Rumour: Alesis filed Chapter 11 - can anyone confirm?

[musicman1ovation.net]

Originally posted by Hippie:

I have a 30 watt Peavy Tweed amp that sounds great to tape. I was amazed that a crappy little peavy ....

 

-Hippie

 

I've always thought that their real problem is that their name sounds like Col. Klink saying "peewee"!

 

You getz me the Peavey amp undt vee blow the hhroof off theese place. Ya? http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

[KHAN]

I've been using my "beginners" Peavey gear : TubeFex, Classic 50/50 poweramp, into a 410E Cab for five years now in my stage rig. I also have the foot controller that I use with an expression pedal so I can "Morph" sounds. It has functioned without a single glitch for about 300 or more shows, and amazingly I get many compliments on my tones. You can imagine how bummed I am to find out that I am using beginners gear.

[Lee Flier]

I am certainly not a gear snob when it comes to brand names, unless there's a good reason for it. That said, I still think Peavey and Alesis mostly suck. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif 'Course, I haven't given Peavey much of a chance recently. Not since I had a Peavey amp in the late 70's and it went up in smoke at a gig one night. Nothing has ever happened to my Ampeg in 22 years and I only paid $175 for it too (in 1979). Plus it sounds a hell of a lot better besides. So I guess that's how I feel about "cheap beginner" gear: if you look around you can USUALLY find something just as cheap but better than Alesis or Peavey. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif Heck, Boss/Roland and DanElectro are all right!

 

Alesis was looking like they were getting some happening products together with the Masterlink and the 24 track HD recorder... so that is too bad they're in trouble now. But from what I understand, there has always been a lot of mismanagement there. As for their other products... well, let's just say I'm with Fletcher on ADAT's, the only place for them is impaled on a stick. They didn't start the "project studio revolution", Tascam did. And Tascam 1/2" 8-track and 1" 16-track analog decks sound way better than ADAT's in my opinion, and are certainly more ruggedly built and easier to deal with. Not to mention, analog tape lasts a few years longer than a freakin' VHS tape and you aren't totally screwed if it spools off the reel. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

 

Oh, and did I mention how much I hate Alesis' effects? http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif Anything Alesis made, Boss or Roland or Yamaha made better at the same price or close enough. Did you hear about the musician who left a Nanoverb in the dash his unlocked car during a gig? When he came out, somebody'd broken into his car and left another Nanoverb there.... sheesh... I have a no-name spring reverb that I paid $20 for at a garage sale that smokes a damn Nanoverb. Let alone the little old Lexicon LXP-1's that actually sound pretty darn good and have a MIDI controller so you can tweak parameters, to boot.

 

Oh well, nuff said there!

 

--Lee

 

This message has been edited by Lee Flier on 05-01-2001 at 11:24 PM

[Valkyrie Sound]

Originally posted by KHAN:

I've been using my "beginners" Peavey gear : TubeFex, Classic 50/50 poweramp, into a 410E Cab for five years now in my stage rig. I also have the foot controller that I use with an expression pedal so I can "Morph" sounds. It has functioned without a single glitch for about 300 or more shows, and amazingly I get many compliments on my tones. You can imagine how bummed I am to find out that I am using beginners gear.

 

Hey KHAN: No offence, OK? Should I have said "entry level" gear?

 

I think Phil would be the first one here to tell you I'm

not a gear snob at all.... http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

 

I still use my first (don't laugh Dave Bryce http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/wink.gif) Holton Trombone...

as well as my expensive, professional Bach Strad. horn.

 

Oh... and I will gladly admit I use a $500 USB audio interface

to record the LA Phil among others.... (Tascam US-428). 'Nuff said...

If it does the job.... http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif

 

Valky

www.vsoundinc.com

[Valkyrie Sound]

Originally posted by pokeefe777@msn.com:

Val, I do remember your earlier postings regarding the "Alesis troubles" but this was something new insofar as it was a report of an actual Chapter 11 filing as of last Friday. And if it's been filed, then it should be easy enough to confirm. Your sources seem to be outstanding, and you know I'll accept it if it's backed up by you. Your reputation is golden with me girl![/b]

 

Oh... maybe I didn't make myself clear last time.

What I meant to say was that they had gone Chapter 11 a

few weeks ago.

 

They're even using the whole Chapter 11

situation with Alesis as a case study in

USC's Distribution of Musical Products

class....it's old news around there....

 

As for my sources... well... I've

always made it a point to stay well

connected with audio manufacturers.

