From tonysounds@yahoo.com Tue Aug 17 08:59:28 2004
Subject:Re: XK3 CV

Compared to the Electro, yes, the XK3 is heavy. But honestly, it's really no heavier than any other decent keyboard out there. What would be the deciding factors for me would be the leslie sim and the importance of drawbars. If you have no plans to carry a leslie (and judging by your comments about the XK3's weight, I suspect you won't be carrying a leslie anytime soon), I'd go with the Electro. Even though the XK3 is very very tweakable, the leslie sim is its Achilles' Heel. The Electro is not nearly as tweakable, but they really got most things right with that clone, so tweaking will be for personal taste as opposed to trying to get things a little more "right". It's lightweight portability only makes it more attractive in my eyes. I still have no intention of selling mine, so that should tell you something. Plus, all the pianos will sound much better I suspect triggered by your P80. (Depending on the 80's velocity curves) I have REALLY been enjoying my Electro's CP80
sounds lately triggered by my A90. The Rhodes are beautiful. I still haven't gotten around to the clav sounds! The P80/Electro combo should be really satisfying and you might be able to leave the piano module at home.

T

rot8ba wrote:
Hallo Tony,

seems that you are the most competent guy to give me some
tips to improve my equipment.

(Old Korg CX-3 -> Tube Rotosphere or CLS222 -> Roland JC120)
Yamaha P80 + Yamaha P50M
Rhodes Mark II

my normal Gig-Setup is Yamaha P80/P50m + Korg CX-3

I consider to add a Hammondclone to my Rig to have:
- a Clone with MIDI (Rhodes + Clone + Pianomodule)
- a very close Hammond B3-Clone (Korg CX-3 isn't bad but not as close
as I want - especially the upper end lacks thickness und the
missing CV)
- a lightweighted allroundkeyboard (to practice and gig)

The XK-3 seems to come as close as you can get with a keyboard to the
B3 (nice but secondary that it's a "Hammond") but it's heavy and it's
very expensive in Germany.

The Nord Electro may be a good compromise. Light, less expensive ...

Which clone would you keep if you have to sell one ?

Regards

Toni ;-)

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