From bardian@usadatanet.net Wed Nov 16 08:18:58 2005
Subject:VK8 upgrade wasHammond vs. Korg vs. Roland vs. ...

Is this VK8 upgrade an actual OS upgrade or is it a collection of
programs/patches that use the existing OS and parameters?

>
> There is a edit program site called Soundside with several
> module/instrument edits and programs including one for the VK8(M).
> The VK8(M) Upgrade can be gotten at Soundside.de when you scroll down
> a bit on the left side to the 2nd line of specific programs offered.
> There's a picture of the VK8 and "VK8 Upgrade" for VK8(M). Click on
> that icon and you're at the $39 Buy & Download program site. It's
> worth every penny for the VK8 and VK8M, simple to use = MIDI files
> you play into the organ with an SMF player, just like other similar
> instrument system upgrades.
>
> In this case, if you're more "tekkie" (not me) you can go in with
> Soundiver according to a Yahoo VK-Corral member and "see" that you
> could have done some of the patch/preset edits yourself. BUT the
> writer has "the Hammond/Leslie ear" and DID do them. The Leslie sim
> gets even better along with good global EQ tweaks for improved "clone
> tone." Preset banks 4-6 are overwritten with his patch settings with
> some nice sounds - your choice to only load Bank 4 or 5 or 6.. or the
> entire program. Since I'm not sitting at the VK8 keyboard right now,
> my memory says there's some extra keyclick, leakage, some percussion
> boost - that you could go in and decrease once you learn how to edit
> the VK8 if you want to. But most important (I don't think anyone has
> figured this out yet, maybe not that hard?) in Bank 4 the program
> makes two Rotary Bypass presets, which you can't do on the VK8M, and
> I don't think the VK8 either - it's only bypassed (versus Brake with
> still the Rotary cabinet sound) with a Leslie in the 11-pin socket.
> In the same bank, the writer adds three "Vintage Chorus" sounds which
> are as nice as any I've heard, kind of like "rich, richer, and
> richest," in selection to choose from.
>
> I really like the Soundside edits and highly recommend the program
> for VK8 keyboard/module. And of course you can move these patches
> around to different locations and save/overwrite stock presets you
> don't care for or want in a different sequence.
>
> *ps >snip< (a previous post) The Electro for me gets the 2nd place
> nod for portability, overall EP's and unbelievable effects at your
> fingertips w/almost perfect Leslie - it should ramp up about a half
> second to a second slower for
>> my taste >snip...
>
> It should also slow down about a half second to a second slower for
> my taste. I like the sound of a well-worn and broken in Leslie horn
> transit time, always used the slowest pulley and even got worn belts
> from a repair shop friend who had replaced their sucessors with new
> belts adjusted to factory specs. I've probably posted this every six
> months or so, but bear with me for newer members : ) I like the horn
> especially to slow down with a bit more "wuh wuhh wuhhh wuhhhh
> wuhhhhh" over a few seconds, rather than "wuh-wuh-wuh" to almost
> instant slow, like a DC brake. I like the ramp up time almost (or)
> the same. There are Leslie models and adjustments, and I think the DC
> electric brake setup to get instant slow - which some players like -
> maybe why the Stage has the "too fast" Rotary transit time per what
> I've read/heard.
>
> Walter j
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