From bruce@ashbysolutions.com Wed Jan 16 18:16:42 2002
Subject:Re: Is overdrive and reverb disabled when internal Leslie simulator is off?

Eric,

>I was re-reading the Keyboard magazine review today and one of their
>gripes was that if you turn the internal rotary sim off, you also
>kill the overdrive and verb. Is this true or is there a workaround?

Unless there was a bug in the very earliest firmware, Keyboard is being their usual, semi-moronic selves, and trying to become an expert on the gear in 10 minutes, without RTFM. The reverb is available with or without the Leslie sim. In fact, I have 32 patches with Leslie sim, and 32 identical patches, except the sim is turned off, and the sound is EQ'ed for use with a real Leslie. I can create either one from the other in a few button presses.

The overdrive is a slightly different matter. Turning off the reverb doesn't kill it; setting the Amp Type to Preamp does. Luckily (?), the Preamp setting doesn't sound at all like an AO-28 -- the Type 2 does, with Bass = -5, Middle = 0, Treble = -10, and the Treble knob turned somewhere between 9:00 and full-off.

In fact, the CX-3's overdrive, used moderately with a real tube amp or preamp, allows one to dial in the amount of growl on a per patch basis. If you use a second keyboard, set the Amp Gain CC# to 1, and the Mod Wheel turns into a Growl Wheel!

Regards,

-BW

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