From M_Zacher@gmx.de Sat Feb 15 14:48:20 2003
Subject:An other B4 thread...

Hi Folks!
This is going to be a long story, so lay back and have a cup of tea :)

Me and my band made music this morning. Yesterday I played some new
tracks on my L100 here at home. Pleased with sound and every note on the
right place, i went there today, and get behind my old Korg Bx3 (the
analog one). So far, so good. Its running throug a HK Tube Rotosphere
and sometimes I think: thats it, my kind of sound.Roaring and fine
distortion. Other times, especially since I own the real thing, is sit
down and after the first key pressed I know - damn, what a F***. The
keys are Plastic (and feel really ... dont know the right word.. not
like an instrument, more like a thing for kids to play on. ) and I cant
get those nice glissandi and so on like on my L. Then there is the
sound. First, it sound Plastic. Electronic. Just wrong. So getting the
distortion higher and the sound deeper makes it better for a while, but
then with the other guys... especially the guitar-players (we have 3!!)
are putting me on the wall. Its not a volume prob, but its the sound!
When i give more treble, its to harsh, not full, just.. plastic. Its the
best word... I was VERY embarresed especially for having an Hammond at
home but you know - moving the thing... :) Was enough for getting the
others to carry my leslie to gigs... I´m not going to say I a good
player, but as David stated before:

>However, for far lesser musicians like myself, relying on
>the "sound" of the equipment seems to become more and more important.
>This is not a good sign....

I guess its just the difference which dirves me nuts. After all the
feeling of the Hammond is an instrument - i really feel i can express my
feelings there.. and then the korg .. just playing notes, u know.

So, after all I decided to search for something other. I dont have a bag
of money so I´m trying to sell my Korg, and get something more modern an
(with that) playable. Then I thought downloading the demo of NI´s B4...
The stand alone version. And I was carried away... wooow.. what a sound!
even with this digital leslie its SO cool! I connected my Dynacord
leslie and thought, hey, where´s the tonewheel in there? I could just
feel it spinning!
Now I´ll get to the point. Three ones :)

1) I have no idea of Midi. I can connect the keyboard to my comp, so i
can use my Logic Audio for practicing and getting ideas to paper. Not
more. My question to the more experienced: What do I need for having
that sound avalilible on a gig? Laptop of course, what kinda soundcard?
adapters? I know you can help...
2) For those of you who know the b4 and other clones, can you describe
the difference? Do they get close to the b4?
3) What possibilitis are there to control the b4? I think of vibrato,
keyklick and so on? Any suggestions? What about cheap midi-controllers
with 16 faders? a few buttons on that would be enough, or not? Do i need
adapters or what? I read the discusion "quattro or indigo"... what is
that adapter?`

thx for your patience :)

going to bed now and sleep a while, so tomorrow I will think bout it
again.. :)

bye

michael, 20 from münster, germany