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Besides, isn't it also a stretch to compare the sales (in number of pieces)? Korg M1 (in 1988) US$ 2,166: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korg_M1 https://en.wik
by jaclaz 7y ago
Besides, isn't it also a stretch to compare the sales (in number of pieces)?
Korg M1 (in 1988) US$ 2,166:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korg_M1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korg_M1
Pocket Operator US$ 60 (today)
- dijksterhuis 7y agoI was thinking that as I read it. Korg volcas would have been a much better comparison.
- mitjak 7y agoThat made me angry too. By a similar rationale, vintage Moog, SC, ARP etc. are insignificant compared to non-programmable Casios of the 80s.
- squeaky-clean 7y agoComparing instrument sales numbers at all for influencing music is crap. It just takes one instrument to make a great recording that changes things. The famous 808 and 909 drum machines? Only 12,000 and 10,000 units ever made respectively. But I don't see song titles referencing the pocket operator :P The TB-303 was a commercial failure at acting as a bass guitar synthesizer. Then years later Phuture cranked that resonance knob and created acid house.
- tripzilch 7y agoI mean, that knob was like, right there all along ;-)