From jmer62@yahoo.com Wed Jan 23 11:01:26 2002
Subject:Re: What's a clone?

--- David Glover wrote:
> 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
> --
> David Glover
> david@glover.com.au
>
what's everybody's opinion on the Yamaha motif
keyboard regarding it's organ sounds? David, anybody.

Joe

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