From lskdgjh@yahoo.it Mon Dec 19 17:09:42 2005
Subject:Re: Active subwoofer with stereo in/high pass outputs

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>Let me know if you tire of the VK77 and I'll be happy to give it a new
>home :) After all, you could use a nice new VK88?

Yeah, that would be nice, along with a B3, a 122, a new truck and a
couple of roadies! :-)
I haven't tried the VK88, it probably sounds better than the VK77,
but reading the specs it's bigger and heavier (why oh why?), which is
definitely not cool.
Also I got my VK77 used for a decent price and the VK88 costs waaaay
too much for now.

>Those Jolly powered
>speakers are FBT's less expensive line of active/passive cabinets, but
>very good gear. FBT's bigger MaxX series is the hi-power line to get if
>you can afford it in the UK and continent, not quite as expensive here.
>I have a pair of active FBT MaxX4A's bi-amped at 100/300 watts RMS with
>low, mid, high EQ that will stand up with G2 Eons and SRM 450's
>anytime, beautiful full range sound quality. I don't use them often
>since I don't haven't needed to play that loud much lately, and am
>having fun with my Roland Jazz Chorus amps. Seems like you have a setup
>that's just right for you. I always thought "back in the day" that left
>hand bass on the lower manual should be able to carry the bass without
>pedals, since it sounded so full and bassy without anyone else playing.

Most of the players I've seen live or in video play LH bass on the
lower manual, using 8480000000 or something similar, using pedals
only for a few things, so I just do the same thing and it works great.
The VK77 can split the lower keyboard into lower manual/pedals, I
tried that too but I don't like the pedal sound for walking, it seems
a little too heavy even after I tried editing it.
I don't know if it's the VK77's pedal sound, or maybe I don't like
pedals much in general, because I tried the NI B4 pedal sound and I
didn't like that either.
Besides, I am mostly a pianist and I can't play pedals!
nic