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Article #806Re: Election Censorship DUMB IDEA (was Re: Fraudulent ballots from Israel?
From: Tiny Human Ferret
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 03:14
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 03:14
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"G." wrote:
>
> klaatu@clark.net writes:
> >"G." wrote:
>
> >> just be glad you guys don't play the piano
> >
> >Actually, I recently bought a nice Yamaha which has excellent technology
> >sensing key rate-of-descent and initial forces, etc etc., all of which gives
> >it an extremely piano-like response. With it set to "portable grand" it
> >sounds just about like a very nice real Yamaha grand-piano... plus it's got
> >about 255 other settings and is fully MIDI controllable, 16-voice
> >polyphonic. And it talks to my computer, which has a SoundBlaster Platinum
> >5.1 Live which itself has full MIDI and another 32 voices...
> >
> >the computer would be hard to carry around, but the Yamaha isn't, and it was
> >something like $149.99.
>
> Anyone with any ability can sit blindfolded in a room with an acoustic
> piano and an electronic piano and identify which is which (when played).
Well, sure. But this sounds pretty good despite all of that. Besides, unlike
even the best acoustic pianos, this doesn't go out of tune.
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