Re: Unpopular or Misunderstood Devices

[Travis Hartnett <hartne.t@apple.com>]

Well, there was that steep price ($399?  $479?  I forget) that it listed
for...


Many people got into the Vortex when Guitar Center blew them out for $125
(myself included).  As I recall the lack of MIDI really turned off a lot of
people.  I certainly wasn't go to buy one at the regular price with no MIDI
control.  And when the Korg DL8000 came out a few years later, with MIDI
control, most people decided they wouldn't buy a Vortex with MIDI
programmability either...

Plus, kids would plug in, noodle a bit in mono (and without the morph 
pedal)
through the incomprehensible patch names (although I can't suggest anything
better) and conclude "Yeah---phase/chorus plus delay.  So what?  Whoa!
Reissue Big Muffs!!  Gotta go!!"


TH



> From: Todd Madson <crash@waste.org>
> Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
> Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 10:24:29 -0600 (CST)
> To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
> Subject: Unpopular or Misunderstood Devices
> Resent-From: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
> Resent-Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 11:28:13 -0500
> 
> If it had been marketed properly, it would have been one of the biggest
> devices in the music world.  As it is, it was and still is ahead of its
> time.
> 
> What amazes me is that these products were ever marketed at all in the
> first place.  The Vortex story would be a very interesting one for the
> books, I'd imagine.