From c_schonberger@yahoo.com Fri Apr 27 12:54:55 2007
Subject:Re: Choice of Clonewheel w/o Leslie

Rick,

From what I see you need a good, full rock organ sound, not too clean. Prhaps the Korg CX-3 might be a good choice sound-wise. Alternatively the Hammond XK-1 perhaps (they say its leslie sim is excellent).
The best classic rock sound by a clone I ever heard comes from the NI B4 plugin including its spot-on leslie sim. Perhaps the hassle of hooking up a controller keyboard to a laptop computer is worth it.

...just my input,
Christian



stateofmin@aol.com wrote:
I am playing in a band which plays mostly classic rock with an emphasis on
the Grateful Dead. We also play the Allman Brothers, Santana, the Band, the
Stones, Clapton, etc. I have no intention of carting around a leslie or
buying a separate dedicated amplifier or speaker system for the organ in my rig.
My main keyboard presently is a Yamaha S-90 which I use mostly for piano,
clav, rhodes, brass, sax and strings.

I am using a JBL 15 G2 powered speaker as a monitor and putting my rig
through the mains.

In light of all of the discussion, which clonewheel is best for this type of
music where I will be relying solely on my present amp/PA configuration?

I particularly like the organ sounds coming from Greg Rollie, Greg Allman
and Chester Thompson.

Although I also like the sounds of Jimmy Smith on Hammond, I am not
realistically going to be playing jazz organ in a jazz trio.

I can't afford the new Electro two manual keyboard and don't like the action
on the Electro 2. I have little capacity for tweaking synths where the
manuals and buttons are totally confusing.

Your thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks.

Rick

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