Doepfer

Hi David,

tell me, what´s the deal with those "waterfall" keyboards? I mean, 
what´s the difference to a standard keyboard?

Paul



David Salter wrote:

> 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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