Within the space of one week our Electric Dryer, Dishwasher and Water Heater all went out.
The next week our Central Air/Heat went out.
We will have an "all-appliance" Christmas!
Only thing on my list is Squawker McCaw. http://squawkersmccaw.com/
At last I'll have a duo partner! I have big plans for him.
DonM

Cases for a GW-7 and SH-201, an additional keyboard stand and bench and a new melodica.

Ho, Ho!

R.

You got mail!

got it already, a PA800 with an Mp3 board.

Well I guess for me Xmas blessings took place throught the year:

PA800 in August
2 CM-30s about a month ago, and..
an MPP earlier this week

Thanks to Steve for your help on the MPP, A Great Guy helping me with the learning curve.

Mark-Orlando, Fl

Hi Mark
Quite a coincidence. I bought a PA800 in October, 2 CM30's 2 weeks ago, and have had an MPP for a couple of years.

The MPP beats having music spread out in front of you, eh?

Bernie

Bernie,
Yes it does.
I'm not the must computer savy person, but I have been able to get already 200-300 tunes in it via CD/PDF. This is the way to go for us "Readers".

Now to learn to scan and convert.

Mark

Okay, okay... these may not be considered this years Christmas gifts as such but I did get them this year. They are: the new Roland Sonic Cell PRO which I purchased in September and the Sony MDR-7509HD Professional Studio Headphones I purchased back in May. By the way, the Sony MDR-7509HD headphones garnered the 2007 Editor's Choice award from Electronic Musician Magazine. I thought my Sennheiser HD280 PRO headphones were good but the Sony's are far superior in my opinion. If you're in the market for some outstanding cans then you might want to check out the Sony MDR-7509HD Professional Studio Headphones. The Bass response is probably much better than you've ever experienced before as far as headphones are concerned. They blew me away that's for sure.

As far as PRO arranger keyboards are concerned the Pa2xPRO has not yet been released in the U.S. and most likely it won't be before Christmas. And there isn't anything else new on the market arranger wise when it comes to 76/88 keys.

I do think that I would like to get another 88 key Controller keyboard and maybe for Christmas. Although I am a little hesitant because I would first like to see what winter NAMM 2008 has to offer in the way of Controllers. I'm hoping Roland (Edirol) will come out with a 76/88 key PCR-series controller keyboard to hook up with my Sonic Cell PRO. I know CME has the VX-76/88 controllers but I've heard a lot of people are having problems with them. And since the Sonic Cell is a Roland product I would like to stick with a Roland controller if at all possible.

A Merry Christmas to all and happy holiday,

Mike

Your welcome Mark, glad to be of help. It's not all that complicated, but getting a few tips cuts the learning curve dramatically. Enjoy it.

Bernie, I've had my MPP for 2 years and I wouldn't be without it. As for the PA800, it's an amazing board.

Check out page 28 of the latest KEYBOARD magazine and see what they have to say about the Nord C1 (you know, the one Donny wouldn't take even if it were free). Naturally, I agree with every word and fall more in love with it every day. If you'd like the closest thing ever to a B3 in a 34lb package and have some extra bucks laying around, it'll make a heck of a xmas present to oneself.

Next best thing; Nord Electro (Nord Stage, if you can afford it).

Superb quality without the weight (for all you wimps out there ).

chas