Affordable Accessories

[rippinux]

My mistake ! it is a ROLAND PK-7A, NOT a Roland pk-9a.

[zarquon]

The halfmoon switch would cost about USD 200 here in Singapore (maybe a bit more). The distributor here has a local monopoly, plus I suppose when it is shipped from the States you have to take the transport costs into account.

By the way- could I get some advice on how to build a music rack? I'm not too sure where I can get the various bits and parts to put everything together. Great if there were some specifications to follow!

[Darren]

For the cost of building one yourself, you might be best doing a search on ebay for "studio rack". I picked up an MDF angled one over here for about £60 delivered - I couldn't make it for much less than that and it would take me a weekend of my life to build and finish it to a good standard. Perhaps you can find something second hand for around the same price in Singapore?

[zarquon]

Actually I was referring to the music stand - the one to hold your score sheets. Someone earlier in the thread referred to it as a 'music rack' and I went along with the terminology.

[Darren]

Ahh ok - sorry.

[Mooser]

New pedal;-sets, in every size, are expensive! Look for a used set. I do believe any MIDI pedal-set, of any size, will connect seamlessly with a Nord. I even got a set of Hammond (XKP-200) pedals to work. I told them were attached to an SK2, and they never checked. They both look pretty much the same from the bottom, and that's all the pedals ever see.

[rippinux]

One option for a music stand is : if you use either of the ONSTAGE stands: Platform or Z-shaped, you can get the 2nd tier ( make sure you get the right 2nd tier for the right stand). I did that, plus i purchased online a 1/4" sheet of plexi-glass, ( actually 2, one 20" wide & one 36" wide) to cross the open gap of the 2nd tier. That works great : if anything too great. I wound up adding a KORG MICROSTATION & A BOSS 660 DRUM MACHINE. THE 36" wide plexiglass easily holds both units. NOw, when i gig solo, my setup, plus the bass pedals sounds like a whole band ( NOT the 'one-man-band' syndrome !) If you practise a lot with punching the crash cymbal & the bass-drum in time with your right hand & foot on the bass pedal : WHOO ! You REALLY sound like BAND . I've made 5 CD's with that set up , on a $700 ROLAND CD-2E RECORDER & A MACKIE 802-VLZ . Everybody tells me that it sounds ultra-professional & Studio Quality ( at least the AUDIO SOUND !)
Unfortunally, I stopp using it for a music stand : NO ROOM. Robert Nuckels

[Michael Wright]

As far as pedals go check out the Crumar Mojo Pedals. Very good price and for a spinet set I am extremely happy with them. They come with a case. http://www.crumar.it