French Connection ring and another comments
2006-11-08 by jalmari3
I am soon purchasing French Connection. I am concerned about its "one size fits all" ring. A real Ondes Martenot ring seems to have some clever mechnanism inside, which makes it "fit" regardless of finger size. I guess this improves accuracy. I can't try before buy, but the simple and seemingly rather large ring of French Connection makes me wonder. How can I make a good vibrato or small adjustments, if it is loose? Analogue Systems told me the ring will be difficult to replace. Any proud French Connection owners here, who would like to comment? Another thing, which don't appeal to me, is the low note priority a la Moog. I can handle it, but high note priority feels more logical to me - perhaps, because I see analogy to Swedish key-fiddle or nyckelharpa. Also, depending on the Controller Select Switches, one of the three controller devices (button, slider, keyboard) is always inactive. Analogue Systems says there is a technical reason for this. Anyway it seems a waste. I could definitely use them all simultaneously. Unfortunately Analogue Systems don't do customization to French Connection on these features. My questions were kindly answered though. It is very quiet here. Is there another forum? Best regards Jari Jokinen