From tonysounds@yahoo.com Thu Nov 16 22:05:34 2006
Subject:Re: VK-8 for sale

Hammond does have the XM1c and drawbar controller available....but they're tres expensive.

Ryan Stroup wrote: Well, I've narrowed it down to 3 choices. The XK-3, XK-1, and the Voce
V5+. All three are excellent boards. If I decide on the Voce, I'll need
to either buy an already assembled waterfall keyboard, or design one
myself and buy just the keybed. I got some price quotes from a few
places on the XK-3 and XK-1 (BT Productions and ToneWheel General to
name a few). Hard to beat prices from both Rick and Tony. I like the
XK-3 mostly because of it's outward appearance. 12 reverse color preset
keys, 2 sets of drawbars and pedal drawbars, and later if I want, I can
buy the lower manual. I'm also intrigued by some of the editing
capabilities the XK-3 has, such as adjusting individual tonewheels.
Something I'd really like to experiment with. I actually prefer Roland's
simulator compared to the XK-3/XK-1, but since I rarely use the
simulator anymore, it's not an issue in my case. The XK-1 is more
affordable but lacks the external features of the XK-3, that I'd really
like to have.

Just for the record, I've never been unhappy with the VK-8. If I could
keep it and buy one of these other units, I most certainly would. I'd
just like to try something else and see what I can get out of it. I
stand by products I believe in, and the VK-8 is one of them.

--
Ryan




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