--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com , "damaged_meat" <francois.maxime@...> wrote:

>
> Hi all,
> I'm very interested in the TKB and I have a very different point of
> view from yours, Dieter, on the use I could do of this keyboard.
>
> > I'll probably generate some contradictions .....
> > But to speak the truth I cannot see an advantage of the TKB in the
> studio
> > situation over a "normal" keyboard. From my point of view the main
> advantage
> > (if there is one) is in a live situation where the audiance can see
> you play
> > on that metal plates instead of a normal black/white moving keyboard.
>
> First thing i thought when i saw a picture of the TKB was "That thing
> looks so fun !"; i haven't tried it yet but i'm sure it will really be
> a pleasure to play on this kind of keyboard. To touch is "easier" than
> to press in my opinion, and a normal keyboard is more a tool to me
> than a music instrument (i'm not a pianist). I will probably have more
> feelings and sensations playing on TKB, the kind of feelings you can
> have with a good piano or Ondes Martenot or glassharmonica or any
> 'classical music' instrument. The other aspect that i find interseting
> is that the TKB is perfectly silent, that can be cool for live studio
> recordings or simply to play at home at a low sound volume.
>
> That's true that the touch keyboard looks good and can be kinda
> 'attractive' for the audiance in a concert, but i think i would prefer
> a normal one since i'm not (yet) completely familiar with the TKB and
> for live use, i'd rather need a 'tool' to run the modular than an
> instrument i'd have to be focused on.
>
> That's my point of view on the TKB and i think it's very important to
> keep in mind that an electronic instrument is a musical instrument and
> there must be a kind of magic relationship between it and the
> musician. Since Theremin and the Ondes Martenot, controlers have a big
> part to play in this magic.
>
> By the way, why not building an 'Ondes Martenot like' CV keyboard
> (that can slightly move from left to right creating vibrato)
>
> (Sorry for bad english !)
> Max.
>

I agree, I have played the synthi AKS and EH minisynthesizer, both with
monophonic touchkeys, and love the feel. You know exactly when the
tone starts, right on the touch. With a regular keyboard I am less accurate,
but i am not a keyboardplayer. And Mono is fine.