From tonysounds@yahoo.com Fri Jan 05 11:06:06 2007
Subject:Re: CP-33... To accompany my XK-1???

Nah, no problem. I"ve owned Hammonds and drawbar clones for year, and it was no big deal getting used to the buttons; there are still a couple instant swaps I can't do (cant grab enough buttons to push in at once), so I just write a preset, and then hit one button!

You'll have no problems switching from buttons to bars when you make the leap to a console.

T

Steve Hill wrote:
My current plan is to buy an electro 73 to put on top of my S90. I'm just waiting to see what announcements come from NAMM. My only concern with the Nord is the buttons for drawbars instead of physical drawbars. I don't own a Hammond so getting used to buttons will not be hard, but I'd like to eventually own a B3 and don't know if it would be a handicap learning on buttons instead of actual drawbars. I'd appreciate any feedback from those who own and play both the electro and the real deal.

jake92028 wrote: --- In CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com, james page wrote:
>
>
> --- Steve Hill wrote:
>
> > I'm sure it is. I played around with it at GC for
> > an hour or so. The ES came out about 1.5 years
> > after I bought the S90. What features have you
> > found to be superior? Is the cost worth upgrading?
> >
> It is the sounds themselves. It comes with the Motif
> soundset which IMHO has incredible Rhodes and all of
> the other sounds you would expect to find on a synth.
> But it also includes a superb acoustic piano which the
> Motif doesn't have.
> To me the biggest shortcoming is the organ set. In
> fairness, even if the sounds were great, it would be
> hard to play on a weighted KB.
> The lack of organ sounds is the reason I'm hanging out
> on this list as I try to supplement the S90ES.

Well even if you got some good organ 'sounds' you're still going to
need some good rotary/leslie sounds/effects to play them through. You
could just get an Electro Rack with its built in Rotary effect. It's
the best B3+rotary simulator of all the current clones... a couple of
the others almost come close but the Electro absolutely NAILS the
Hammond plus Leslie sound - with some great EP's and Clav onboard too.

Wj v2.2 NE'74

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