I don't know how I'd make real business decisions

otherwise. I'm NDA at several of the major companies...

I say what I can and shut up about everything else. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/wink.gif

I would not have said anything about Alesis

if I didn't know it to be true and that the

news was already out publicly.

If it is public...

I'll talk... if not... I don't say anything... http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/wink.gif

 

Oh...and if I say anything about anything

at my last job... www.soundconsultants.com

 

Walt Disney Imagineering owns my first born!

 

JBL/EAW get my second born...

 

Mackie gets my third born...

 

Tascam gets my fourth...

 

Damn... I better get started! http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

 

Valky

www.vsoundinc.com

 

This message has been edited by valkyriesound on 05-02-2001 at 01:54 AM

[alphajerk]

i like alesis stuff. people rag on the Q2 but how the hell did the yamama spx90 make it into a bunch of studios, it sounds like shit compared to the Q2, i can get tons of cool sounds out of a Q2. probably the same reason the ns10's did, dillusional insanity by sun staved studio rats? some of the shittiest speakers ever made, and thank god they are stopping making them... now whose dust caps are going to be punched in at the stores now? and the QSR is a poormans kurtzweil, the sounds are quite nice in there. the DM5 has provided nice drum triggers for me as well, and the sounds arent half bad... with some top notch programming even you lee would have a tough time telling it was a drum machine. lets not forget about the ADAT optical, such a great connection, beats what tascam did.

[Valkyrie Sound]

Originally posted by alphajerk:

hey val,

 

i didnt notice motu on your list, what were their numbers. i would like to see the numbers for PT, Cubase, Logic, and Motu [whats working on MAC]

 

Well....

 

Digidesign was #13 with $118.2 million

 

As for Steinberg, Emagic, and MOTU...

they didn't seem to make the top 125

so I don't have their numbers...strange...

The only other software makers to make the list

were Sonic Foundry and Cakewalk.

I would say either they did less than $6.5 million

(number #125) or they've been left off for some

very odd reason.

As you get closer to the bottom of the

list the numbers get closer...within a few thousand

in some cases. This list also includes ALL manufacturers

of musical products... including instrument

makers and publishers like Carl Fisher. So... it's

hard to get into the top 125 of this list.

Most of the smaller pro audio companies

we know and love are not on here.

Really, you'd be surprised at just how

small some of these pro audio companies

are.....but they do BIG things! http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

 

Here's the big reason for Alesis

going down....

 

$% change for 2000 vs. 1999

 

Hard-Disk Multi-tracks...up 16%

Digital Tape Multi-tracks...DOWN 45%!!!!!

Software... up 13%

Sound cards... up 48.5%

 

Here's another good example of

how computer recording is changing the market:

 

Rack-mounted processors... down 9%

 

It's all changing.....

We just need to keep up!

 

Lee: You've got it right girl...

Tascam started the project studio

movement...not Alesis. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

 

Cheers!

Valky

[Philip OKeefe]

Okay, okay, maybe Val and Lee are correct about Tascam starting the "project studio revolution". Hey, I have owned a couple of 80-8's over the years, as well as a 246, a 2340 and now a US-428. Tascam makes great stuff, and I give them the respect they so richly deserve. So Jeff (Tascam Guy) don't have Dan swing by with a hit squad on his way home and try to take me out or anything... http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif

 

Still in all, maybe it's a perception thing. I agree that good results can be acheived with a 80-8, 38, 48 or 85-16, but still in all, it wasn't until the ADAT (and then the DA-88) hit the market that the acceptance of professional audio quality on a home studio budget hit the masses. Let's face it - things took off after the introduction of ADAT.

 

And Lee, as you know, I am well aware of your feelings about ADATs (for those who don't know, she's jokingly bagged on me for owning them for some time now). OTOH, even though they're not perfect, in the right hands, good results ARE possible on them.

 

I'm not trying to defend Alesis here, just calling it like I see it. I certainly respect both Val and Lee, and neither one is a "gear slob" IMO.

 

 

Phil O'Keefe

Sound Sanctuary Recording

Riverside CA

http://members.aol.com/ssanctuary/index.html

pokeefe777@msn.com

[Valkyrie Sound]

Originally posted by pokeefe777@msn.com:

So Jeff (Tascam Guy) don't have Dan swing by with a hit squad on his way home and try to take me out or anything... http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif

 

Phil: I think you could take Daniel Keller....

