To be ready for the arrival of my PowerRoll I purchased WindPlay and
Spencer Chase's E-Roll CD.  I listened to them with the sound card in
my computer.  What a disappointment.  Some of the notes were even out
of tune!  I purchased a 'better' sound-card, and it would not even
play.

At Spencer's recommendation I purchased a Kurzweil MicroPiano on eBay
for $206.  Wow -- my sound system and the music came alive!  Has anyone
else tried the MicroPiano with E-Rolls?  It takes a bit of fussing, but
is well worth it.

I can hardly wait for my PowerRoll, but I know you can even enjoy the
E-Rolls without a pneumatic piano.

Thank You, Spencer!

John Spradley

P.S.:  I sent Spencer Chase the one roll I had that was not on his
E-Roll CDs, and a couple of days later the MIDI and BAR/ANN files
arrived by E-Mail.  I was so pleased with the results I told Spencer
to keep the roll!

 [ The Kurzweil KMP-1 is a small external box which accepts MIDI wireline
 [ data and outputs piano sounds from stored waveform samples.  It can
 [ be connected to any computer with a MIDI output capability.  The
 [ unit was introduced in 1994, I believe; the value on the used market
 [ is now $200 to $250.  For a "standard of comparison" for evaluating
 [ sampled piano sounds, visit MMDer Warren Trachtman's web page of
 [ sound fonts at http://www.wstco.com/pianosounds/index.htm  -- Robbie