ahhh... the nord wave that looks pretty promising! HOWEVER I've had 3 nord lead 2x's and I've had to return all of them for some pretty shitty issues... Regardless, I am looking forward to the wave -Jim ----- Original Message ---- From: William Soraparu <donnbill369@...> To: DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, April 7, 2007 4:35:13 PM Subject: Re: [Evolver] Re: PEK Product Thanks Dale, I will tune in! I have only owned one yamaha and that was a DX-7...never had any problems with it... Oh yes....I have 3 Clavia units...never any problems.... ..Love my Clavias..I will be getting the Nord Wave when it gets released! I am staying away from the new Waldorfs though....too expensive for the capabilities they promise...and since I have the Q and Xtk...well I am sitting good! Dale <dale@inquisitorbetr ayer.com> wrote: Add Yamaha A5000, A4000 and A3000 to encoders with problems. due to dust... ION's are potentiometers, they fail .. OS update helped a bit to control .. but it took 3 ION's on my side to get a unit stable to work .. even to this day I still see it happen, a few twist and it's gone ... Yamaha s-80 and p-60 etc.. they have encoders, but they seem real stable ... PEK, it has not been a problem ... if it is there, I have not noticed it ... I tend to rate synths more like sound, then ease of use ... next "can I add to it?" sound being my number one item, always looking for that unique sound I can use in my tracks ... The PEK has a different sound from the rest of synths here. I have yet to capture it the same on the DAW as I think the DAW isn't able to play it back ... DAW here is a motu 24 i and a presonus firebox ... well, PEK is welcomed here ... now to sort out my editors problems ... then I can really dig into it a bit further ... ;-) Hey if you tune into http://www.harborou ghfm.co.uk/ right now, 2:00 pm PST 7 Apr 2007 or 10 PM UK time, to the Terry Hawke show, you might catch some of our tracks, Steve Hillman and Steve Ballard, more too ... ;-) dale Inquisitor Betrayer New CD "Space Elevator" Get it at http://cdbaby. com/cd/inquisito rbetrayer, http://www.inquisit orbetrayer. com , http://www.myspace. com/inquisitorbe trayer , http://www.musicfor te.com/member/ ib_staff Apple iTunes http://phobos. apple.com/ WebObjects/ MZStore.woa/ wa/viewAlbum? playListId= 200365877 Podcast http://phobos. apple.com/ WebObjects/ MZStore.woa/ wa/viewPodcast? id=204307934 Angel's Wings http://www.soundcli ck.com/angelswin gs New synth programming group for all synths. Synth_Programming- subscribe@ yahoogroups. com ----- Original Message ----- From: Ravi Ivan Sharma Every synth that I have had that has encoders, has had ones that eventuall flake out or start skipping, often earlier than wished. These include: uQ keyboard, Ensonic ASR-X, Elektron Monomachine, Machinedrum, Notron -- so far not with my 2 evolver desktops, PEK or MEK, but one day I am sure it will happen. Why? Because encoders are inherently prone to dust and use simply because of the way they work. From a mission critical point of view they all suck. But they do have very nice benefits when used with synths, don't they; but if such were so great, then it follows that the reason less than half the synths out ever use them is that they have a higher failure rate than a regular potentiometer. Rotary encoders are not cheap. Your basis to make the assertion that DS uses cheap parts based on your single experience on a synth with 70 encoders -- that you refuse to get fixed or send in--even though apparently your synth is still under warranty-- is simply not logical and based on all your other continuing grinding, seems more ill will. But yes, I completely agree that it sucks big time that 2 encoders are flaky. I am sure Dave will fix them. But it still sucks to have to send things in. I had to send my machinedrum to sweden and that really sucked! But put it into perspective. TV dinner still cooling? Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545367
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Re: [Evolver] Re: PEK Product
2007-04-08 by James Elliott