Kevin Lightner wrote:I think the idea is that if you're not a serious keyboardist, 25 keys is enough.
If you are a serious keyboardist, you would also have a master keyboard that's much larger.
...if it puts out true 1.0 V/octave signal, and not 0.93 V or 0.978 V or 1.04V... Then if this Sub Phatty can't produce any pitches higher than middle C, they would at least have the option of driving their modular oscillators in tune from the Sub Phatty keyboard.EMwhite wrote: Certainly is a looker and the Euro crowd will find it aesthetically fitting in quite well with their other gear.
Ugh, I'm sorry to focus on your response instead of the millions of others, but here it is.Kevin Lightner wrote:I think the idea is that if you're not a serious keyboardist, 25 keys is enough.
If you are a serious keyboardist, you would also have a master keyboard that's much larger.
museslave wrote:It's a monophonic keyboard. You only need one note at a time. As such, you only really need one octave at a time. Unless, of course, your playing style or choice of repertoire has extremely fast multi-octave leaps... which I seriously seriously doubt.
Two octave keyboard? Who the hell cares? It's a single-note instrument that has octave changing immediately available.
Kenneth wrote:I would say I agree with the notion that 25 keys is too few for serious keyboarding. That's why I own a Voyager. What I do like about it is the portability factor. I can throw my Minibrute in a backpack and run out the door. I take it with me everywhere. I get a couple of hours each night at work where there's nothing going on, so I pull out my Minibrute and play (sorry, "doodle"). Can't do that with a Voyager, or even a Little Phatty. I'm looking forward to having the Phatty sound in a portable, knob-per-function package. I'll definitely buy one of these.
Please tell that to Jan Hammer , Who is using his left hand for pitch bends and modulation. Oh thats right Kevin was referring to real keyboard players who need the 44 keys!museslave wrote:Ugh, I'm sorry to focus on your response instead of the millions of others, but here it is.Kevin Lightner wrote:I think the idea is that if you're not a serious keyboardist, 25 keys is enough.
If you are a serious keyboardist, you would also have a master keyboard that's much larger.
It's a monophonic keyboard. You only need one note at a time. As such, you only really need one octave at a time. Unless, of course, your playing style or choice of repertoire has extremely fast multi-octave leaps... which I seriously seriously doubt.
Two octave keyboard? Who the hell cares? It's a single-note instrument that has octave changing immediately available. If you're a "serious keyboardist," you should be able to press a button at the point you need to change octaves. After all, YOU HAVE ONE HAND FREE.
All of that being said, I cultivate a playing style on monophonics where I integrate a melody and bass line. This can be seen in many of my videos. I would prefer to have more octaves so I can do that... but do I need to do that? No. Would I condemn an entire division of synthesizers, companies, or players because that wasn't possible? Uh, no.
IMHOGreat solo my friend! Nice chops!................Nothing like a model D solo to put a smile on your face.thealien666 wrote:For me personally, I've played on a 32 notes MG-1 for many years (it didn't have octave switching per say, you had to be really quick to flip both toggle switches on each oscillators), and 32 notes is a bare minimum.
44 notes is acceptable, 61 is good, 76 and 88 are overkill, especially on a monophonic synth.
So I agree with Kevin that, a 25 notes keyboard is too short for any serious music playing, even if one is very adept at flicking octave range toggle...
Just listen to this example from a one minute Minimoog D lead I've played (from 1:27 to 2:27) and I can tell you that I couldn't have played this on a 2 octave keyboard only, even with octave switching.
http://soundcloud.com/thealien666/night ... io-moroder
