From schwartz.adan@epa.gov Wed Nov 28 10:27:23 2001
Subject:Re: Nord Electro (Kind Of ) pt. II

The change Mark Longo talks about would be great. I'm not sure how it
can happen unless the Electro becomes multi-timbral, i.e., capable of
playing both voices at once. I admit I don't know whether it has that
capability now, and its just a matter of creating a software panning
function, or whether it needs some more dramatic upgrade. It seems
like there is only one routing to the effects section, so I'm not sure
how that would work to have both voices going at once. It doesn't
matter much to me, since I will continue to use my CX-3 for organ for
anything important, though multi-timbrality would be nice for those
more casual situations where I would rather deal with only one
keyboard.

In response to Ben Ninmann, the piano on the Electro is rather weak,
brittle, IMHO. I would not use it in any situation where it really
matters, i.e., solo work, vocalist accompaniement, etc . . . But its
good enough for those situations where you just need to throw a little
piano into the mix in a band situation for overall effect. From that
standpoint, it works for me about 95% of the time. If it weren't
there, I'd have to have a separate module just for that. The lack of
reverb on the Electro doesn't bother me a bit, except for the acoustic
piano patch, where it would help out alot.

I think the Electro is a brilliant success in part BECAUSE it doesn't
try to do too many things. If there were many more functions, then
you'd have menus and submenus. I for one really appreciate the
"what-you-see-is-what-you-get" philosophy of the Electro. It seems to
be designed precisely for pseudo-luddite's like myself (a niche
market, but perhaps a substantial one). If Clavia produced it as a
table-top version, then folks would have more options for using their
favorite controller.

--- In CloneWheel@y..., BenWaB3@a... wrote:
>
> Mark Longo's post sounds like an encouraging change in the right
direction.
> Do you (Mark or anyone else caring to comment also) know if they
will be
> making the effects pannable also? Then all they need to do would be
to make
> it multitimbral & enhance it's capabilities as a MIDI controller &
it will
> get really interesting. How does the accoustic piano stack up? Of
course the
> wish list could keep going on (bass sounds, etc.) but that would
call for a
> larger amount of onboard memory.
>
> Ben Ninmann