From bruce@ashbysolutions.com Tue Jul 08 04:33:18 2003
Subject:Re: effects loop

Hi,

>What about the Hammond XB-2, it has an effects loop?

The XB-2 is a completely different animal: it plays back samples of a tonewheel Hammond, rather than using modeling technology. I don't feel that you can put the XB-2's Leslie simulator in the same league as the simulators in the newer modeling synthesizers, either. I don't know where in the chain the XB-2's simulator is, or even if the simulator is digital or analog, but that simulator is not going to fool diehard players into thinking there is a real Leslie in the room.

My perception is that many players feel that Korg really nailed the sound of a mic'ed Leslie in the CX-3/BX-3, and they wish that the Leslie was a separate entity. Some of them even wish they could buy the Leslie simulator separately to add to another clone. Unfortunately, the Leslie simulator isn't a piece of hardware -- it's a piece of software.

Regards,

-BW
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