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Music Appreciation

eppur_se_muova

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2. Hopefully, they'll have the sense to make their instruments modular, with the keyboards being user-swappable.

Reply to mopinko (Original post)

Sun Sep 7, 2025, 04:10 PM

Sunday

And publishing the standards necessary to support 3rd-party keyboards.

Once the idea gets started, you realize it shouldn't be any more complicated than upgrading your hard drive or RAM, and millions of untrained people have done that.

Oh, and watch prices decline pretty quickly when that happens.

Maybe we'll end up with the circuitry in one box (user servicable and upgradable), and the keyboard connected by USB or Ethernet cable. Changes the transportation problem drastically. "Pretty crowded on this gig -- better unpack the compact keyboard. But keep the big guy around for the final performance."

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