From DAVIDO@LYNXFS.COM Tue Jun 24 05:13:54 2003
Subject:Re: Info Leak- New Speakeasy Product

Me too, i'm in the UK and use a Speakeasy classic, plus a custom made
9/11 pin passive switch unit that i asked Steve Hayes to make. I
would never want to be without the SE, i use it with my CX3 and my
spinet. One thing i tried last night was using a DBX mini pre in
front of the SE. The CX3 output is weak on it's own. Now, the DBX
mini pre is pretty useless as a stand alone pre amp, way too harsh.
But stick it between a CX3 and a SE, with just a tiny amount of tube
gain, DB cut button depressed and the output level flat out, then set
the SE to 12:00 gain, 2:00 treble and flat out Bass and the sound is
fantastic. I also turned up the bass full on the CX3 (amp mode on
preamp, internal EQ all set to 0).

I compared this set up with my M102, both going through a Leslie 760
and the 2 organs were pretty much indistinguishable and my other band
members had to conceed that the little Korg really did sound as good
as the big wooden thing in the corner.
At long last, the Korg has what has been described as 'Girth'. No
nasty shrillness, but no lack of cut on the top octave either, just
good old screamming Hammond tone. I guess the combination of another
valve (12AX7) in front of the SE not only gives the SE plenty of
juice to work with, but it probably also adds a subtle amount of
colour to the tone. Honestly, i have been trying for over a year to
get this sound out of the CX3 and even with the SE, i couldn't find
what i wanted. But adding this relatively inexpensive item into the
chain has cracked it at last. Dont misunderstand me though, it's the
SE that's giving up the tone, it just needed me to give it a little
push. I'd tried other units, such as the Line 6 Pod or whatever it's
called, and this kind of helped, but adding the DBX really did the
trick. Anyone who is still struggling to get the CX3 to perform in a
live environment should give this a try. I guess it would work with
any other 12AX7 preamp too, you just need to make sure that you keep
the first preamp stage clean, just use it to increase the line level
into the SE and let the SE do the dirty work. Maybe Steve at SE might
consider making a specific preamp pedal for the CX3, that has 2
seperate pre amp stages?

Dave

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