From emilindru@yahoo.com Wed Aug 04 03:31:31 2004
Subject:Re: viscount clone


--- Bob wrote:

> Hi people,
>
> I'm new here on the list , hoping to get some info
> on hammond
> clones. I saw an organ for sale which claims to be a
> replica of the
> old korg cx-3. It's a "Viscount Intercontinental
> Drawbar Organ",
> just one manual and the looks are like the cx-3.
> Does anyone have
> any experience with it?

I've had the D9e, wich was the module version of the
D9, wich I asume is the clone you saw for sale.
Indeed it is a replica of the old cx3.
In some ways I think it sounded a little better (had
both of them). Drawbar vocings came out more balanced
to my ears. However, the thing tended to sound a
little muddier. An interesting thing I found out is
that keyclick was controlable thru the percussion
settings. The leslie sim, although slightly better
than the cx3's, was still not worth a penny. Single
rotor emulation. A korg G4 or any good simulator will
reduce the cheeziness factor drastically.
I'd say in terms of sound it is somewhere between the
cx3 and the Xb2. By the time I liked the xb2 better,
though.

If anyone could give me some
> info and
> perhaps a lead on how much it should cost, it's for
> sale for 175
> euro's/dollars, which is quite cheap.

I paid over 600€ (back then it was "pesetas" here)for
the module 8 years ago. I think the keyboard version
was 900€. I guess whether it is cheap or not depends
pretty much on where you live and the wideness of its
2ond hand market. However, if you don't mind paying a
little more, I'd strongly recommend you to go for the
oberheim ob^2.
It a big leap from the former, and it should be pretty
cheap too.

Thankz
> already,
>
> greetz
>
> Bob

Welcome! :)


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