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In article <39401s$bau@news.cloud9.net> khuang@cloud9.net (Kevin Huang) writes:
>From: khuang@cloud9.net (Kevin Huang)
>Subject: Re: Turtle Beach Maui for Sale TB wave-table
>Date: 31 Oct 1994 23:53:13 GMT

>Richard (cs5rcs@humus.ucc.hull.ac.uk) wrote:
>: On 28 Oct 1994, Heiko Hoffmann wrote:

>: Oh No! - I had a Maui once - 7 months ago - and I'm sorry Turtle Beach but
>: it was honestly totally and utterly Crap! I already had a SCC1 so I could
>: compare the two cards running simultaneously switching between them
>: (playing the same midi track) on the amp. Ok, I bought the Maui to use the
>: sample-store feature (making instruments out of samples) but believe me,
>: you don't want to hear the Maui! God! The sounds sounded muffled, as if
>: coming from behind a pillow, and was just very low quality. It may have
>: been from a bad batch but I didn't think so (although the waveblaster
>: upgrade pins were missing from the board!) I think the design was simply
>: flawed. The sound card I use now - AWE32 is much better than the Maui,
>: quality wise, and in fact, 'everything else' wise as well! I'm referring
>: to supplied documentation and software. But, then the Maui never did catch
>: on so I was glad to see the back of that card only a few days after trying
>: it out. (I sold it to someone who had never heard the SCC1). Well, that's
>: what I think about the Maui. It disgusts me! :-(*)

>: Richard ---->>---->>---->> r.c.shidhu@dcs.hull.ac.uk (Hull, N.E.England)

>  I'm a bit comfused.  I heard a lot of good things about the maui, this 
>post just said it sucked badly.  Hopefully it's just a bad sample of a 
>Maui 'cause I'm seriously thinking of buying a Maui.  Any Maui or 
>ex-Maui owners want to comment on their Maui?  

>                                              /<evin

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>Kevin Huang                                E-mail:  khuang@cloud9.net
>Cloud 9 Internet

I think he had a bad unit.  My Maui is fine.  I'll be the first to admit that 
some of the patches are less than ideal, but almost all of them are quite 
useable.  BTW I use it in conjunction with a Roland GR-50, I do have something 
to compare it to as far as sound quality goes.

John Cafarella
Melbourne Australia
jcafarel@vibuscy.ccdn.otc.com.au

"She was like a piece of barley sugar - a bit twisted and brittle, but delightfully sweet"