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I give the kid credit and hope to hear more from him in the future. I'll excuse the clams because he's still a kid and I'm sure the pressure of Grandpa's legacy is there as well. [video:youtube]

Rest in Peace Paul must be one heck of a jam up there!

just got word that an old "troubled" band member of mine passed away at the age of 50. Cancer brought on from years of alcohol abuse and chain smoking. the guy was a brilliant musician with a fluency in counterpoint and poly-rhythm. Never took formal lessons. Read about how Frank Zappa was self-taught. He went to the library and picked up books on theory and harmony and woodsheded for marathon stretches. Unfortunately those woodshed moments had him quaffing down large quantities of cheap liquor. If he could play it on guitar, he would play it n piano and visa versa.

this was the last tour that I got to see. Dave Kliminster (sic) on guitar was quite different than the final years with Marc Bonilla. I saw Keith at BB King's in NYC - one of the most memorable shows I've ever witnessed. I paid $100 extra to the "bouncer" to give me the table in front of Emerson. It was a gift for my older bro

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If I were single - I would have a Moog System III Modular in my living room... next to a brass/copper Italian made espresso machine... because I wouldn't sleep due to the programming urges.

Having a blast with the Prologue 8: three new patches made from factory presets [video:youtube] Excerpts from Kashmir - how the Prologue might fit in Using my buzzsaw patch pardon the slop [video:youtube] I am the walrus using factory pre-set 70's Lead [video:youtube] The barking dog with slap=back delay shaped through a phaser was realized on the Triton Extreme. That was my way of improvising on the "smokepot, smokepot, everybody smokepot" chant from the original recording. Never got a chance to play it live... shame. Always one of those things when you get the bank of sound effects and you say "when and how the heck am I ever going to use these?" Well, there's a tip from your old pal tarkus!

Will check this out. I have not experienced any glitches or tuning issues and I hope never

rather than run through each of the banks or demonstrate the synthesis qualities I will try to do some musical applications. After all that is why I bought it. Maybe I will even crack the owners manual lol

Apologies for the video quality. Literally unboxed it minutes before I made the video. I I will try to post video updates as I am now searching through the presets. happily, I can establish a set-list that would suit my live play needs rather than tell the guitarist and drummer : "Hey wait, I need to dial up a patch"! The set-list would eliminate the need to re-order the existing pre-sets as I had to do with the MEK as well as stuff I programmed on my own. I haven't scratched the surface but the next few weeks will be interesting. [video:youtube]

The SYSEX file transferred, the MEK responded showing the OS updated successfully. I reconnected the PE Boards and the MEK was stuck in low pass filter mode and then ultimately went "bright". I gave up and will assume that after 15 years and a move to a tropical climate, it was time to let her go.... On the bright side, I was contacted by a KCer with an interest in not only the PE boards but the MEK for parts. we have a really good community here. Probably the best online forum I've ever participated in. Moving on, I ordered a Korg Prologue 8 as the new top-tier board.

FWIW - If you plan on doing the PE Conversion, here are things you will need in addition to the DSI Recommendations: Before you do anything, update the OS. You will need an M-Audio UNO or something similar to execute the Sysex transfer. Do not buy a cheap USB to Midi. While a cheap USB to Midi may work for playing applications they suck when confronted with sysex data. M-Audio packages a Disc for driver installation. Seriously, I have three laptops in my home and none of them have disc drives... M-Audio has the applicable software on it's website. Tools: Soldering kit with a needle fine tip. you will need this to remove the two micro-processors that are the size of a gnat! Tweezers - steel em from your wife or your girlfriend. A sturdy pair of fashion tweezers (not the zircon encrusted variety of FZ lore) are far superior to the alloy tweezers that are usually in the soldering kits. Magnifying lens, the kind a jeweler or a watch repair uses with a reference light would be optimum. Not the handheld variety. If not, buy a pair of 1.5 to 2x power reading glasses. You will be glad you did. I had to stack my reading glasses to locate and perform the micro surgery. steady hands a must. lay off the coffee before you attempt this. a solder sucker or solder wick is a must to clear the playing field.

