From eslawson@juno.com Mon Apr 01 03:25:43 2002
Subject:Re: New Clone, PariL1 launches today.

Good one.

I also heard that Clavia will begin marketing the Nord Electro in a
myriad of colors, such as white, black, tan and for the more extreme
users, sunburst, polka-dot and camouflage. They will also release a
limited edition copper-plated version that will develop that
beautiful greenish patina after coming in contact with the musician's
hands over time.

In order to compete, Korg and Hammond are rumored to begin making
custom shop one-offs of the CX3 and XK2 using no particle board or
veneer/contact paper but instead solid walnut, cherry, mahogany or
oak cabinetry.

I look forward to this new era in clone-making where it's not so much
about the sound but how cool it looks. I sense that we have
progressed as far as we can get with the sound so now let's see how
creative they can get with the packaging.

Regards,
Eric

--- In CloneWheel@y..., "rotosphere2001" wrote:
> Hi,
> If I remember correctly during the mid 70's, Hammond's patent for
> tonewheel organs ran out and they busied themselves at that time
> introducing a new range of drawbar organs using LSI's in
expectation
> of other companies bringing out cheaper tonewheel organs. In the
> event only one company brought out a new electro-mechanical organ.
> This was the the Pari organ company in Italy. I tried out one of
> these organs and they were very like the older Hammonds in tone
> although lacking tube circuitry. I think one or two Clonewheelers
> have mentioned these organs before, as spares have been difficult
to
> find.
>
> Well it seems that Pari are about to announce the release of a new
> drawbar clone, and if nothing else it will give us more options
> particularly as there are several innovative new features. I
> understand that they are using CDR based tone-generators, using
> multiple lasers to read two separate 2.5 inch discs, which will
allow
> for straight organ voices and also Leslie sampled tones, which,
using
> time delay/frequency shaping read out will allow for two speeds and
> more importantly ramp up and down without having to resort to cross-
> fading. Apparently nothing will sound more authentic. ( Well that's
> what Pari say )
> There are several other unique features, the module slots into the
> keyboard and is available as module only or module plus keyboard.
>
> They have dispensed with wood and gone for ' way out colors'
Purple
> keyboard and yellow module, or aqua-marine and grey. Pressure
> sensitive up/down buttons change the drawbar settings, and can be
> configured to work as pullout drawbars or push forward sliders to
> function as midi sliders, as the keyboard acts as a midi controller
> board.
> The keyboard has waterfall keys ( aqua-marine version ) and is
> available in two flavors. One straightforward keyboard with unique
> variable split which uses an infra-red fuzzy logic E Beam ( similar
> to Roland's D Beam ) to detect hand movement so that it can be set
to
> identify which hand is playing so, as the right hand moves down to
a
> maximum of two octaves to the left below the set split point, it
> still plays upper manual settings, and if the left hand moves up to
> two octaves above the split it plays lower manual settings. The
user
> can set the extra notes required either way from one note to the
full
> two octaves. The alternative keyboard features chord buttons as a
> lower manual for accordian players.
>
> There is a single optional pedal to play bass, taking account of
the
> left-hand chord progessions, you can by just using one pedal play
> kicking bass, literally. The keyboard, with or without the module
> provides comprehensive midi control, with assignable mod. wheel and
> pitchbend. The keyboard accomodates swell pedal input and damper
> pedals.
> Aside from the sound generator module being removable, several twin
> mini CDRs will be available eventually, covering accoustic pianos,
> orchestras, technos etc.
>
> Finally, there are two buttons marked start and run, because the
unit
> uses rechargeable batteries and gains its power from the actual
> keyboard action so after pressing start you have to play for a
couple
> of minutes before switching to run when the power is then
sufficient
> from fingering alone. The demo tune ( It ain't necessarily so )
> illustrates the full gamut of features. Cost of the intial units
are
> expected to be extremely competitive.There may be more products to
> come from Pari but it is intended that the L1 will be the only wind-
> up.
>
> Full specs. and anagram at www.paril1.com or you could try
> www.april1uktradtion.co.uk
> Enjoy the day. Thomas.