I'm afraid that I am not inspired by the keyboard at all.
I love drawbar organs, particularly tone wheel organs.
The fact that Doepfer have installed waterfall keys deserves a big
thumbs up, some Hammond playing tricks rely on these keys.
It's the "drawbars" I'm not sure about.
A real drawbar works by pulling it down to increase the harmonics (I'm
sure they thought of that and I hope the sliders do work in reverse) but
they also click at each value.
I use my Kenton studio to control by NI B4 VSTi and it is nasty.
Put we are talking about a prototype here and I'm willing to be
convinced. After all unless I buy an expensive PM organ from Korg or
Hammond or cough up a fortune for the real thing and sell the kids to
keep it maintained, anything is better than a synth keyboard and a
control surface when trying to capture those Jon Lord moments.
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-----Original Message-----
From: unknown freak [mailto:vogelscheiss@vogelscheiss.com]
Sent: 30 March 2004 16:53
To: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [spam] [Doepfer_a100] OT organ keyboard
I like the idea of the keyboard.
Am I alone in thinking the drawbars would be better precisely
centered
over the middle octave of the keyboard? I'm also not wildly
keen on
having mod wheels on the face of the case rather than at the
left edge
of the keys, which strikes me as better ergonomically and
somehow less
batsh_t looking.
The name, though, ... an experiment best set aside ... really
quickly
... and hidden in someone else's garbage? I actually just think
it
accentuates whatever misgivings any potential buyer might have
about the
keyboard. At minimum it would call for a large opaque strip of
tape.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Salter [mailto:david.salter@reuters.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 10:17 AM
> To: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [spam] [Doepfer_a100] OT organ keyboard
>
>
> Being used to transport cafes as a kid, my dad always
> preferred them on long journeys, I fully understand.
>
> The strange thing is when I first saw the name, the first
> thing I thought was "that's really naff" - translate as
> rubbish to our American and European cousins.
>
> Like the joke BTW
>
> David
>
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ps_minor [mailto:pscottm@hotmail.com]
> Sent: 30 March 2004 16:00
> To: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [spam] [Doepfer_a100] OT organ keyboard
>
>
> yes, therein lies the unfortunate pun. reminds me of a
joke my
> drunk uncle
> once told me:
>
> heaven is where english tell the jokes, french make the
> food, and germans
> make the cars.
>
> hell is where english make the food, french make the
> cars, and germans tell
> the jokes.
>
> (sorry.. i warned you this was OT)
>
> anyway, all i can think of when i look at the name of
> this keyboard is the
> greasy breakfast special down the street.
>
> -psm
>
>
>
> --- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, David Salter
> <david.salter@r...>
> wrote:
> > ham probably refers to Hammond, I'm sure you guessed
> this already.
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ps_minor [mailto:pscottm@h...]
> > Sent: 30 March 2004 15:10
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> > Subject: [spam] [Doepfer_a100] OT organ keyboard
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> >
> > i noticed a pic of the organ controller on
doepfer's
> website.
> > looks like a good
> > keyboard. one thing that bothers me though..
the name
> 'ham
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RE: [spam] [Doepfer_a100] OT organ keyboard
2004-03-30 by David Salter