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It's the Kawai update....that is going to happen I reckon.
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Nah, he was referring to the US Senate passing the budget to prevent the 'Fiscal Cliff'...well, for two more months at least. By which time, we'll all be speculating about what new instruments will be announced at Frankfurt Musikmesse...
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It's the Kawai update....that is going to happen I reckon. As much as I would love to see an MP11 with the new GF action and an MP7 with the ES7 specs plus what the MP6 already has, I don't think it's going to happen this NAMM. It seems that Dr. Popper is eluding to an updated CP series (revamped keyboards), not free user downloadable software updates. Of course those are my words and not his. If that happens I really hope that Yamaha can up the specs on the CP5's acoustic pianos and magically reduce the weight and footprint of the instrument as a whole. If that happens I think I may repurchase a CP series stage piano.
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I'm really reaching here, but say Yamaha steps their game up for their 125th anniversary, would they give a dramatic downloadable software update to the current CP line? I'm completely on-board with that idea, as long as they apply it to the CP33, which, in some markets, is still considered part of the current CP line. Heck, I'm even open to paying a nominal fee for new sounds. I certainly didn't pay a Nord-like premium price when I bought the 33, so I wouldn't expect them to be free.
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It seems Yamaha, Kawai, and Roland are all due for some sort of updates as many of their stage pianos seem to be about three years old now. I am hoping Nord updates the memory on their models too. 500mb for pianos is nothing when some of their samples such as the new Italian Grand are 182.1mb.
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A little off topic.. I'm out in so cal and wasn't able to find a guest pass. Do you guys think 2013 namm would be worth paying $100 to get into? I've never been to the show but only seen videos.
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It's not generally open to the public, so unless you work in the music industry, you probably can't get in.
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yes.. i am aware of that.. but when i say pay $100, you have to read between the lines.
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yes.. i am aware of that.. but when i say pay $100, you have to read between the lines. If you live locally to the event, I'd give it a go. Will be at least as entertaining as a lot of gigs you might pay for, and you'll probably meet some renowned musicians there too. Plus all the new products. I wouldn't count on getting in though. You'd have to scout the place and look for the most suspect door guy... You might find that you are supposed to walk around in there with a lanyard around your neck with your pass credentials on it though. It would probably be easy to get kicked out.
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there are people selling badges for $100 on craigslist.. they register you with your name and email.. if one were to do such a thing, they probably wouldnt get kicked out..
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is the casio px150/350 the latest incarnation of their digital pianos? how old are they? will there be a successor this year at namm? i was wondering should i wait it out.
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[non-contributory silliness] re: gaining entry, watch some Yes Men clips - they're the experts. I love this one where they impersonated the Chamber of Commerce: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flsNwClU1dI#t=2m38s (the action is at 2:38) Greg.
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We went to the CES show in Vegas one year. Same type of thing. Apply online. Just make up a factitious business/company name, pay the entry fee and they send the pass. It is that simple... At least it was for CES. People knew we had no company affiliation but they didn't seem to care. :-)
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is the casio px150/350 the latest incarnation of their digital pianos? how old are they? will there be a successor this year at namm? i was wondering should i wait it out. They are the latest and have only been out for a few months.
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is the casio px150/350 the latest incarnation of their digital pianos? how old are they? will there be a successor this year at namm? i was wondering should i wait it out. They are the latest and have only been out for a few months. so does casio usually release new pianos at namm? will there be a px-160?
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If any I would tend to think casio would release a successor to the px-3 since it is based on the px-330.
The one to watch is Korg, this is their 50th anniversary as a company. Maybe an SV2? There are also rumors of a couple of new Korg analog synths floating around the internet
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I predict ... that this topic will be raised every year in advance of the winter NAMM show. And each time people will respond with a description of what they want, rather than what will appear at NAMM.
Fair enough. No one here has any means to know what will transpire at NAMM. The manufacturers keep their product plans quite secret. Unless someone here works for one of those firms, he won't have any information. If he does, he'll be compelled to keep it secret.
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MacMacMac, Don't be a spoilsport! LOL. Alas, I fear that your prediction is the most accurate one this thread has seen. Maybe in the future it should have the subject heading "NAMM Wishes" instead of "NAMM Predictions"
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