From carl@vanselman.com Sat Feb 14 17:20:21 2004
Subject:Re: agonizing over upgrading my vk7
Hi, I can not answer all your questions but I do have a VR760 manual in PDF.
I have owned an Electro for 8 months before getting my VR760, here's my take;
Organ sounds without Leslie - they both sound good, a few more edits on Roland, key click etc.
Leslie - once you have tweeked sim the VR760 in is fairly close behind the Electro
Acoustic piano - the Electro sucks big time
Electric piano - electro is good but velocity curves are bad.
VR760 synth sounds - OK you may never use them but it lend another dimention
The VR760 has every FX you need including reverb, all this non-sense about 'real hammonds' not having reverb is being silly, I have three 'real' hammonds and they all have great spring reverb units
Just my two cents, hope it helps.
Carl
----- Original Message -----
From: Damon Fibraio
To: clonewheel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 11:21 PM
Subject: [CWSG] agonizing over upgrading my vk7
OK, everybody. I am really in a bind. I have a Roland VK7. I do like its
tone, but I hate the keys and that due to my blindness I can't edit it. I
also hate that it only does organ. I want a little more out of my second
keyboard. I am considering the nord electro or the v-combo. But, here's my
delima. I can't edit very well with screens. The pros and cons of each for
me are listed below, and maybe some of you can help me with the rest. Note:
I do not want a cx3 because I need more than organ sounds. This keyboard is
being used in conjunction with a motif es6 and a virtual analog synth, now
the jp8080, but soon to be changed to an unknown synth. So, this keyboard
needs to excel in organ and do other stuff, too, which is why I thought of
both the electro and v-combo.
v-combo pros...real drawbars. more than one amp simulator and tone wheel
model, knobs to change amp type, chorus/vibrato type and stuff right on
front, extra piano sounds and synth engine, takes two of the srx boards,
real drawbars.
cons...weaker leslie simulator, big and heavy, requires some editing with
the screen to get leslie right, electric pianos not as good as on nord
electro, synth engine tough to navigate with only up and down buttons, no
manual in pdf format.
Nord electro pros: great electric pianos, superior leslie simulator to
v-combo, great electric piano sounds, light, manual in pdf format.
cons: no amp sims that I know of, no drawbars, no synth section, but that
is not a big deal, rumors of velocity problems with pianos, bad acoustic
pianos, no tone wheel options.
Based on this, what do you all think I should do coming from the Roland
VK7? Can anybody correct me on misconceptions or help me with features I
don't know about?
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