I was a little harsh on DSI. I had some good times with the MEK. When it was operational, it was a great instrument. When I was without my Triton for a about 6-weeks (getting serviced) - I played nothing but the MEK. Changed my way of thinking in terms of synthesis and soloing. So I have DSI to thank for several years of synthesis re-education and monophonic appreciation. nothing lasts forever.

Bumping an old thread: I am intrigued with the Prologue and may be opting for the Prologue 8 as opposed to the 16. For my needs, the 16 doesn't seem to add anymore headroom. Questions for Prologue owners: after months of playing, have your opinions changed? have there been any hardware or software issues that unexpectedly emerged? what aspects of the board have left you wanting? thanks in advance.

We going one more time> Spoke with Carson at DSI. He believes that the MIDI USB connector I purchased could not transmit the SYSEX data. I'm out another $45 and purchased the M-Audio Uno. He also suggested resetting the global parameters. Saturday should be interesting. At this point, the MEK PE Conversion is $315 total.

I wonder why no soldering on your conversion? Seems that the instructions from DSI have now rendered my MEK more useless than before. Before I did the conversion, the encoders/values would jump or skip. At least I had some semblance of program-ability albeit frustrating. I think DSI should either refund me for the conversion kit or provide me with a new master board at a reasonable discount. In fact, all of this could have been avoided on their part if they had included a converted updated Master along with the PE conversion. Am I asking too much? Probably. I am looking at a Korg Prologue to replace the MEK

FAILURE I received my chinese midi/usb cables yesterday. Connected to a lenovo lap top running windows 7 downloaded the Midi-OX to drive the OS Files to the MEK. No luck. I switched over to MAC and used the SYSEX driver. It appeared to work. I checked parameters that were not responding, only to realize FAIL. If anyone wants my MEK for parts and the PE Conversion board PM me and I will part with the whole thing for cheap. Probably the last DSI product I will ever own.

Spoke with Sequential support - its a one man show so be patient, but they did respond same day. IT appears from what I described, the hardware conversion probably went well. The software conversion needs to be done. However, if you attempt to do the hardware conversion, make sure you do the software OS upgrade before you swap out the boards. When I spoke with support and informed them I already completed the the hardware phase, he informed me that I need to re-install the old boards in order to properly receive the software data. He also informed me that another MEK or PEK owner did the same thing I did, but it should be ok. Just open the hood, reconnect the ribbons to the old boards and connect midi to USB. Murphy's law says: I will most likely run into a software issue at this phase. Stay tuned. [video:youtube]https://youtu.be/UgkyrW2NiwM

Yeah - I need to update the OS since I am 1.2. Hopefully it works.

... and there is my trouble. I don't have any capability to connect MEK to Computer. Call me a dinosaur. I will call DSI tomorrow to trouble shoot this biotch.

Well - the good news is I followed the steps to the PE Conversion to the letter. The programs no longer jump or change parameters without my command. My program changes from the original board remain intact. The bad news: None of the VCA or VCO filters respond. The Mod Wheel Recalibration didn't work now rendering the pitch and mod wheels inoperable. The Master Volume won't respond. Since the Conversion required a bit of micro-surgery with a soldering iron, DSI should've offered a replacement master board as an option. I have a feeling I may have fried something. again I followed the instructions to the letter. I will be calling DSI to inform them that the PE Conversion is a waste of time and money. Hopefully I get my money back. I doubt it. If that's the case, I will probably never purchase nor endorse another DSI product again. Anyone want to by a slightly used PE Conversion kit?

don't jinx it - waiting on the arrival of the soldering kit and then all hell breaks loose! [video:youtube]

you don't need a tech to do it since the upgrade is modular. The only thing you need is a soldering set for two small steps. see video from DSI on how to: