From bw@ashbysolutions.com Thu Nov 09 12:42:16 2017
Subject:Re: Dexibell Combo J7

If they are using the Alps motorized faders, or something similar, the
feel is nearly identical to the 'regular' faders.  It's when they are
active that they make their presence known:  they can jump from 0-8
(0-10) in a fraction of a second; and when held in place, it would
require a small hammer to move one.  (I tried pulling it by hand, and
almost broke the shaft off the fader!)

It is a little weird to see how much emphasis they place on the faders
in their marketing push. It makes me suspicious of the sound.  That
said, the keyboard sounds pretty good to my ears in the demos, certainly
in the league of current first-tier clonewheels. Is the clonewheel
market that saturated?

Regards,

-BW

Bruce Wahler
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>
> Personally, this doesn’t do much for me..
>
> Automated faders are so far down my list of “clone requirements” that
> they fall well below the line of things/features that I’m willing to
> pay for.. in fact I’m not sure I’d even want them if they didn’t add
> significantly to the price.
>
> Time will tell if these are a desirable feature, or not, but the thing
> that I worry about, and the one thing that could affect the
> playability of these motorized features, is whether or not the
> motorized mechanism adds resistance to the feel of the drawbars. They
> still need to move freely with a similar degree of resistance as the
> original.  We’ll see..
>
> Craig
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Nov 9, 2017, at 4:04 AM, jvo621@optonline.net
> [CloneWheel] > > wrote:
>
>> Looking forward to checking this out. The first CloneWheel with
>> motorized drawbars that change to new positions for each preset
>> sound. Kraft Music is carrying it as well as Musician's Friend and
>> Guitar Center. Should be available mid-December.
>>
>