From organize@colba.net Mon Apr 01 12:08:49 2002
Subject:Re: Digest Number 612

Hey Clonewheelers:

Newsflash!!!
After all the complaints about the price and modelling tech.
Hammond Suzuki decided to add real tone generators to
the new B3 and "Real" V/C and reduce the price to 5k to
competed with used Hammonds.

O BTW how do you spell April 1 again? PariL 1 Hmmm.
GK

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>Message: 8
> Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 09:29:19 -0000
> From: "rotosphere2001"
>Subject: New Clone, PariL1 launches today.
>
>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.
>
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