From bakerfp@mindspring.com Sat May 15 19:43:49 2004
Subject:RE: need help...
I have played a VK7 for many years through a Roland KC-500. My current set
up is to run the VK7 through a Speakeasy preamp pedal into either a Leslie
142 or a MS Pro 3T on top of a Motion Sound KP200s, or simply through the
Speakeasy pedal into the Motions Sound KP200s (depending on the gig). The
Speakeasy takes a lot of the shrillness off the top octave. I really like
the sound of the KP200s but others have also touted the Motion Sound KT80 (I
think that is the model number). The MS Pro 3T can make the shrillness worse
if not dialed in correctly.
Bob Baker
-----Original Message-----
From: Damon Fibraio [mailto:dfibraio@comcast.net]
Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 12:39 PM
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CWSG] need help...
OK, everybody. Here's my situation and maybe somebody can help me here. My
current keyboard rig is as follows:
Yamaha Motif ES6 -- does most of my core sounds, minus analog and organ
Roland VK7 -- Does organ and occasional string sounds for other songs with
orchestral bank which is painful to use, but passable
Alesis Ion -- my synth for all analog sounds and most leads
All of these keyboards run into a Roland KC-550 amp for stage monitoring.
The amp runs out to the board for playing out live.
I also have at my disposal a Roland XV-5080 that stays in the studio. I
never bring it out due to my inability to deal with controlling it from the
motif, plus the KC does not send the outputs of channel 4 to the board.
Now, I have run into two issues with this setup, mostly revolving around
the VK7. Firstly, the VK7 is a great sounding organ, but that's really all
it does. There are times when I need a second sound source from my second
keyboard, say strings on one keyboard, piano on the other, etc. I know I
can split the keyboard on the Motif es6, but it is sometimes annoying, and
other times I need the full range of both boards. I feel like my second
keyboard, vk7 in this case, should do more than one sound, for more
versatility, yet I don't want to lose that organ quality. I play in a
classic/progressive rock cover band and don't want to take a step backwards
with my organ sound by getting a Roland Phantom or Kurzweil or Korg
keyboard that won't accurately emulate the organ or give me the same
control over that sound. Further, I am noticing that since I purchased the
Roland KC amp, the upper octave of the VK7 is shrill and piercingly loud.
Even rolling the trebble control down on the KC amp does nothing. I could
essentially mangle the eq for all my keyboards and still get nowhere.
I was thinking of trading up to the V-combo, since it is essentially better
than the VK7 but from the same family, provides me with more sounds and the
ability to expand out with the SRX-07 and sRX-03 cards that I would put
into the machine. This is not going to be a very cheap option, though and I
am wondering if there is another way. I could probably live with the VK7
more if I could find a way to remove the shrillness from the top end of the
keyboard. It really does hurt. So, my options are as follows:
Trade in vK7 for V-combo and srx-03 and srx-07 with significant credit card
debt, which I can pay off, but I wonder if that will fix anything.
Trade VK7 for VK8 with slightly better orchestral bank, but limitted extra
sounds.
Trade in KC-550 for better amp.
Speakeasy pedal? Would that solve anything?
Alternative second keyboard with equivalent organ sound and more sounds for
backup to main synth...suggestions.
Any help would be hugely appreciated. If the amp is my problem, please
recommend a better amp that won't hurt me, although at this point, I am
thinking that cash outlay is unavoidable here. The amp must be able to
control 3 keyboards and be on wheels. I looked at the motion sound stuff
and that would work if my organ was only doing organ, but it isn't, so that
is kind of out of bounds.
--
Damon Fibraio, email dfibraio@comcast.net
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