[LivePsy]

Hi all,

I have been thinking about buying a TI desktop for months. Everything sounds great about it and I can really see myself using the multimode to its fullest, real 16 parts and no need to share effects if you don't want to.

But my experience in trying one out hasn't been great so far. Each step wasn't that bad in itself but its been a chain of events which are putting me off. I do not mean any direct criticism of any individual, if you're reading this...

* I contacted the Australian distributor asking for a list of dealers I could contact, and got a reply after one week. Just out of self interest, this kind of enquiry ought to be very quickly handled by any distributor, especially when those details are not freely offered on their website.

* Two of the dealers listed I knew quite well and I have never seen Access equipment in the stores. When I contacted one of them, they said they can get them in if customers ask for them. I can't say they were enthusiastic to sell me one, and I have done several great deals with that store. Access equipment is not easy to find in stock at most pro keybaord stores.

* I finally found a distributor and he kindly offered to let me try one straight out of a box, untouched by human hands. But we couldn't plug a midi cable in! Unbelievable, the midi socket would not let you plug in the midi plugs we tried. How can such a simple physical fault be overlooked?

Anyways I played with the TI via the USB cable...

* I find the editing with the EDIT menus obtuse. All the interesting things are behind the EDIT buttons and I didn't warm to that interface at all.

* I found the sound of the osc and filters great but not a whole level above the other VA's I have. I am having trouble justifying a TI as I already have most of the sound palette on my current gear.

Thanks for listening, I'm quite disappointed with the TI now. And believe me I wanted to like the TI very much. I'll rethink it in the next month or so.

Cheers,
B