| Mine is the Kawai. 16 sliders, incoherent user interface, funny
package form-factor. Sliders are very nice, and it seems to expect to
be used in one of its 4 major modes, 16 channel volume faders, 16
preset controllers on one channel, and a couple that I forget like a
16-band graphic equalizer for MIDI velocity on one channel. Four user
memories for defining each slider to send sysex. This does seem to
work, but the UI is pretty clumsy.
Eirikur
(Gee, somebody appreciates my artistic effect with the table-top sample
players stacked in neat black legal letter-trays.) :-)
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| Re:.0 I've got one, though I'm trying to sell it. 4 data sliders, 4
push buttons, and 2 foot pedal inputs. Any of them can be assigned to
any MIDI channel, controller # push buttons & pedals can be assigned
to program changes and MIDI notes. I used it with my band to do program
changes, volume and sustain to all my synths and an occasional hand
clap or percussion sound. Only a few devices can be controlled via
sysexe - DX7, Lexicon PCM70, LXP1 & 5 (with correct ucode). It can
easily be used for MIDI mixing of sequences, though only 6 channels
can be affected each pass (4 sliders & 2 foot pedals). Programming is
not too bad once you try it a few times. Data sliders can be programmed
to have linear, logarithmic, or antilog (inverse) response. Foot pedals
can be momentary (sustain-type) or continous (controller-type). My wife
won it as a door prize at a Lexicon seminar, so I used it for a while,
but there are bigger and better things on my wish list and my budget is
limited, so I'm going to sell it.
Dave Robert (MSDSWS::DROBERT)
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