From breynold@usc.edu Sat Oct 25 02:52:06 2003
Subject:Re: (was Nord Electro) ranting about the CX3

I don't think it is just you having this difficulty. I'm in the middle of making a whole bunch of tests. Trying speakeasy into real Leslie 142, and testing cx3, electro, b4 demo, and original hammond b3 chop. I will share my impressions after I've completed the comparisons.

Just let me say this now...I don't care if Laurans Hammond and Don Leslie were mortal enemies! The combination of B3 and real Leslie is much greater than the sum of the individual parts. It's pretty hard to make that combo sound bad.

Maybe the b4 through real leslie will bring me the magic. If not, i'll give V5 a try. I played key5 at NAMM through Leslie 147 and loved the basic sound, but hated the fake "expression" curve of the loudness pedal. It went to zero. If the chorus is underwhelming, that's better than overhyped fake chorus on many of the other clones.

No matter what I get (and sell the rest), I want to settle in on one instrument. I play real b3 on two manuals and kick bass all week at home, then go out and nothing much translates well when I'm playing the clone keyboards at a gig. I find annoying patch volume differences, cuz I left some pedal in the wrong position, or I reach for the wrong octave...And the keys feel different!!!

No one asks the guitarist or drummer to play a different instrument, depending on pay, stage size, weight, blah, blah. If we have to go from a 4X4 foot organ footprint and 2x3 leslie footprint to a 4x3foot total space, then the others should pare down in an equal size equivalent--so the guitar neck is cut in half, and he has to play standing on his amp. The drummer gains space by hanging the toms and cymbals from the ceiling and hitting upward. Now let's see about those consistant chops!

My rant over. OT my bad. But you are not a thickhead. More to come.

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