just stumbled upon it on eBay. does anyone know what it really is? experience? good or bad?
no trace of it on http://www.terratec.net, so I guess is discontinued. looks like it's been sold online for >500€, though.
I don't understand if it has a built-in DSP board, or it's just a master keyboard by default. sounds a little bit too expensive for a simple master keyboard.
it has 2 separate aftertouch zones for left and right hands, but I don't know how it's implemented in MIDI (2 channel pressures or polyphonic AT?).
thanks for any info.
cheers,
Aldo
Terratec Area 61
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- KVRAF
- 4420 posts since 13 Jul, 2004 from Earth
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- KVRAF
- 10077 posts since 2 Jan, 2005 from somewhere in the woods
any experience here?
"It dreamed itself along"
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- KVRAF
- 25852 posts since 20 Jan, 2008 from a star near where you are
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- KVRAF
- 35434 posts since 11 Apr, 2010 from Germany
Sometimes i really wonder where and how you find these threads you necro-butcher after 7 years, to speculate about a product, which probably never came out, from a brand which ceased to exist ages ago. 
Area 61 is a great name though. Wished the Terratec Producer line lived a bit longer, also to make Komplexer more bug free, and support later OS's, and 64-bit.
Area 61 is a great name though. Wished the Terratec Producer line lived a bit longer, also to make Komplexer more bug free, and support later OS's, and 64-bit.
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- KVRAF
- 25852 posts since 20 Jan, 2008 from a star near where you are
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- KVRAF
- 15269 posts since 8 Mar, 2005 from Utrecht, Holland
So you can google:
http://www.thomann.de/gb/terratec_area_ ... yboard.htm
http://www.synthforum.nl/forums/showthread.php?t=167598
http://www.thomann.de/gb/terratec_area_ ... yboard.htm
http://www.synthforum.nl/forums/showthread.php?t=167598
We are the KVR collective. Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated. 
My MusicCalc is served over https!!
My MusicCalc is served over https!!
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- KVRAF
- 7747 posts since 13 Jan, 2003 from Darkest Kent, UK
He was prepared to come down a bit...BertKoor wrote:http://www.synthforum.nl/forums/showthread.php?t=167598
It was a nice looking KB though imo. Liked the large knobs/encoders, seems more practical to have fewer but easily grabable controllers, personally speaking.
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- KVRAF
- 25852 posts since 20 Jan, 2008 from a star near where you are
What?
Yeah, that is very helpfulSorry! The item TERRATEC Area 61 Masterkeyboard is not part of our current product range anymore.
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- KVRer
- 1 posts since 22 Oct, 2021
I've got 2 of these puppies and very happy about it..
very robust chassis and keyboard with lots of control possibilities.
But the best thing about it; it offers an audio interface so that you don't have to depend on your crappy sound card or Realtek audio when using as a controller for VST instruments! It also apparently has a slot for it's own sound card / font generator which would essentially allow it to be a standalone synth, but I'm not sure how available (if) that card even is.. At any rate, a lovely controller for anyone focused on VST in a more compact setup - excellent keybed feel and lots of cool control. An absolute treasure as it never got by the prototype stage, and so, a limited production, yet completely usable.
very robust chassis and keyboard with lots of control possibilities.
But the best thing about it; it offers an audio interface so that you don't have to depend on your crappy sound card or Realtek audio when using as a controller for VST instruments! It also apparently has a slot for it's own sound card / font generator which would essentially allow it to be a standalone synth, but I'm not sure how available (if) that card even is.. At any rate, a lovely controller for anyone focused on VST in a more compact setup - excellent keybed feel and lots of cool control. An absolute treasure as it never got by the prototype stage, and so, a limited production, yet completely usable.
