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Re: [Doepfer_a100] Re: dieter's opinion about the poll results so far...

2003-04-15 by Bakis Sirros

hi shm,
i don't really care if t looks like a keyboard or if
it is like a set of touch sensors...
bakis.


--- shm1400 <shm14@hotmail.com> wrote:
> --- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, Bakis Sirros 
> <synth_freak_2000@y...> wrote:
> > dieter say:
> > "Especially many people playing the TKB were a
> little bit
> > dissapointed as it is much more difficult to play
> the
> > TKB than a normal keyboard as one has no tactile
> > reponse (like the white and black keys and the
> pressed
> > key on a normal keyboard). 
> > 
> > WELL,DIFFICULT OR NOT TO PLAY,I REALLY WANT THE
> > TKS!!!!ANY OPINIONS??
> > BAKIS.
> > 
> I wonder if it is a mistake to make the touch
> keyboard resemble a 
> regular keyboard at all.  I personally want one
> specifically as a way 
> to initiate sound events on my modular, like one
> would do with a 
> Serge or Buchla touch plate.  When I want to play a
> keyboard, I will 
> use a proper keyboard.  For this purpose, the TKB
> would be a poor 
> choice.
>    
> My personal preference would be for a more nuetral
> appearance that 
> did not suggest an organ keyboard. Having said this,
> I can't think of 
> any particular way in which a keyboard-like
> appearance would detract 
> from my ability to use it this way, so if other
> people prefer this, 
> why not?. After all, one of the greatest things
> about Doepfer's 
> modulars is that they are equally adept at
> Serge/Buchla style sound 
> scuplture as well as Moog/Arp style keyboard
> playing. 
> 
> However, Mr. Doepfer's experience at trade shows
> indicates that the 
> keyboard-like appearance may lead to confusion about
> the intended 
> application of the TKB, and  so to dispoointment
> about its lack of 
> suitability as an organ keyboard. Maybe this should
> be changed? What 
> do people think?
> > 
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athens-greece
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