From dave@voceinc.com Sat May 27 09:36:07 2006
Subject:RE: V5+..... Do they want to sel?

Hi Mark,

Have you tried talking to your local dealer? You might get a better result
than complaining to the Clonewheel list. If you can't get him to order it
with cash in hand imagine how hard it is for us to get him to order one.

/Dave A.

>I have often wondered the same thing. have never,ever seen one on the
west
>coast. Seattle,Portland or Los Angeles.
>
>I am realizing however how important percussion volume control is to me
and
>I don't think the V5+ has it. The Roland VK8m has it but the stoopid
stoopid
>Roland designers made it so you have to change it with a couple different
>commands using leds. Shame on Roland! And No leslie sim bypass? Double,
Triple
>Shame!!!
>
>I still use a VK7 and the percussion volume setting is the one parameter I
>often tweak . I have it ready to go at all times on edit preset #4.
>
>Percussion volume changing is crucial to me! I frequently have to cut it
>back or get it louder. I even put a percussion volume control on my B-3.
>
>By the way, if any of you have seen Brian Auger's organ close up you will
>notice he has a Trek II percussion unit on his B-3. I asked him about it,
and
>he says he uses it to boost volume on second harmonic. Could it be that is
why
>his organ sounds so good and unique?
>
>Anyway.... I am hoping the V5+ is as good as some of you say it is. If the
>chorus vibrato is good I would really like to try it. But I am not going
to
>buy anything sight unseen.
>
>I have e mailed the Clonewheel OT and complained about it with zero
success.