Heck... I could beat the crap out of Daniel! http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/tongue.gif

 

I'd watch out for Karl Moet, Sean Halley, or

Dave Casey if I were you.... they're big strong boys.... http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/wink.gif

 

Valky

www.vsoundinc.com

[dansouth]

Well, I pretty much watched the home studio revolution unfold before me. The Tascam 144 Portastudio was a huge step forward. It gave every musician the opportunity to learn and use multitrack recording, regardless of budget. MIDI and affordable drum computers were a boon, as well. With a MIDI synth, a drum machine, a rudimentary sequencer, plus a Portastudio, a single musician could produce demos in a wide variety of styles. Some even produced whole albums.

 

That said, Alesis had as much to do with the home studio revolution as anyone. They were one of the first suppliers of affordable digital effects. How many home studio owners could have bought a digital reverb before the MidiVerb came out? We were lucky to own a DDL.

 

The ADAT, despite its flaws, changed recording forever - home AND pro. How many home studios owners would be buying high-end mic preamps and compressors if it hadn't been for the advent of affordable digital audio? You couldn't hear that stuff through the hiss of 1/2" 8-track decks. Who would be mastering tracks at home if we still had to record to analog tape? Fletcher should get down on his knees and kiss the ground in front of the Alesis factory. Because of their ADAT, his market for high end gear grew exponentially.

 

Alesis also introduced an affordable 16x4 mixer, but thankfully Greg Mackie bailed us out of that one. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif Alesis built some nifty monitors, too.

 

I've always felt that Alesis gear was just barely acceptable, i.e. if they had cut one more corner, it would have been unusable. But amazingly, I've never been disappointed by any of their products. They're designed to meet a low price point, but they work well in the context for which they were designed. The MMT-8 was a REALLY cool piece - techno artists around the world are STILL using that thing!

 

Oh, and the MasterLink rocks!!!!!!! I gotta order me a couple more o' those babies...just in case. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/wink.gif

 

This message has been edited by dansouth@yahoo.com on 05-02-2001 at 03:53 AM

[copacapripacbell.net]

I hope Alesis pulls out of this I'd hate to see that sort of innovation go.

More so the PEOPLE who work there are also suffering through this.

 

I have visited their offices many times in Sta.Monica and it all ways seemed to be a quite upbeat place.

 

I use Alesis Monitors (ones) I like them but thats me. I also have a couple of M20's and Xt's aswell. I still love my machines.

 

Looking forward to a Masterlink and would love to have a HD24.

As keyboard player I am in love with the A6 Andromeda.

 

------------------

Cheers,

 

La Vida Musica

Copa Capri Recorders

Hollyhood Productions

[soapbox]

Alanis Morissette's first CD, "Jagged Little Pill," was tracked on Adats.

 

Love 'em or hate 'em, Adats changed history and created a revolution. Nobody took home recording seriously (except for demo work) before the Adat.

 

Maybe I was out of the loop, but I don't remember the term "project studio" coming into any kind of wide use before the nineties. So, personally I think it's fair for Phil to claim, "Alesis is largely responsible for the 'project studio revolution.'" My recollection is that when Tascam and Fostex ruled the semipro market in the eighties, a home studio was called a "home studio" and anything recorded on those machines was called a "demo."

 

This message has been edited by soapbox on 05-02-2001 at 09:02 AM

[Lee Flier]

Originally posted by soapbox:

Maybe I was out of the loop, but I don't remember the term "project studio" coming into any kind of wide use before the nineties. So, personally I think it's fair for Phil to claim, "Alesis is largely responsible for the 'project studio revolution.'" My recollection is that when Tascam and Fostex ruled the semipro market in the eighties, a home studio was called a "home studio" and anything recorded on those machines was called a "demo."

 

Well, that's just a marketing/terminology issue. For all intents and purposes people did the same kinds of things on their Tascams as were done in the 90's on ADAT's. Most ADAT "project studios" are really just "home studios" and most of the work done in them is just "demos", but because of other factors that exist today (namely that DIY'ers can theoretically claim a legitimate market share), they are called by different names now.

 

Yes, people buy more high end recording gear now. But in case anybody forgot or wasn't there, people were broke in the 80's. The economy sucked. For a kid or a young adult to be able to afford a Neumann mic for a "home studio", even a TLM103 if it had existed, was completely out of the question. Nobody even thought about such things. Let alone a $2000 mic preamp (and yes they do sound good on a Tascam) or compressor. ADAT's didn't change that, the economy did.

