1500 can probably afford $1700 if it's going to get them an extra two or three channels of MIDI data for expression.
And this malarkey about "unnecessary features which distract from the playing experience"? Who do they think they're kidding? If pitch bend is "distracting", then you disable it until you're less easily distracted - oh, look, a staot! - and then turn it back on.
Never mind, maybe they got the really important thing right for their target market - there are three different finishes