From sam Sent Wed, Mar 20th 2019, 22:27
From sam Sent Wed, Mar 20th 2019, 22:27
The non-centering pitch bend pot of the early Arp Odyssey is the only one I despise - all the others I have gotten used to and they all have their merits. I'm okay with a standard pitch bend wheel, though I probably prefer a Roland or Korg-type joystick for pitch control. It's also easier to 'spank' a joystick, for getting those really fast pitch 'blips' - you can do this with a wheel also, but not as easily. I like a standard mod wheel if I am adding vibrato or controlling the filter - I find this more natural and easier to control than doing it with a spring-loaded joystick, and certainly better than with a bender switch (either on or off) like the Juno-106. I love Ensoniq's patch select buttons (like on the ASR-10 or TS-10) for switching in different aspects of the sound - for example, I have a Fender Bass guitar sample that I can press a patch select button and get a slide down the fretboard. Ribbon controllers are fun, too, though I haven't used them that much for 'real' playing (i.e. gigging or recording). Others may find them much more useful than I have - perhaps I just haven't explored the possibilities enough. Sam Mims Syntaur On 3/20/2019 4:29 PM, Mike Beauchamp wrote: > Hey AHers, > > Having been lucky enough to try out quite a few different synths > lately, I've noticed how different they can be with regard to the > controls they've chosen to place on the Left Hand Control panel. > > Some synths have no left hand controls at all per se, some only have a > mod wheel and/or pitch bend and some give a whole wack of controls. > > Moog seems to keep it simple, Roland can get pretty crazy but logical. > > What left hand controls do you find to be totally necessary and which > ones haven't you touched? Any thing you wish would be over on the left > hand panel that no manufacturer really seems to get right? > > Mike > > > > >