KF:
I did get the impression (belatedly) from a post on another forum that you had done some computer work. Like you, I am also too cheap to purchase a laptop, but since I'm a high school tech resource teacher by day, I check one out from there and bring it to gigs. (I'm relentlessly cheap!)

Computers are kind of a pain at gigs, so you're right, it'd be nice to just stick a disk into a module or synth. Of course, having the computer on-site makes it possible to tweek there . . .

By the way, since you have Noteworthy Composer experience (y'know, for the money, it's pretty good - did I mention how cheap I am?) - you have a guess as to how well it'll work with a MOTU MicroExpress? The folks at MOTU basically told me to "get over it" - the MicroExpress drivers will work with anything! I'm not so sure, but we'll know more by Wednesday!

The impression I'm getting is that the JV-1010 has every bit as much voice breadth as many of Roland's more expensive modules and synths. Did I get lucky?
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