Yeh amazon has really turned into aliexpress with confusing multi listings, and drop shippers.
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Itās the same with all the other ām-vave ā products, thereās multiple random brands for the same devices.
Honestly donāt understand how this kind of production operates. Not sure who even came up with these product ideas
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Saying it again : compared to Roland Compact Airaās, I much prefer the playability and feel of keys, the screen / buttons combination makes it a much better UI for any firmware. Smaller is a plus for me, Bluetooth, speakerā¦
Apparently longer battery autonomyā¦
I think if one of these comes out with audio input so I can do custom sampler stuff with it Iād bite.
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I donāt see it being that different at all in practice. You can make the distinction that a game is different than an OS, but for all intents and purposes, the user would be seeking the new OS in the same exact way they would a game; for the different experience that it provides.
I simply donāt quite understand this take. This isnāt an equivalency because this isnāt how games work today. And weāre already witnessing ācross loadingā of systems with open sourced music instruments today.
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I saw that some of these people are trying to charge for their custom firmware, or have licenses with āyou may not modify or reuse thisā and that makes me absolutely livid.
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Thatās insane
I mean JJOS technically set a precedent here but still, this is just shameless
Of course, youāre right. It was an absurd joke about the competition about being cheaper than cheaper.
That being saidā¦ I hope M-Vave will make a Prophet-6-like, so Iāll take 64 of them. (<= itās a joke again 
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(Take a breath !) My comment was more about the feeling of missing an opportunity that only exists because people are so excited about an instrument I donāt need but I could take a dozen of it, and missing the opportunity of affording something more pricey but more interesting for me, JUST because itās cheap AND everybody is ecstatic about it. (Take a breath !)
This is like Iām finally seeing the FOMO matrix.
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Yeah that pisses me off, you didnāt anything but put in a prompt.
Even before new alternative firmwares, FM-1 seemed to be the most interesting compact hardware with 6 ops / 12 voices / DX7 compatible with full editing, USB midi and audio, internal battery, Bluetooth, speakerā¦
Anything more interesting with that size ? Only competitors I see is Volca Fm2, or PreenFm2 (no keys, no sequencer).
M8 ? No keysā¦
Apologies, it flew over my head I guess also because I feel like this expectation of Behringer has become so much the norm I didnāt think twice about taking it with a healthy dose of irony, even when obviously absurd 
Well he does have a free version, he deserves to be paid for elevating the 1000 into another level. Stock vs JJOS is night and day difference and AI creating CFW and charging is too.
Imagine if Mwave made a sampler in the same form factor.
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Interchangeable keys / buttonsā¦
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Iāve been following mvave for a while and I definitely think they are ahead of the competition by quite a bit. The fm1 is an insane value proposition, aside from all the new cfw stuff. If they keep it up with new releases, I can see them taking a huge chunk of the market. Especially if they seize this moment and embrace it.
Like, for referenceā¦ The ORC-1 came out less than a year ago or so, right? Imagine if that came out a week from now instead, and compare that price point and set of features vs an FM1 with the choralroot firmware.
Baudgirl also available on the keyboards that use the same chip now, interesting! Canāt post the link but check her website.
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This has to be this generationās 303?
Seems like this thing is a top seller at Juno and other places now, I donāt think it is unrealistic that this could up being one of the most successful electronic musical instruments of all time, donāt know about this generations 303, more like Microkorg due to the numbers involved.
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