From dwatson@oceaninlay.com Tue Jun 26 10:18:15 2012
Subject:Re: VB3 1.4 v 2.0 was mojo/vb3 vibrato

While the Nanokontrol 1 is a great 'Hammond' tool for many of us, the wider
spacing and low profile of the 'sliders' don't give you the versatility and
ease of real drawbars. The other weakness is the usb connector sticking
out. The Nanokontrol allowed me to use a Privia 330 and then a PX-3 for a
few years. The weighted action of the controller and minor awkwardness of
the Nanokontrol got me to revert back to my PCR-800 for VB3 along with the
PX-3 for piano controller. The PCR-800 drawbars are spaced further apart
than a console, but significantly narrower than the Nanokontrol. You can
grab a 'fistful' and manipulate the drawbars as if you had the real deal.

Like most of you, the majority of my gigs are at night, but this past
weekend I played on a covered stage outside. I thought I had no power at
first because I could see no LED indicators or eight segment display on the
PCR-800, even with sunglasses off. I found this to be a disadvantage,
relying on a controller without the tactile switch position to give you a
feeling or visual connection with the status of a switch. Not a big deal;
it's hard to have everything. :-)

The four 'scenes' of the NanoKontrol are a great help. I'm trying to
remember if you go to another 'scene', other than where the bulk of your VB3
controls exist, say to make an adjustment of maybe 'rotor speed', when you
switch back to scene 1, do you have to tweak that same pot again to get it
back to where you want that control setting on scene 1? I'm saying this a
bit awkwardly, but if I remember correctly, I think I have to re-adjust the
pots that have been changed when I revert back to scene 1. Does this make
sense?

Donn

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