From DAVIDO@LYNXFS.COM Thu Sep 05 04:38:41 2002
Subject:Re: Digest Number 781


Agree totally.. the CX3 thaws out real nice with a Speakeasy preamp
and with an M/S or a real Leslie it's very sweet.

I've acutally never heard the B4, but for me the look and feel of the
instrument matters too.. i just can't feel like i'm playinmg
a 'Hammond' using a MIDI controller and a module of any kind, and as
for a laptop, i won't even go there! Even though in reality this is
exactly what i'm doing on the CX3 as it's simply a MIDI controller
with in-built firmware, at least playing this instrument does fool
you into feeling like your playing the real thing...

it depends i guess on what your trying to achieve. For recording i
might even consider using a B4 as sound is the only concern, but for
live work the appearance of the rig is all important for me. I play
retro music, that's why i need a good Hammond sound, but i also want
the audience to have the illusion that the instrument that i'm using
is authentic. (of course anyone with an ounce of knowledge can tell
that they are not) For most people a wood grained organ with
drawbars, such as the Cx3 or the VK7, is near enough.. a Yamaha MIDI
controller and a Laptop PC is not going to have quite the same
impression. In a live situation i'd argue that the look can be almost
as important as the sound. We clonewheelers after all are in the
business of creating an illusion of a Hammond, stick a laptop on the
stage and the games up already. The extra cost is justified for this
alone.

Dave

> The CX3 sounded great, but was not quite as "warm" sounding as the
B4. The
> leslie sim was far superior on the CX3. With a little tweaking I
could get
> the CX3 to be "warm" enough. All the tweaking in the world could
not make
> the B4's fast leslie horn acceptable to me.
>
> Regrettably - I would have to spend significantly more to get the
CX3 than
> had been spent on the B4 (I already had the laptop). After great
internal
> and financial debate I took home the CX3.
>
> Over a year later I would not hesitate to make the same decision.
When every
> factor is weighed I believe the CX3 comes out on top.