Greatings Esh.

Yeah, as you can tell, I'm pretty excited about my new toy (just waiting for it's arrival).

There are actually a number of them already out there, and in use, but I'm still awaiting mine.

I saw that Princes keyboardist was using both a Neko and Miko in their live performance (he also was using them when they played on SNL), and I saw that someone was also already using one on the Grammys.

I've been talking to OpenLabs quite a bit (both via email and phone, and it sounds like I will be in the FIRST consumers batch of Miko's, but they have already sent out a number of them to their HIGHER END users (which I simply do not qualify as one of their HIGHER END users...for some reason they feel that people like Stevie Wonder and people in Princes band are bigger fish than little ol me...oh well, I can live with that).

So I'm hoping to see mine within the next few weeks, AND totally looking forward to it.

And even thought I simply love the concept of both the Miko and Neko it in no way takes away from some of the other great boards out there. They all have their place, and for now the Miko seems to fit my needs REALLY well. But I'll always be excited to see anything new that comes out. I know that the Miko is going to fill A LOT of my needs, but I'm sure that it won't be the last board and/or computer I ever buy.

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AcousticTones Recording Studios