 

Yes, there are "major" releases that have been done on ADAT's, but again that's more because economics have changed. People had relatively HUGE major label budgets until the 90's and very few people would have felt compelled to do a major label release on an ADAT (had those existed in the 80's) when they could do it on analog tape. And anyway it was only a couple of years later that affordable hard disk recording came along, at which time no high-end studio was about to stick with ADAT's and neither have most project studios.

 

That is the main reason I don't feel too sorry for Alesis; it seems to me like any moron could have seen that digital recording was soon going to move to the hard disk realm. I never bought an ADAT because I saw it as nothing more than a crude interim between analog tape and disk based recording. That Alesis didn't see it that way and prime themselves for the inevitable shift, seems incredibly stupid. Now it looks like they've finally caught up and released some innovative products, but it may be too little too late.

 

About the only advantage I can see to ADAT's in today's world is that so many people bought so damn many of the things, and they were all alone in their field for a couple of years, to the point where they've become a sort of "standard" unlike anything we have now in the hard disk world. Pepole can send another person an ADAT with a submix on 2 tracks, the other person can do overdubs and send the ADAT back, and long distance collaboration is possible. A lot of people have stuck with ADAT's solely for that reason. That's cool, but I'm cool with waiting till there are some standards in place for disk based systems to talk to each other, and/or network based recordings.

 

--Lee

[Jeff Klopmeyer]

Out of professional courtesy, I really want to keep any personal opinions out of this thread. I happened to notice I was mentioned a few posts back, and just wanted to say this...

 

I spent nearly eight years being the marketing weasel at Alesis before joining TASCAM over a year ago. There were times where it was a great place to work, and it seemed the innovation faucet was turned to full blast 24 hours a day during those good years. But there were also times where it felt that the direction and focus of the company was entirely off base with everything I was able to understand about the equipment manufacturing industry and the trends in the music/audio creative field.

 

Love or hate their gear, they certainly had an impact on our industry. If they're revived under the ownership of another company, I'm sure the brand name will live on (although the focus of the types of products they do will certainly change).

 

Also, let me say that TASCAM seems to be a completely different company than it was a few years back, with a vibe of high energy running through the place and a very exciting list of products we'll be introducing over the next few years. There will always be companies who really get it, but you have to keep in mind that companies in any industry are not static entities. The company you know today is likely to be very different every five years or so. The thing to do is to constantly evaluate what the company has done lately and not base your opinion on stuff that happened years ago (though it's easy to see how any experience, good or bad, can have a long-lasting effect on your perception).

 

Okay. Didn't mean for this post to become novel length. But I think it's a shame that by former company is ending up in the situation they're apparently in, despite the fact that they're now one of my competitors. The good news is that I have complete faith that the high-quality people who've recently lost their jobs there will be scooped up by other companies quickly, so that the difficulties on them and their families will be over as quickly as possible.

 

- Jeff

[soapbox]

Originally posted by Jeff, TASCAM Guy:

The company you know today is likely to be very different every five years or so.

 

Good point. I was actually concerned about Alesis four or five years ago when I heard that one of the founding partners left to create Event Electronics. Jeff, if I may ask, what do you know about this?

[Jeff Klopmeyer]

Originally posted by soapbox:

Good point. I was actually concerned about Alesis four or five years ago when I heard that one of the founding partners left to create Event Electronics. Jeff, if I may ask, what do you know about this?

 

A little ancient history: Alesis was founded in 1985 by Keith Barr, the engineering genius behind MXR, and Russell Palmer, a very savvy sales/marketing guy who'd come out of the record industry. The best years at Alesis were when this partnership was solid.

 

In 1996 or so, there was a split between Keith and Russell. Russell left with a few guys to form Event. In some folks' opinions, Alesis never really was the same place after that. Keith is a brilliant guy but not the greatest figurehead leader who can inspire employees and so on. I never felt I had really clear, consistent direction in regard to the overall goals and missions of the company at any point after that.

 

Just goes to show that there's much more to a technology company than innovative products. Even high revenue is pointless without good profitability and long-term planning.

 

- Jeff

[Anderton]

I think it's entirely fair to say that TASCAM started the project studio revolution.

 

I also think it's entirely fair to say that Alesis started the digital project studio revolution.

 

Say what you will about analog's "warmth" etc., without really good noise reduction it was very difficult to release music on a par with what was being done in commercial facilities at the time. ADAT really levelled the playing field, making it far difficult to tell whether something was tracked at home or in a "real" studio.

