[New Akai MPC Key 37]

1 hour ago, Docbop said:

the 37 key is $900 and I believe the 61 key is $1500.     But the reason for the 37 is that from the time the key 61 was release people kept asked for a smaller more portable version, so Akai made it for them. 

The 37 key is missing the 6 plugins/sound engines (organ, fm, epiano etc). The 61 key includes those. Buying those brings the price of the 37 pretty close to the 61.

[New Akai MPC Key 37]

For those who would buy the “top tier” plugins, the 37 key isn’t much cheaper than the 61.

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1 hour ago, zukskywalker said:

Uh oh ….where’s Moe?

there’s something to be said about not being first kid on the block. I fell into DX world late in the game and scored all manner of DX for real cheap. Still love that 200 and don’t get me started on grey matter E!

 

 

Allow me:

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4 hours ago, Paul Woodward said:

I thought it was a 75 dollar upgrade... 

From the original VB3.

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19 hours ago, dazzjazz said:

Link is dead…

The entity making a claim sounds legit….

[OT? Using phone for internet]

15 hours ago, Floyd Tatum said:

…. (I'm in Canada, by the way).    …

An unlimited-data phone plan costs $90/month, so I think I would save money.

…

Which provider is this? Do they throttle after a certain amount? Is it at 3G or 4G speed?

 

Wind use to have unlimited data, but only available in the really big cities.

 

Canada isn’t really cost effective for cell only data at home, unless you rarely use it.

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17 hours ago, Nievski said:

 

Another perspective, $50 per year is less than $1 a week! I understand the pushback on subscriptions (since it's really a RENTAL, not a subscription), but the pricing is still inexpensive for software.

On its own, but subscriptions don't take long to add up.

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My favourite FNM song:

 

 

 

[Sale on Nautilus - Is Something Afoot?]

4 hours ago, zxcvbnm098 said:

And the reverse happens here in the US with Nord. I'd rather have cheaper Nords and cheaper Korgs personally....

Well at least one of the two is cheaper. In Canada, they’re *both* priced through the stratosphere.

[Sale on Nautilus - Is Something Afoot?]

2 hours ago, drawback said:

 

I'm now starting to see the discounts applied elsewhere (B&H for example) but MF doesn't show the Nautilus or VC when it detects my location. 

Change the shipping country to the USA.

[ParksTools budget MIDI controllers]

9F would be more interesting, not that even the 8F is listed at the moment.

 

edit: Micro USB. No thanks.

[Vox Continental on sale at Sweetwater]

Korg is *highly* protective of their distributors.

 

The "arriving within weeks" thing of course doesn't necessarily mean it's discontinued, but that and the heavy discount in the US is sus.

[Vox Continental on sale at Sweetwater]

34 minutes ago, drawback said:

Which ones? I've just checked the usual suspects in the US, Canada & Europe.

 

Customs duty, not excise duty. My bad for pluralising the word.

 

Yes they can, and no matter where it's purchased from, it would be a manufacturer's warranty

Acclaim was one. Long and Mcquade for at least the 61 key. As far as I can see, only the 73 is available to order, but not in stock. If that means it’s *actually* discontinued, don’t know.

 

6% duty on electronic keys. That’s in addition to sales tax.

 

Whenever I’ve checked, US websites state they can’t ship new Korg products internationally.

 

Warranty is only valid within the country of sale, at least according to Jam (Korg Canada) and Korg USA.

[Vox Continental on sale at Sweetwater]

3 hours ago, drawback said:

I don’t know what’s going on with that price, as it hasn’t been matched anywhere else. I saw it a couple of days ago and was slightly disappointed since I’d just ordered a brand new one off a Canadian retailer’s online site and it’s scheduled to arrive at my door in a couple of days.
 

I was able to negotiate a very good price with free shipping, and after doing the math it comes out acceptably close to what Sweetwater’s would be after international shipping, duties, brokerage fees, two sales taxes and then everything factored into Canadian dollars.
 

Needless to say, unless a US retailer has a massive discount, or they stock items impossible to get up here (eg. Motion Sound) it’s pretty hard to justify for me. …

Some retailers are listing it as “discontinued”. Not that Jam (korg.ca) would care about discounting them this much, anyway.

The duty alone often kills the deal of importing, never mind the shipping. Why have a duty attached anyway? What keys manufacturers in Canada are there to protect?

 

Sweetwater wouldn’t be allowed to sell to you anyway, unless you shipped to a US address and forwarded or picked it up yourself. And then you’ld have to send it to the US for warranty.

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Wouldn't she have to meet you first?

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Taken in context with the rest of the post, I don't see it that way.

 

(Randy) Bachman and Turner not being able to use the Overdrive was more telling.

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Those are just things.

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Could be wrong, but I don't think too many here can afford to stand in line for one.

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Not for organ "sounds".

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Loonie.

[Kawai ES110]

20 hours ago, Kawai James said:

I would recommend a Quiccosound mi.1 II (Bluetooth MIDI adapter) and an iPad - a killer combination.

Doesn’t seem to be sold anymore.

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For some reason thought Nursers was a US expat.

[A new alternative to Kronos and Nautilus]

The catch is It’s almost in Nautilus territory. Of the two, I’d rather pay a bit more for the Nautilus.

[The WHAT!? Yamaha DX1, $134,538.80]

And a ‘66 vette would be way mire practical than a DX1.

[The WHAT!? Yamaha DX1, $134,538.80]