Well, in a coda to my Tandy Tampura article of last year, and echoing my sentiments in the article, it appears that the home of hype and greed in the service of the price inflation of music gear has decreed that this rhythm box is now "iconic", with "sonic territories" waiting to be explored (and presumably prices to be gouged) by issuing a sample pack. It's hilarious that they try to make you believe this was ever worth 24 bucks, when it takes longer for you to read the legal terms and conditions PDF than it probably did for a person to assemble this entire "extensive" sample package, but here it is.
You honestly can't make this stuff up. Bonus points for recording a piece of 40-year old consumer-grade ephemera with a recording setup you could probably use for classical music recording. Says it all about the vintage gear hype cycle, really!
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