TheDogFather

  Actually...I was pleasantly surprised last Thursday when  L & M   called to say it came in! So I've had it for 4 days now. I love the sound & having fun, but as mentioned in other topics, it's a pretty steep learning curve, because the manual kinda sucks.

   Been a while since I bought a new keyboard. In fact, last time was my Korg DSS-1 sampler which I still have (back in 1987 or 88). It weighs a ton, especially compared to the XW-P1. I remember having to plan our set lists around the 40 second loading time between discs. Still have a DX7 that I bought brand new in 1985. It was around that same time that I bought a Mini Moog model D. It sounded fantastic, but drove me nuts having to re-tune it before every song when playing live. Must have been an earlier one, because I read that the later ones were much more stable and tuning didn't drift so bad.

    I love this piece, Mike.

    I never would have ended up here, if I hadn't recently re-watched  Bladerunner  for the 20-something-ish time. Then I did a Youtube search for anyone covering the opening music. Listened to various synths & players covering it. I saw a video mentioning Casio, and I almost didn't watch it, because I kind of dismissed them as toys, back in the 80's. I was blown away by how warm the XW-P1 sounded. Then I went on a quest to listen to everything I could find to hear more and find out more about it. I was really hoping to find one to try it for myself, but availability is a huge problem. Ended up going to the local Long & McQuade and put a deposit down so they would bring one in for me. I was very disappointed to hear that it would be very unlikely that they could get one in for me, before Christmas. The wait is already killing me.