From dpothaar@hotmail.com Tue Aug 21 11:42:32 2001
Subject:Re: Nord Electro---some miscellaneous remarks

>>>>I'm
here to tell you: You don't want motors on **anything**.>>>>>>>

I suppose you're right. The cost of motorized drawbars would take away from
Nord's aim----a cost-effective board for the serious gigger. Not to
mention the fragility of having mechanical parts. I suppose it could be
a source of many problems.

I'd love to hear from anybody who owns this board RE: the action of the
"Button drawbars". I really don't think that I'll be able to test drive
this baby because I'm in Canada and the music stores don't always have the
latest and greatest....understandable, because the cost of a good dogsled to
ship this stuff up is pretty high. (wink)

From: Larry Schurr
Reply-To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CWSG] Nord Electro---some miscellaneous remarks
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 12:45:29 -0500

Now, I know there's a gillion different little motors out there AND
I don't own a Nord, BUT

I do own a Yamaha DMP-7 8ch digital mixer with motorized faders. I'm
here to tell you: You don't want motors on **anything**. Cool looking,
sexy, changes, and onlookers are invariably slack-jawed impressed. But
it comes at a pronounced price.

If Nord ever put motors on faders, I'd NOT buy one for sure.

Just my $.02USD.

Laryr

> I'm seriously considering the Nord....but my one preference would be for
> "True-to-form" drawbars that can be used on the fly. I understand the
> design philosophy behind the buttons with the LEDs that change position
with
> every preset. That makes decent sense.....but would it not be even
nicer
> to have motorized drawbars? I haven't given the machine a test drive
yet,
> but I'm thinking the buttons would just be a little too slow for
adjusting
> on the fly? Can anybody comment?
>
> Daniel

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