 

Pan ADATs if you want to; tape has always been a messy technology, analog or digital -- too many moving parts! But when ADAT came out, it was by far the most cost-effective way to do digital recording. My ADATs paid for themselves within 12 months.

 

As to their signal processors, on my Forward Motion CD I used a PCM-70 and MIDIverb II. When people saw that and listened to the cuts, they'd always comment on being able to recognize that "wonderful PCM-70 reverb." Only trouble was, I used the MIDIverb II for the reverb, and the PCM-70 more for chorusing and delay effects! Preset #23 still sounds pretty good to me...

[Anderton]

BTW Jeff TASCAM guy - just wanted to say I admire the way you handle yourself in these forums, making your affiliation obvious, and offering balanced opinions. So before anyone jumps on you for talking about the higher energy level at TASCAM, let me just say I'll vouch for what you're saying as being objective. TASCAM lost its way for a while, and sort of became a sleeping giant after ADAT routed the DA-88 in the marketplace. But what I'm seeing come out of TASCAM these days is very inspiring. I think forging a partnership with Frontier Designs was brilliant, by the way.

[hiraga]

Really sad about Alesis.. I'd really hoped for that WolksWagen kinda RADAR..

 

Perhaps Alesis started the digital project studio ®evolution, but I think it's fair to say that Akai's standalone DR series of HD-recorders 4, 8 & 16 tracks of highly reliable easy recording, started the HD thing. At least in my part of the world, I saw DR8s & DR16s before the DAW replaced them all (and most other analog & digital multitrakkers..).

 

I think they're great sounding machines, really really reliable and are still good value. They go for very little maney these dayz.. there's even a 24 bit DR16PRO, lots of in/out options, sync etc..

 

I thought about selling my DR4, but it always comes in handy some how.. great 2tr mastering machine also!

 

...

 

Really a shame 'bout Alesis. With the new HDR24 *done* (it looks done, Roger tried it, so it shouldn't be hard to put into production, imho..) perhaps the company a good buy?? I hope that happens. It looks like a perfect way for a company that doesn't have a digital branch to get into well.. digital and all it's profit ..

[Lee Flier]

Originally posted by Anderton:

I think it's entirely fair to say that TASCAM started the project studio revolution.

 

I also think it's entirely fair to say that Alesis started the digital project studio revolution.

 

True enough. Whether you think that's a good thing or a bad thing is another story. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

 

Say what you will about analog's "warmth" etc., without really good noise reduction it was very difficult to release music on a par with what was being done in commercial facilities at the time.

 

Sorry but it was/is just as difficult on ADAT's, in spite of all Alesis' marketing hype. It's just a different set of problems. Until people had more money (therefore more access to good outboard gear, rooms with decent acoustics, etc.), and the knowledge of how to use this gear, home recordings pretty much sucked. And most of them still do. I am positive that I can personally make just as good a recording on a Tascam analog machine as an ADAT, hiss or no hiss (and hiss is highly overemphasized, you can minimize hiss if you record analog properly). Sure I'd rather have an Ampex or Studer, but then I'd rather have a 24 bit hard disk recorder too. If we're talking home studio grade stuff (as in "cheap"), I don't think ADAT's are any better sounding than Tascam analog machines IN THE RIGHT HANDS. In the wrong hands, EITHER technology sucks. And I've heard PLENTY of ADAT recordings that suck rocks. You may not have been dealing with tape hiss but you were still dealing with essentially crappy converters. Frankly, although it doesn't make any sense nowadays to get into a digital vs. analog war, back when ADAT's came out it certainly did make sense. I thought digital recording in general sucked rocks until 24 bit audio became affordable, and I was perfectly happy to stick with analog until that day.

 

I agree that tape has always been a messy technology. But analog tape is far more stable than a VHS cassette! Sheesh, just a couple of weeks ago a friend of mine put an old ADAT into his machine to transfer it to his HDR and the tape got totally eaten within 30 seconds. Not pretty. You're lucky if your ADAT recordings survived long enough to have been able to archive them to some other format. I figured if I was going to buy into digital (which I eventually did), it was going to have to have significant advantages over analog, which HDR's do. Why bother going to digital if you were still going to have to deal with tape, and shitty quality tape at that?

