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Conference napalm::commusic_v1

Title:	* * Computer Music, MIDI, and Related Topics * *
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Created:	Thu Feb 20 1986
Last Modified:	Mon Aug 29 1994
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2852
Total number of notes:	33157

2395.0. "Yamaha WX11 wind controller/WT11 tone generator" by JANUS::CWALSH (Paw City) Mon Jul 23 1990 06:17

I spent an entertaining few hours at this year's British Music Fair playing with
the Yamaha WX11 wind controller in conjunction with the WT11 tone generator
(which, according to the Yamaha catalogue, was built specially for use with the
WX11). I also sat in on a demo given by a professional sax player, who was very
useful and very enthusiastic about the instrument.

I'm considering buying this package. Simon Bates, the musician who gave the demo,
has pointed me to a store in Soho that sells the WX11 and WT11 as a package for
about 270 pounds. Has anyone had experience playing with this model?


Chris

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
2395.1	Close, but not exact	CSG002::ROACH	Teenage Mutant Ninja Marketeers	`Tue Jul 24 1990 08:18`	6
	I have played on the precursor of the WX11, the WX7, for almost three years now and I love it. I use it both with a TX81Z and an Oberheim Matrix 1000. Works very well. Never tried the WX11 though. Geoff
2395.2		GLOWS::COCCOLI	where's Pokey?	`Tue Jul 24 1990 18:07`	12
	There's a new one out from Yamahaha, although I think it may be more of a consumer oriented thing. I saw it in the window of the Yamaha showroom on W57th ST. It seemed to have a tabletop module attached to it. It may not even be midi(yikes). The module said EMT-XX or something similar. RichC
2395.3		JANUS::CWALSH	Paw City	`Wed Jul 25 1990 02:54`	14
	Rich, The model I played and heard demonstrated was definitely MIDI. As part of the demo, Simon Bates played it through Yamaha's new SY77 synth. The WT11 is a pretty small module, though. > consumer oriented Aren't we all consumers? I'd hate to buy a product that wasn't consumer oriented. I spend too much of my time documenting products that aren't particularly consumer oriented. Chris
2395.4	clarification..	GLOWS::COCCOLI	where's Pokey?	`Wed Jul 25 1990 16:37`	12
	What I meant by consumer oriented was the device was presented in such a way that it seemed anyone could pick it up and play away. The accompanying ad/poster in the showroom showed some jam-clad beach type wailing away while his bikini-clad bimbos looked on with awe/admiration/lust?. Certainly not an advertisement associated with the WX11. RichC
2395.5		JANUS::CWALSH	Paw City	`Thu Jul 26 1990 03:14`	7
	Rich, OK, I get the picture. A sort of "They Laughed When I Sat Down At The Piano" situation. (Though I wouldn't object, per se, to the bimbos.) Chris