New gear!

BobTheDog · Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 2:24 am Post subject:

Think large Tom!

v-un-v · Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 2:42 am Post subject:

Yes. That's what worries me Sad

And what about key expression? Weighted keys? Shocked

BobTheDog · Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 2:46 am Post subject:

Thank you for your interest and enquiry about Opal Keyboards.

The price of the Opal Chameleon is £2000. Flight case & accessories are included. Shipping is additional and a quotes are calculated according to destination.

Our instruments are hand-built to order direct from our UK workshop. Of our two models, the Gecko is undergoing re-design but the Chameleon is currently available. It’s constructed with a hardwood frame and a choice of bound veneer tops.

The keys are weighted and velocity-sensitive with 15 settings. The playing action is light enough for fast playing without strain to the hands and fingers, and the velocity sensing is high resolution.

Control features: The control buttons include a menu of 15 tunings including rotations and reversals of the original note pattern (Melodic Table), plus a separate menu of 100 pantonal serial progressions and 42 user-definable tunings. There are 3 zones; each can be altered in enough ways for the possible combinations to number over 1 billion. However, the menu system is very user-friendly; a single data knob just below the LCD scrolls through all the options for each control button. It also has the most comprehensive MIDI hub available on any keyboard and is compatible with all synths, old & new.

I hope this is helpful; please ask anything else you would like to know.

seraph · Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 3:09 am Post subject:

Andy,
I gather from the answer you got from Peter that it was written some time ago. I think it is slightly more expensive now Cool

btw it took me ONE year to get it Shocked

Octahedra · Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 4:18 am Post subject:

seraph · Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 6:40 am Post subject:

in half an hour I have a Skype appointment with Peter Davies Wink

ark · Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 11:09 am Post subject:

Have you noticed that the colums are arranged in a way that is closely related to the first two long rows of an accordion's left hand? That is, two rows a major third apart with consecutive notes arrahced in a circle of fifths.

BobTheDog · Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 11:29 am Post subject:

seraph · Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 11:45 am Post subject:

seraph · Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 11:47 am Post subject:

v-un-v · Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 12:24 pm Post subject:

seraph · Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 1:14 pm Post subject:

Antimon · Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 4:49 am Post subject:

Posted Image, might have been reduced in size. Click Image to view fullscreen.

Sounds nice when I wiggle the delay knob while running arpeggios or drones from my synths. Also looks gorgeous! Metallic colour coating r00lz.

/Stefan

BobTheDog · Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 4:53 am Post subject:

What does the Regen knob do?

Antimon · Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 5:37 am Post subject:

Feedback. When set to zero, you get the source mixed with a single echo. As you turn regen up you get more echoes.

The mod button activates some kind of modulation, I'm guessing it affects delay time. You're supposed to be able to tweak the speed and depth no two trimpots inside the unit - I haven't tried that out yet (currently nothing happens when I press the mod button).

There's a nice analog muffling in the echoes, like it sinks in mud.

/Stefan

Oskar · Joined: Jul 29, 2004 Posts: 1751 Location: Norway

Stefan, va kul grej du köpt! I like those analog delays, they're not as lovely as good old-fashioned tape echos, but they're so much more practical AND reliable!

xjscott · Joined: Apr 25, 2007 Posts: 232 Location: Appalachia

elektro80 · Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 12:35 pm Post subject:

Ay, well.. we must allow Dr. Justice to show off his brand new Axcel! Rumours say that it is being crafted, cured and polished by Cuban virgins and mutant garden pixies at the moment.

Shocked

No sharks though..

DrJustice · Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 1:03 pm Post subject:

Oskar · Joined: Jul 29, 2004 Posts: 1751 Location: Norway

Hah! Now you can make like Pete Way out of UFO! Cool

Shreddie · Joined: May 12, 2009 Posts: 96 Location: UK

blue hell · Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 2:53 pm Post subject:

EdisonRex · Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 3:12 pm Post subject:

From the video I don't get exactly how you play it. Obviously there's a lot of buttons and the breath pipe. But for 4 grand sterling I think I'd want to look at it before I bought one.

All new instruments have a learning curve. This is no exception. It's interesting though.