From sevush@rcn.com Wed Apr 16 08:57:56 2003
Subject:Re: Nord Electro Negatory

I'm totally in the minority here, in that I *like* the acoustic piano for
rock/blues purposes and feel the action is fine *given* the tradeoff for 20
lbs total.

I love all the sounds, organ and pianos, but one of the things I love doing
is putting the clav, rhodes or wurly through the Leslie sim. Very cool.

> I agree....I LOVE my Electro, and think the onboard Leslie sim is
> fantastic (and I've owned other standalone simulators, including the
> original Voce Spin). The Clav sound is great...best I've ever heard
> other than the real thing (and I own a Clav C, and have owned 2 D6's
> in the past). The Rhodes are surprisingly good, and I'm very picky
> here (I have owned at least 8 real Rhodes over the years). I even
> like the Acoustic Piano(s), although most people don't care for
> them. The weakest sound on the Electro is the Wurlitzer, in my
> opinion....not bad at all, but just missing something.
>
> Bottom line - I have owned dozens of keyboards and synths over the
> past 20+ years (and currently still own about 15), and the Electro is
> the highest quality, best sounding instrument I have owned.