From dougb415@yahoo.com Sat Jun 13 09:49:36 2009
Subject:Re: What do you laptoppers set your laptop on at gigs?

Brian,

I've had my UC-33e for 6-7 years now and *love* it. Preset #2 is set up for the B4 - and apparently the VB3 must use the same controllers because it works right out of the box. The UC-33E comes with 5 plastic sheet overlays, and one of them is for the B4. I've taped mine directly onto the unit. It works great; 23 of the 24 buttons are assigned, as are 6 of the push buttons. I haven't tried all of the knobs and buttons to see if they work with the VB3, but so far the ones I've tried do work. VB3 + UC33-e + decent keyboard controller = a very nice clone setup. Too bad VB3 is not available as a standalone, but with a PC you can use V-Stack and with a Mac you can use RAX to run it outside of your sequencer. I love how you get preset keys on the lower end of a keyboard controller, if the controller has more than 61 keys. I too had thought about a new controller w/ sliders, etc but decided against it. This rig works and it is amazingly simple to setup.

-Doug

________________________________
From: Brian Fuller
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 8:58:54 PM
Subject: RE: [CWSG] What do you laptoppers set your laptop on at gigs?

Doug,

I was pondering buying one of the UC's to drive VB3 myself and I was
wondering how well does it work? I'm trying to decide if I want to buy a USB
keyboard controller w/ sliders (Edirol PCR-800) or the UC-33e w/ a board I'm
already comfortable with(which would be cheaper by about $100). Let me know
as many details as possible if you would. The demo for the VB3 really blew
me away with the leslie simulator and overdrive, it sounds great!!! YMMV

Thanks very much,

Brian

From: CloneWheel@yahoogro ups.com [mailto:CloneWheel@yahoogro ups.com] On
Behalf Of Doug B
Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 7:13 PM
To: CloneWheel@yahoogro ups.com
Subject: [CWSG] What do you laptoppers set your laptop on at gigs?

It finally looks like I have a nice, fairly compact rig for doing live shows
this summer:

Alesis 76-key Quadrasynth for controller for organ and pianos
Arturia 33-key controller for Moogs, etc
Evolution UC33-E for VB3 drawbar controller
MacBook w/ Apogee Duet running Akoustik Piano, Elektrik Piano, Pro-53 & VB3
under RAX 3.0
Behringer 6 ch mixer and DI Box

I need two stands/tables, one for each side of my main keyboard stand:

- stand on left side will have the UC-33E and mixer, they need to be side by
side
- stand on right side will have MacBook and Duet, can be on separate
shelves, I don't need to access the Duet
- I need something sturdy, yet portable/foldable. Also inexpensive, if
possible (I need two!)
- I sit when I play keys, so these stands only need to be 26" tall, 24"
wide, 16" deep

Any suggestions? Apologies if I've asked this in the past, but I have 2
weeks to get these stands so it's a race against the clock at this point.

Thanks,
Doug

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]





[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]