Members McHale Posted October 6, 2012 Members Share Posted October 6, 2012 So I called Sweetwater yesterday. The ship date I was given was October 29th. I hadn't told him I pre-ordered it and he said that if I ordered it today, there's a long list of people that have pre-ordered so it would probably be "a little" later than that. So I asked him how many have been pre-ordered. After typing for a minute or so he said he couldn't tell me the actual numbers but he said there are more pre-order sales for the Vortex than TOTAL SALES TO DATE of the AX-SYNTH and AX-09 combined. LOL @ Roland's constant failing. Hopefully Roland will get the message and offer a straight up keytar again like the AX-7 but at a realistic competitive price (which they aren't ever known for). Looks like Alesis has a hit on it's hands. Good for them and good for us, the consumer. -Mc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AnotherScott Posted October 6, 2012 Members Share Posted October 6, 2012 Hopefully Roland will get the message and offer a straight up keytar again like the AX-7 but at a realistic competitive price The original Roland Axis was their best ever keytar. Much more usable pitch and mod controls than their later models, and aftertouch besides. I only wish it had the patch selection buttons of the AX-1 (best of any keytar I've seen), and the battery compartment and standard MIDI jack so you could go wireless with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members McHale Posted October 6, 2012 Author Members Share Posted October 6, 2012 And a bit of edjucashun for all your dork stick fans: [video=youtube;u4fJq3T6wO8] INCREDIBLY well done... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members McHale Posted October 6, 2012 Author Members Share Posted October 6, 2012 The original Roland Axis was their best ever keytar. Much more usable pitch and mod controls than their later models, and aftertouch besides. I only wish it had the patch selection buttons of the AX-1 (best of any keytar I've seen), and the battery compartment and standard MIDI jack so you could go wireless with it. Ironically, I thought that too though I only got to play one a few times. There are a few things on the Alesis I wish were different but for the price, it's impossible to complain. Plus, I've never gotten my hands on one so maybe after playing it, those things could end up being positives. They obviously put a LOT of thought into it and I'm sure everything was done for a reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members triton76 Posted October 6, 2012 Members Share Posted October 6, 2012 alesis is 'tilt sensitive' that could be pretty cool for rocking out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChipCurtis Posted October 6, 2012 Members Share Posted October 6, 2012 Alesis went and done it again. Made an extremely affordable keytar MIDI controller that has been essentially missing from the market for almost 2 decades. Kudos to the dream team once again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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