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Wendellfiddler:
Been loving my Lekholm DM48 so here's new fanclub entry.  Posts to follow.

Doug Tanner

Wendellfiddler:
Been playing the DM48 (referred to by in the future as the "48") a lot in the last week.  Had a hardware issue that Lekholm dealth with immediately - sent me a new slide switch by priority mail from Sweden and it got here in less than a week and solved the problem.  One of the great things about this instrument is that even with a slide switch that was less than ideal there are workarounds!  Other ways to work the slide.  Brilliant.

So, for me this thing is a major gift to my playing skills.  I can practice at night in silence!  Wow.  Just that would make it worth the reasonable cost to me.  But in addition it really works well with ipad software.  I discovered that I can play the 48 with a nice trumpet or sax sound using an ipad app called "Heavy Brass" and run both my pdf charts and iReal at the same time. iReal has it's own volume controls for piano/guitar, bass and drums so it's easy to adjust the relative volume levels between that and the 48.  I found I can easily run it through an amp - or not - use headphones - or not.

Could be the best thing about it is no valves, no slide sticking.  It just runs!

I'm interested in what other people have experienced or have been thinking about this breakthrough instrument, so here's my first post to a new fanclub.

Doug Tanner

Gnarly He Man:
Oh Jason . . .

SlideMeister:
Here's as good place as any to say this (I guess)

I suppose as an agenda-driven rock-headed webmaster with an attitude, :) I never wanna allow anything to threaten, slow the promotion (or encourage the decline) of the old, beloved "slide operated, button-assisted, bi-directional lunguiphonium. (Just that old rabid conservative in me I guess)  :P

You may be surprised, but I'm actually very interested in the DM-48, and would even buy one I could ever afford to, but I remember restricting the discussion on it a while back when I was having a "go 'round" with a couple members because:
1.  it was a new item
2.  it wasn't an actual (traditional) Chromatic and
3.  I felt it might actually threaten the Chromatic (and I still ain't sure about that one :P) and
4.  the discussion was starting to resemble advertising (can't have that either)

Some of you may have noticed that in twenty years, I've never spelt Chromatic with a lower case "c" right?  That's just the way I am. Yeah, about the only things I can "multi-task" is being eccentric, paranoid AND stubborn about protecting "my favourite instrument." :)

However, since the DM-48 isn't "brand new anymore," I've changed the software to allow the brand name, as well as the model name on the forum. However, we're still gunna leave it up to my spooky discretion, as to whether it ever looks like it's getting too popular or starts to look like advertising, I'm still gunna reserve the right to quash. Howzatt?

So for now, have at it.  :)

A.J.Fedor - SM Admin

Gnarly He Man:
The general reaction from the folks who have acquired one of these controllers is that it enables them to practice more.
And it's not good for much if you don't already play chrom--no one is going to buy one of these otherwise, they will use a keyboard.
So it seems to me that it would make chrom more popular--but not much!
Kids nowadays (OK Boomer) would rather use electronics.

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