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Presumably for reasons of fashion, there are wood grain-patterns on the end cheeks and optionally glowing pitch and mod wheels. Even more eye-catching are the multi-coloured transpose keys and pads placed above the keyboard. This, you'll see right away, is athree-octave (37-note) mini-key keyboard, and it enjoys velocity but not aftertouch transmission. Ifound its action pretty springy, with afair amount of resistance compared to that of the Korg Microkorg XL, for example. By contrast, the pitch-bender isn't quite springy enough — at least, not if fast and twangy returns are important to you.

The four performance knobs handle well — Iactually prefer their smooth-sweeping action to the steppy versions of the Ultranova — but the plastic selector switch felt clunky at first. However, Iwarmed to it after only ashort time because, although it's mechanical andworkmanlike, it feels solid and positivein use. Thanks to an LED, you can always see your position in the front-panel editing matrix — well, except when it's dark, when you appreciate the clunkiness of the switchafresh.

A PC or Mac editor similar to that of the Ultranova was still under construction at the time of writing, but it is possible to perform patch editing — even in-depth editing — without it. However, even though the display is clear enough and reasonably proportioned, this is simply too deep asynth engine to enjoy servicing through acrack in the bonnet. For performance purposes, thematrix of front-panel options should carry you through most eventualities. We'll look more closely atthat shortly.

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