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Not the same thing. You won't understand the musical communication that goes on unless you play with real people. Good practice though.

Its great to hear you say this. I have argued this myself. The muppets are so personality driven. You have to understand each character deeply and never betray that. There were a few things I liked in the last two movies, but spent most of the time saying things like "Kermit would never do that!"

ALSO, real people should be the straight men. Whacky human characters aren't funny with whacky muppets. Those first muppet movie tests films with the real cow were funny because the cow was just being a cow. A Muppet Christmas Carol was funny (and so much more) because the people and environment represented the grim reality of that world.

Corporate acquisitions are depressing. Companies are reduced to a brand name to be stuck on anything by the parent company.

This whole situation reminds me of Gibson when they were bought and moved their headquarters from Michigan leaving the years of luthier knowledge behind.

What will be your flagship product to seperate you from the others in the market? Will it be the high end market like Neumann?

Exactly my point. The employees started a new company to continue the tradition while Gibson kept the name.

Agree. Colorbot is horrible.