The product I would REALLY like to see (and would sell like hotcakes, IMO) is a MIDI only drawbar section you can plug into Nord's. If it weren't for the damn buttons, most people would snap up a Nord and be done with it. Someone could get rich filling THAT niche!
I remember seeing a drawbar unit for the Nord...I believe it was on Keyboard Corner forum...it was a a kind of "one man" operation, so I don't know if it is still being made.
The drawbars are really at their most useful when you have a free hand, and are able to "sculpt" shapes on the fly...usually easier when you're in a band, although I suppose you could lunge at them occasionally when using with an arranger keyboard or playing left hand bass.
The most important thing to me is the easy ability to change Leslie speeds, which really adds to lines, in my opinion...maybe even more so than drawbar changes in certain tunes.
Many players don't use the drawbars at all, and prefer using presets....I use both on the real B-3 I play, but again, I'm not playing bass lines with my left hand in that particular situation.
Ian
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