From ynottnaro@yahoo.com Fri Oct 18 09:07:13 2002
Subject:RE: Kurweil "KB3" Mode...

Hey Ed....

There is a rack version of the Nord Electro, if I'm
not mistaken. I just think you'd want the drawbar
controller where you could use it, as opposed to in a
rack. Then again, for some folks, they can get what
they need out of 6 or 7 presets, so maybe it would be
cool. 3 spaces high I think.

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--- Ed Fliege wrote:
> Deke and all,
> I have a PC2R in my live rack and I never use KB3
> Mode, primarily because
> the Leslie sim in it is lame. I feel that the
> Hammond side of KB3 Mode is
> quite good (I've played my PC2R KB3 Mode through my
> Leslie 147 and it
> sounded great), but for some reason Kurzweil,
> despite all their success at
> duplicating real instruments, can't seem to do a
> decent Leslie sim. I
> haven't found a Leslie sim as good as the one in the
> CX-3 to play the PC2R
> through, so I can't do a decent A/B between them
> yet. I sure wish I still
> had my old Motion Sound R3-147 to play the PC2R
> through; that would make for
> an interesting A/B test with the CX-3.
> If you're already using B4 for Hammond stuff, then I
> would strongly suggest
> getting the PC2R, it's a great sounding module.
> I've basically done the
> same thing - my CX-3 does all the Hammond and the
> PC2R covers most
> everything else. My biggest gripe about the CX-3 is
> that it only does
> Hammond/Leslie, which of course is not it's fault,
> that's what it's designed
> for. But when you're trying to scale down your live
> rig, having a dedicated
> Hammond clone that only does Hammond becomes an
> issue. If I could find rack
> modules that emulate the Hammond/Leslie sound as
> good as a CX-3, I'd switch
> to that in a heartbeat. I've been using a Roland
> RS-9 to control the PC2R
> which is 88-keys and synth action, so it's no
> problem to play smears and
> glisses on it. If I could get away with it, I'd use
> two PC2R's and one RS-9
> to control them, but the lack of a decent Leslie sim
> keeps that from
> working. From what I can tell, the Electro is
> pretty much the same deal as
> a CX-3 in that it doesn't double as a decent MIDI
> controller. At this point
> in time it looks like B4 is the only decent option
> for what I'm striving
> for, but I'm not quite ready to take the plunge into
> live softsynths yet
> (but soon, I suspect).
>
> Ed Fliege
> k2mojo@groovedaddies.com
> www.groovedaddies.com
>
> (Deke wrote)
> > Do any of you guys have any thoughts on the KB3
> mode in
> > Kurzweil's PC2, PC2x
> > and PC2r?
> >
> > I'm sure it's not nearly as good as a CX-3 or an
> electro, but
> > I've found one
> > for about half the price of one of these. Since
> I'm using B4 with a PC now
> > and also need piano patches, it would certainly
> "lighten my load"
> > a bit, any
> > thoughts?
>
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