Technics Canada Forum
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Posted by Jimmy on April 17, 1997 at 07:13:14:


: : I went into a shop, and asked about the upgrades for the
: : wsa1, and they rang up and said the output expansion
: : board is availible, but the wave expansion boards were
: : never actually made by technics. They decided not to
: : . Is this true?...
: : BTW. Found out how to access more characters than wsa
: : allows. Means you can use stars and quavers and stuff
: : in your patch names.


Posted by Bruce on April 25, 1997 at 07:57:57:

: Hi Jimmy,
: I think the reason the wave expansion boards were not
: manufactured is that the WSAI never made a splash in the 
: Pro-Audio market as was hoped. Keyboard magazine gave the
: WSA1 a polite thumbs down and a lot of people who see these
: writers as gurus, took their word for it. Technics dropped
: the price but that didn't help too much. I think that
: Technics is in the process of revising theirs sales and
: marketing strategies. Maybe they'll have their people go
: around to the various high visibility retailers and hold
: live demos to show people what the WSAI can really do. In
: the meantime, I think they're being cautious. That may be
: why they haven't produced any of the wave expansion boards-
: If they can't make a decent profit on the the WSA1 because
: it isn't selling well, then they probably won't invest any
: money in the expansion boards. I suspect that if the new
: marketing strategies fail, Technics will probably discontinue
: production of the WSA1 alltogether.


Posted by Bruce on April 25, 1997 at 11:01:24:

:P.S. I stand corrected. I talked to the Technics people in
.the U.S. and was told that a wave expansion board was available.
The part number for the board is SY-EW. It's basically a
five section Dance Card with bass patterns and drum loops.
I couldn't get a price from them but at least you have a 
Part No.that your dealer can get a price on. 

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Posted by Sedat Yakisir on May 02, 1997 at 05:34:05:

In Reply to: Re: WSA1 Upgrade posted by Jon Anderson on April 04, 1997 at 06:39:20:

: : : I recently bought this machine at a bargin price. 
: : : The alternatives I found had half the features of 
: : : the wsa1 and for more. What I want to know is 
: : : i) what are the upgrade options & how much? 
: : : ii) technics - when are you going to support the WSA1 
: : : and it's users? 
: : : iii) Does anyone know if/where you can get an 
: : : editor/librarian for the WSA1 
: : : TECHNICS - SUPPORT US 

: : I also bought the WSA1 at a knock down price, and am quite 
: : happy with it, but there is a real lack of support for it. 
: : As for the upgrade options, I'd like to know myself. 
: : I may write to technics directly to find out. 

: You can get an eight-output expansion thingy to stick in 
: somewhere, and you can also get a dance expansion board to 
: add extra raw samples to the keyboard, and these include loops,
: so I am certainly going to save my pennies for that, if Technice 
: haven't decided to discontinue the damn thing by the time I get 
: enough to afford one. 
: That is all I know, though. 
: Jon

Hello Jon,
I am writing from germany and therefore I can say that we dont 
have any problems to by the expansion module and by the way, it is great.
 Itīs implementation in to the WSA is quite simple you have to do 
nothing else just hearing the new sounds and loops in a new ROM place.
Product:  SY-EWS1
Type:     ROM Expansion Board for the Technics WSA1x
Price:    SY-EWS1 including a Floppy Disk with aditional sounds is 450.- DeutschMark
My Dealer: Musicstore cologne
Phone: 049-221-925791 -10 through 13
hope this helps you,
regards
Sedat