 

Oh well it's kinda pointless to talk about it at this point since just about everybody now has an HDR system. But I always thought ADAT's were totally pointless, and it's too bad they got so entrenched in the market and people really believed their marketing hype about "professional" quality. Very few people ACTUALLY got decent results from ADAT's and those people would've gotten equally good results from a Tascam machine, I'm quite sure. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif

 

--Lee

 

This message has been edited by Lee Flier on 05-02-2001 at 01:10 PM

[Lee Flier]

I agree Jeff, you rock. And thanks for the history lesson; I had no idea one of Alesis' founders started Event, and I find Event to be a pretty impressive company! I agree that it takes more than products to build a successful company; leadership is essential, and although it seems impossible to quantify the effects of leadership, good OR bad leadership seems to reflect in a company from top to bottom.

 

I am glad things are on a good tack at Tascam nowadays, too. I'm excited to see what the company does in the future.

 

--Lee

[Jeff Klopmeyer]

Originally posted by Anderton:

BTW Jeff TASCAM guy - just wanted to say I admire the way you handle yourself in these forums, making your affiliation obvious, and offering balanced opinions.

 

Thanks Craig. That means a lot, coming from a guy who I've known and respected for much longer than I've been on the "inside" of this industry (which seems like a lot more than the 10 years it's been). I have been on usenet newsgroups and various music/audio forums for years, and the one thing I've found true is that hiding one's affiliation with a manufacturer is possibly the slimiest thing one can do, not to mention the fact that someone's eventually going to bust you.

 

I get on these forums not only as a "TASCAM Guy", but first and foremost as a person who's had a long relationship on a personal basis wih the world of music creation and production. Whether I worked for a manufacturer or not, I'm sure I'd be here anyway. I'm just glad that forums like yours are becoming more and more accessible to people who might otherwise not have such a great source of coaching, news and camaraderie.

 

- Jeff

[alphajerk]

i was using TEAC 4 track reel2reels long before i saw what tascam was doing, i also bought a yamama 4track before the portastudios hit hard.

 

alesis were the ones who did pour the gasoline on the digital home studio fire. i was using ADATs long before computers were even capable of doing audio successfully.

[Botch.]

Sweetwater Sound's weekly "In Sync" newsletter stated that Alesis had "spun off" several of their projects to other companies, but didn't say anything about Chapter 11. Maybe the Andromeda will come out with a Roland nameplate; worse yet, with a Roland instruction manual AAAIIIEEE!

[dansouth]

Originally posted by botch@netutah.net:

Maybe the Andromeda will come out with a Roland nameplate; worse yet, with a Roland instruction manual AAAIIIEEE!

 

Maybe Kurzweil will buy the Andromeda and double the price. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/wink.gif

[Jeff Klopmeyer]

Originally posted by Lee Flier:

I agree Jeff, you rock.

 

Thanks Lee! I've always dug your posts as well, and your interview with Stan was way cool. One of my favorite drummers ever.

 

Okay, this is turning into a mutual admiration society. I'll stop now.

 

- Jeff

[Moronix]

Originally posted by Jeff, TASCAM Guy:

Thanks Lee! I've always dug your posts as well, and your interview with Stan was way cool. One of my favorite drummers ever.

 

Okay, this is turning into a mutual admiration society. I'll stop now.

 

- Jeff

 

Hey Jeff you have done such a good job, I never felt the urge to chime in.

 

Robert Morin

Still working at Alesis.

Wow! did I say that!

[Valkyrie Sound]

Jeff is the best!!!! http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

 

As for Alesis, I think they've made a significant,

positive contribution to our industry and

I hope they can get back on their feet.

 

Chapter 11 is a second chance...not the end.

 

My best wishes to everyone at Alesis! http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif

 

Valky

www.vsoundinc.com

[Jeff Klopmeyer]

Originally posted by morinix:

Hey Jeff you have done such a good job, I never felt the urge to chime in.

 

Robert Morin

Still working at Alesis.

Wow! did I say that!

 

Robert "tube king" Morin...good to see you around here, and glad to see you're still employed there! You can never have enough guys like Robert around at an audio company...people who are totally passionate about audio, and would eat, sleep, drink and eat sound if that were possible.

 

I wouldn't be at all surprised if you folks saw a high-end Robert Morin tube mic pre one day a few years down the line. Remember, you heard it here first!

 

- Jeff

[Moronix]

Originally posted by Jeff, TASCAM Guy:

Robert "tube king" Morin...good to see you around here, and glad to see you're still employed there! You can never have enough guys like Robert around at an audio company...people who are totally passionate about audio, and would eat, sleep, drink and eat sound if that were possible.

 

I wouldn't be at all surprised if you folks saw a high-end Robert Morin tube mic pre one day a few years down the line. Remember, you heard it here first!

 

- Jeff