[sdiy] Nord Modular DIY

[rsdio at audiobanshee.com]

On Mar 3, 2016, at 2:42 AM, Michael Zacherl <sdiy-mz01 at blauwurf.info> wrote:
> On 2.3.16 23:10 , Thomas Strathmann wrote:
>> On 02.03.16 18:10 , Tim Ressel wrote:
>>> The thing about keyboards is this: For one, raw keyboards are hard to
>>> find, and two, there are so many midi controllers out there for cheap.
>>> I'd be inclined to let the user pick his keyboard and just plug it in.
>> For me part of the beauty of the Nord Modulars (I own both a G1 and a
>> G2) is that there was a keyboard version. It's really a self-contained
>> instrument in a way that a piece of software running on a desktop
>> computer or a 19" rack module are not. To me a good keyboard is about as
>> important as lots of physical controls for controlling the synthesis
>> parameters. I suspect that I might be part of a minority as I often see
>> pictures of electronic music studios and wonder where the keys are. ;-)
> YMMV of course, but for instance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=250b_gPFsg0&t=125
> (Morton Subotnick)
> ;) m.

Thanks for that link, Michael. I didn't realize that Subotnik uses the Ohm64 control surface that I designed (3:36, 4:09). Of course, he's got a couple of other controls connected at the same time.

Brian Willoughby