Holding and controls
The way you are holding your instrument will affect both comfort and
performance. For both the NuEVI and the NuRAD there are a couple of things
to note regarding this. One common mistake for example is to place the thumb
controlling the octaves on just one roller at a time, when the correct octave
positions are between rollers, touching two at a time. Getting these things right
from the beginning will help getting you faster to the point where the
instrument feels like an extension of yourself in your musical expression.
The NuEVI canister is held with left hand in a
way that the thumb is more or less vertical
onto the rollers. Index finger should be free
to touch and release the fourth valve, a.k.a.
K4, a.k.a. the half octave key that is black arc
in the front of the main body. The other
fingers grip around the canister without
touching the fourth valve.
Right hand thumb is placed between the
two pitch bend pads and on top of the
(vibrato) lever. Make sure it’s not too easy to
be touching the pitch benders inadvertently
while playing, yet not too hard to reach the
pitch benders when you want to use them.
Loosen the screws and adjust if needed. Be
careful not to over tighten as the benders are
plastic. In some cases there is an additional pad behind the thumb lever. That’s
an extension of the extra controller sensor routing. Usually the extra controller is
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