From jackoverfull@gmail.com Tue Jun 19 15:53:02 2012
Subject:Re: Mojo Update/support/switches on top


Il giorno 19/giu/2012, alle ore 22.29, ccmacdon ha scritto:

> OK I want to update everybody on my Mojo (had it about 5 days now).
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> To net it out it the Mojo sounds fantastic, I've spent a bit of time playing with different tonewheel sets, and tweaking the sound a bit, but honestly, the default tonewheel set and various setting sounds fantastic.. I turned up the percussion a bit, turned down the leakage and Xtalk a bit and it sounds fantastic.
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So I wasn't the only one to find that percussion sounded a bit low by default...:)
Of course it's fully customizable!

> I also wanted to address a couple if issues that have come up about the Mojo, the first being the fact that Crumar doesn't have a North American dealer network or support infrastructure. So far, on all the forums I participate in, I don't think anyone has actually reported a failure! That says something about the build quality and the reliability!! Also, I have say that in the last 4-5 days, I must have sent a dozen emails to Crumar about various little issues and questions I've had, and each and every email has been answered promptly by Crumar, and every question/issue has been answered and resolved VERY quickly. I've also received personal emails directly from Guido explaining some of the architectural questions I've had.. and I have to say that you don't get this kind of personal support and attention from very many other clone manufacturers! So I just wanted everyone to know how responsive these guys have been, and publicly thank Guido and Andrea for their great service.
Well, I've probably been the most unlucky Mojo owner ever (hey, I've been the first Mojo customer too, actually!), having had even two hardware failures in the past few months (first was a failing motherboard since the beginning, a bad of 8 of those were shipped from lntel to Crumar back in August, they all had to be replaced, then a, quite odd actually, failing soundcard in April), both items were replaced free of charge without much fuss about it.
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> Secondly, I wanted to comment on the buttons/switches on top issues that a couple of members have brought up. I understand this issue, and I realize that some members want a clone that they can place another keyboard on top of, however, I want to point something out. If you measure the distance from the front of the Mojo keyboard to the back of all the drawbars and switches on the Mojo, it is 17 inches. So you need to keep 17 inches clear in order to have full access to all the controls on the Mojo. Coincidentally, if you measure a Hammond B3, the distance from the front of the keyboard to the back of the controls (the back of the start/run switches) is also 17 inches! So, having the switches mounted on top of the Mojo is not taking up any more room than is require by the controls on a real Hammond B3.
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> Furthermore, I'm sitting here looking at my Mojo which is sitting on the bottom tier of a Quiklok WS550 stand and my Korg Kronos sitting on the second tier of this stand and as I look at this, I'm realizing that the relationship between the Mojo and the Kronos is exactly the same as it would be if I was looking at a real B3 with a Kronos sitting on top.
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> That being the case, why all the fuss about controls on top?

Hey, we need something to complain about, right?! ;)

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