Re: Question

["Mark Longo" <longo@zk3.dec.com>]

> Speaking of which, whatever
> happened to the XB-5s?  Did anyone actually buy any of those?

        Good question.  It's a double manual unit that's way cheaper than the 
XB-3 and I've heard abosultely nothing about it from anyone since it was 
introduced in '93.  Here's the description from the FAQ.

> XB-5                Double 61 note velocity sensing manuals, 9
>                     drawbars per manual plus 16' and 8' drawbars for
>                     pedal board, 2 zone MIDI per manual, 9 presets
>                     with RAM expansion card for 28 banks of 9 presets
>                     each, extensive programmability, pitch bend wheel,
>                     mod/overdrive wheel, LCD.  Volume, treble, bass,
>                     and display contrast controls.  11 Pin female
>                     Leslie output connector, L/R audio outputs,
>                     effects loop, headphone jack, L/R external inputs,
>                     expression pedal and footswitch inputs, MIDI
>                     in/out/thru, MIDI sysex dump.  64 lbs.  List price
>                     ~$7000; with console package, pedal board, bench,
>                     stand, ~$10000 US.  (reviewed in KEYBOARD October
>                     '93)

        Mark

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  Mark Longo                                    Digital Equipment Corp. 
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