From groovecake@yahoo.com Wed Sep 11 07:33:07 2002
Subject:Re: Best raw clone sound minus internal Leslie simulation?

I was always really surprised at how good my VK-7
sounded through my 147.

Tuesday night I got to run my new B4 setup through the
147 for the first time. To be honest, I was astounded.

On the album "Reboppin'", Joey DeFrancesco plays a
Hammond without a leslie (he was using some other type
of amp I think) and, as a result, this album has a
very unique sound. It's a lot more of the direct
Hammond sound. With the rotarty speaker function off,
the B4 sounds like organ on this album!

--- Eric Lawson wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I've been through just about every clone available
> and am quite
> happy with my new Korg CX3. Its internal Leslie sim
> is so good that
> I use it often with no Leslie or other rotary
> speaker. However, I
> do find that the raw sound of it does not seem to be
> as good with
> the Leslie switch turned off. It's as if the
> modeling technology
> relies heavily on the amp and Leslie combination to
> make it that
> much better sounding. It still sounds good, but the
> raw tone does
> not seem as warm, simple and organic as the V5 or
> even the Hammond
> XK2. It takes a lot of tweaking to get it to sound
> "right" through
> a Leslie 122 or Motion Sound amp.
>
> I'm wondering if anyone else has noticed this and
> your thoughts
> aroung the perfect clone sound when not considering
> the internal
> Leslie simulation?
>
> Regards,
> Eric
>

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