Wow, a nice Minimax ASB demo to listen to....

alfonso · Post by **alfonso** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 2:55 pm

MidiMusic, the italian distributor for CWA has put a demo mp3 on line made by one of the best musicians of the italian progressive scene, Patrick Djivas, bassist with PFM.

It shows the potential of the machine much better than anything else....

http://www.midimusic.it/MP3/MiniMax_Irishmax.mp3

Nestor · Post by **Nestor** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 8:45 pm

Simply Fantastic!

Joxer the Mighty · Post by **Joxer the Mighty** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 8:48 am

I agree, very nice! This was mentioned over at Harmony Central also. I'm glad to see a demo like this get out, CWA should put it up on their site. People always mention how bad the current demos are.

nprime · Post by **nprime** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 8:52 am

Sounds freakin' great!

I am so anxious for the Profit 5.

I have a real Prophet 5 and I keep wondering how many more times it will boot up...not to mention one of the oscillators has gone south (I have to disable it), so it's actually a Prophet 4 now.

I wonder if they will maybe release the Profit 5 as software for Scope?

R

johnbowen · Post by **johnbowen** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 9:43 am

On 2005-09-16 09:52, nprime wrote:

I wonder if they will maybe release the Profit 5 as software for Scope?

It's listed in the Creamware Shop...have a look.

nprime · Post by **nprime** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 10:11 am

Temptation...

I really want the knobs...a big part of the fun is being able to twist a knob on the fly.

I suppose there are MIDI knobs out there...

Hmmmm.

R

Post by **Guest** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 10:16 am

in a few weeks you will be able to pick one of these profit boxes at your local canadian dealer(L&M).

darkrezin · Post by **darkrezin** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 10:52 am

Damn that's cheesy but it sounds really good. Very cool to start with all the sync and pitch mod FX (something that shames most VA hardware synths). Sound is pretty round and deep.

Fingers crossed these things sell tanker-loads of units.

nprime · Post by **nprime** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 2:05 pm

What has Creamware done for marketing the ASB's in the States? Anyone seen anything in the magazines? Or on the Web?

I've not seen anything.

Best way to sell them is to let people know they exist...

R

Post by **Guest** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 3:49 pm

As far as North America goes there is only a handfull of Minimax ASB's in the USA or even Canada.

Not too many Minimax ASB shipped to the USA/Canada yet.

The product was just released few weeks ago. So reviews done in Late Aug/early Sept won't show up before Oct/Nov. Magazines usually review for issues that will be released after 2 months.

CWA said there will be a review in Keyboard USA in October as I noted in another post.

According to CWA , SOS mag and others will start to get their demo units soon.

Their website should start to take shape as they finish shipping the next round of ASB's.

and not to forget the word of mouth specially of those who already seen this box in action like Jimmy V(Scope 4live) and Scofieldkid.

did you see this:

http://www.planetz.com/forums/viewtopic ... forum=10&2

If you are in the Toronto area you may want to check out the L&M demo on Bloor and come back and tell us all about it.

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nprime · Post by **nprime** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 4:25 pm

I'm in Vancouver, I will go check it out as soon as possible.

R

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Nestor · Post by **Nestor** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 8:42 pm

On 2005-09-16 09:48, Joxer the Mighty wrote:
I agree, very nice! This was mentioned over at Harmony Central also. I'm glad to see a demo like this get out, CWA should put it up on their site. People always mention how bad the current demos are.

I have always said this, Demos are EXTREMELY important!

ChrisWerner · Post by **ChrisWerner** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 2:11 am

A nice but short track, reminds me on a Emerson-Palmer track, Pirates or something.

If I had a Minimax I would like to do a demo for CW.

dawman · Post by **dawman** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 3:29 pm

This is a good demo. Showing all the strengths of control that most VAs don't achieve. Creamware doesn't seem to think that marketing in USA has a substantial ROI scheme. I disagree, it costs 5,000 USD per month for my sound mans' company to get adds in various magazines, and reviews. Ultimate Ears is the companys' name. Just last month he had ads, and reviews in Electronic Musician, Mix, and Gig, just to name a few. He's also doing so well that this is his last rodeo with me. Out of loyalty to the cause was the only reason he has stayed this long. For the last two years he has outsold Shure, Etomonyx, and other various in-ear solutions. Now he's gone consumer i.e. ipods, etc. Much more profit.