From ynottnaro@yahoo.com Fri Aug 01 09:35:02 2003
Subject:Re: Electro 2 fx ?'s

Hey Jake...

No, the leslie sim is NOT tweakable. The other FX
like autowah, vibrato and tremolo are. Like a real
Hammond, the organ you bought is the organ you got, as
opposed to the CX3 which seems to have a few organs
inside there. However, you don't have any of that top
end shrillness like the CX3, you do have other sounds.
Things like percussion volume and keyclick aren't
settable for each individual program, they're global
settings (just like a real Hammond). The result is
you have an organ sound that is very personalized,
much like a Jon Lord or Lee Michaels or (insert your
favorite guy here). The Korg is great for having all
those organ sounds available to you, but I think the
long run, you tend to lose identity with TOO many
sounds, if you get my drift. The advantage to the
Korg besides real drawBARS is the ergonomic layout
(everything is where it's supposed to be). But
tonally, I still prefer the Electro. Even in its
flight case, it's still the lightest keyboard I've
ever hossed around.

As a final insult to injury, new CX3s can be had for
$1350 plus tax at Sam Ash here in Chicago. I was
thinking of selling/swapping one of my Electro's, but
I know that the CX3 would sit at home for 2 reasons:
The Electro sounds better (especially at the top end),
and it fits in my rig better. Actually, the first
reason is the only reason it would stay at home: if
the CX3 sounded better, I'd dump the Electro, weight
issues or not. I have learned very easily how to
navigate the drawbuttons, and their crappy placement
(should have been on the left side, not the center)
and even having to toggle between soft/fast/slow on
the same switch for percussion is still doable.

The Electro rocks.

T

>
> My out the door total for the CX3 in the box was
> $1700, porter case
> was about $190 online. I read here that 8th Street
> Music has
> Electro's upgraded to 2's at $1450 - think I'd
> rather just get the
> latest right out of the box. I haven't talked to BT
> Productions yet,
> wouldn't mind doing some kind of almost-straight
> across swap, new for
> new, CX3 I think has a bit more value.
>
> All information greatly appreciated, thanks.
>
> WJ
>

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