From ripplevac@yahoo.com Sun Feb 07 11:19:59 2010
Subject:Re: Clavia/Drawbars


> Nice idea but you would still need to look at the screen to know what you're touching.
> ?

That would be true, at first, but given time the positions of the drawbar slot pads would be known and could be operated without even looking. Long time Hammond players can manipulate the drawbars without looking.

What I was suggesting as an addition to the Nord C2 isn't a screen, but, simply a transparent touch overlay on top of each of the existing bar graph leds. An actual display screen would be too expensive for just this application.

The leds shining through the transparent overlay would show the current drawbar positions to the player. One would simply place the fingers on the slot pads at the postitions desired and the lights and harmonics would move there. It should be possible to do this as quickly as one could operate a front rail Lesie switch and move on with playing. This could also duplicate the effect of having real key presets like a B3.

It could enable effects that simply can't be done now because of the time required to move physical drawbars. Musicians are resourceful people - give them something new and they will find ways to use it that the designer couldn't imagine.

I'm certain that "squabbling" wasn't anticipated by Lauren Hammond.

Musicians are the most creative people in the world.

--- In CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com, goffmac747@... wrote:
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> Nice idea but you would still need to look at the screen to know what you're touching.