From djacques@csulb.edu Mon Mar 12 06:52:13 2001
Subject:Re: Tweaking the XK-2

Blows your mind? Read "On a Clear Day You Can See General Motors".. the
wonderful book about John DeLorean. Then you will understand how engineers,
and those idiotic marketing people, can screw up a good product.

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Obviously, Hammond's products, like other major manufacturers, are designed
primarily by engineers, not musicians; which explains why there are so many
little problems and quirks with keyboards today. I'm always finding things
in keyboards, that from a musical performance standpoint (or often layout),
seem stupid or impractical to me. I find myself scratching my head alot,
wondering why it was designed in a certain way or how problems can go
unnoticed.

My CX-3 is one of the first 600 units which has a double triggering problem
with the notes when you play hard and percussively. I'm supposed to be
getting it fixed with a new keyboard in a week or so, but still, how can a
problem like that go unnoticed??

Korg spent a lot of time raving about how they designed the CX-3 in
copperation with a number of great organists, and then went and changed the
action after roadtesting it with these players. Blows my mind.