From david@glover.com.au Tue Jan 22 19:34:20 2002
Subject:Re: What's a clone?

Hi all,

Just thought I'd weigh in on the 'what's a clone' definition.

While I don't disagree with Bruce's definitions of a clone, I'm not sure
that should limit our discussions on this board.

Today I'm lucky enough to have a VK-7 (a qualified clone!), but can remember
striving to get good sounds out of sample boxes, then coveting the Micro-B
and Vintage Keys (and eventually acquiring a Micro-BII on the way to the
VK-7).

I guess my concern is that I don't think we should inhibit someone who (say)
wants to get the best Hammond-ish sound out of their Emu, sampler, DX-7 or
whatever because we've defined them out of being a 'clone'.

I know that many of us have gone through this ourselves and can provide lots
of advice and help to newcomers to the world of Hammond emulation.

So let's let the 'clone' definitions stand, but stay open to discussing the
capabilities of less specialised instruments. Many people who care about
their music and 'the sound' make do with lesser emulations for financial or
practical reasons. For instance, a player who needs piano 90% of the time
and 'organ' 10% of the time is unlikely to want to buy a full-blown clone.
But they'd probably be keen to hear our impressions of the organ sounds in
(say) Yamaha's P200 piano, the Alesis NanoPiano, Emu Vintage Keys etc etc.

That's my 2c.

...I did start laughing when I realised the irony of defining what made a
'real' clone...

Cheers,

David
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David Glover
david@glover.com.au