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And we have an update on the SMS 2000. If you remember, the man in the second shot of this post donned a badge with the name, "Mr. Kirikax." The badge was obviously meant to lead the viewer into believing that this was Mr. Kirikax showing his new synth, the SMS 2000, a follow up to the Seekers SMS 1000, which was never released. What follows is an email exchange between Fredrik in Sweden and Mr. Kirikae (Kirikax).
Via Fredrik:
"in the middle of the sms 2000 hysteria I did some research on the web, and found mr Kirikax's email adress - or at least I assumed it was his. I sent a mail asking if there was any such thing as a sms 2000(check the forwarded mail) and didn't receive any respons - until today! Assuming the mail is real, which it certainly appears to be, we can draw the conclusion that the sms 2000 certainly is a hoax : )"
The following is the reply from Kirikax in the forwaded email:
"Dear Mr. Fredrik
I designed SMS-1000 mono synthesizer, but I don't know about SMS-2000. I am treating [illness] now, so I can't make SMS-1000. SMS-1000 's formal name is Elebus-1. I append the image of Elebus-1. Elebus-1 is RackMount type Synthesizer. The keyboard has not adhered. My sickness is a serious illness, and doesn't have the capital either. So I cannot sell Elebus-1. Elebus-1 might be produced and be sold when the capital can be procured by recovering from an illness in the future.
Regards,
Masamichi Kirikae. (Kirikax is nickname. this is My real name)"
If this is real, I send my condolences to Mr. Kirikae, and I hope he gets the help and support he needs, both with his illness and in getting the SMS 1000/Elebus-1 off the ground. He mentions lack of capital or monetary backing. What's interesting is that the Elebus-1 above is different than the other Seekers SMS 1000 shots out there. However, before you dismiss the new shot, note that the old shots of the SMS 1000 are old in synth years, and designs and names can easily change prior to release, and sometimes even after. Title link takes you the the new images sent by Mr. Kirikae.
Origineel geplaatst door bikkel
Dat ding moet toch gewoon naar achteren donderen vanwege de wet van de zwaartekracht?!>?
Origineel geplaatst door machine
ik zou ook op "nep" stemmen
het lijkt ook wel of dat bordje op de foto is gepoetst.
het haar van de vrouw lijkt er achter te verdwijnen en dat kan perspectivisch natuurlijk niet
.Origineel geplaatst door AM Hasselhoff
De synth is geen hoax dus.
Meneer Kirikax daarentegen...
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U zei.... hoax?
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Uit een email van vanacht.
I have an extra "Seekers" SMS 2000 panel print. If somebody wants it for
what it cost me, $22, let me know. I can take Paypal or a check. Free
shipping in US. It's basically a huge 2.5 foot by 11 inch inkjet print,
like a giant bumper sticker (Orajet sticker), printed on a really huge
Roland printer. You can hang it on your wall and whatever. Pictures here:
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p122/Elhardt/Misc/capture_20080120-204224.jpg
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p122/Elhardt/Misc/capture_20080120-204253.jpg
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And since I know Matrixsynth has been waiting a long time for my SMS 2000
raw camera photos and details for his blog, here they are. It's a good
chance to see how ridiculous some of the talk about it was, and what people
thought was photoshopped and not. Just an interesting note. Guitar Center
doesn't allow any photos to be taken in their stores. Fortunately Sam Ash
did allow pictures, but were a bit hyper sensitive about prices showing up
in photos. Odd since anybody in the world can walk into their store or
visit their website and see their prices anyway.
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p122/Elhardt/SMS2000/BoothRevealed.jpg
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p122/Elhardt/SMS2000/BoothRevealedMaps.jpg
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p122/Elhardt/SMS2000/RoomRevealed.jpg
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p122/Elhardt/SMS2000/StoreRevealed.jpg
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p122/Elhardt/SMS2000/PostShowRevealed.jpg
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p122/Elhardt/SMS2000/SynthRevealedMaps.jpg
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p122/Elhardt/SMS2000/SynthPartsRevealed.jpg
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p122/Elhardt/SMS2000/BackRevealed.jpg
A couple of maps I used to make my own inkjet prints here:
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p122/Elhardt/SMS2000/SMS2000BreakoutBoxMap.jpg
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p122/Elhardt/SMS2000/SeekersVoiceSpectraMap.jpg
A couple pictures of other people's PEK's that I stole to put in my bedroom
photo here:
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p122/Elhardt/SMS2000/PEK_Carbon111.jpg
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p122/Elhardt/SMS2000/PEK_FiveG.jpg
And the really ridiculous part. Apparently nobody thought of simply looking
at the name field SynthfanKH's profile to get his name. Sometimes it's best
to hide things in the most obvious place of all. The whole SMS 2000 thing
could have ended within seconds of it starting if anyone just did the above
and rearranged seven letters as in the link below. People only hoax
themselves.
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p122/Elhardt/SMS2000/Cipher.jpg
-Elhardt
