From aevett1@yahoo.com Thu Oct 18 06:46:16 2007
Subject:Re: OT.....GAS is striking! / correction...

Re: what I wrote, "...sonically different than
Hammond, Nord, Korg, etc., closer to Nord...";
I meant to write: "...sonically different than
Hammond, Roland, Korg, etc., closer to closer to
Nord...

--- Allan Evett wrote:

> Check out the Prophet '08 review in November's
> issue
> of Keyboard; very high marks, "KeyBuy" award, etc...
>
> The PC3X intrigued me, too - especially that it has
> KB3 Mode; added that to my old K2500 as soon as it
> was
> available. Very convincing clone setup; sonically
> different than Hammond, Nord, Korg, etc., closer to
> Nord, from what my ears recall...The B3
> voices/interface was killer for the classic rock
> band
> I worked in the late 90s.
>
> GAS indeed: I'd love to pick up and mess with both
> of
> the above, but just cleared out the 'old gear'
> closet
> & shelled out the cash for a Motif XS7 - a different
> kind of "Swiss Army Knife" than my Nord. Actually,
> the
> newest Motif has a clonewheel setup similar to
> Kurzweil; enough control sources to effectively
> manage
> a clonewheel style emulation. And, it's a killer
> keyboard, all around; between the clonewheel style
> improvements, new samples/voices, and great
> interface,
> it goes a bit beyond the original Motif/S90. In my
> home workspace, the "B-3" voices sound great, and
> the
> rotary sim. is quite tasty. I'm going to take it out
> tonight on a gig and flip things around a bit: try
> using the XS for more of the organ stuff, and the
> Stage for pianos (vs. how I'd normally do it - being
> more a Yamaha piano guy, and lovin' the Stage's
> organs). Plus, I'll probably try MIDI' ing the Stage
> into the XS - to see how the Stage's keybed handles
> the XS pianos, etc.
>
> Has anyone else tried the Motif XS as a clonewheel,
> yet ?
>
> Allan
>
>
> --- tonysounds wrote:
>
> > Anybody here getting hit with the new gear
> bug?????
> > What a surprise to find I am huh? HA!~
> >
> > But it's true. While I've been waffling about
> > getting another NordStage, after seeing someone's
> > live performance video featuring said Stage, I
> > realized immediately why I had let go of the 3
> I've
> > owned. (Thank Jah for ebay and 30day return
> > policies; I returned one on the 29th day, and sold
> > the other two for $50 more than I paid for 'em.)
> > It's a great instrument in so many ways, but just
> > not a great fit for me.
> >
> > One instrument that's getting me excited is the
> > Prophet '08. We've been talking about it on
> another
> > forum, and a few members already have their's and
> > are ecstatic. I told the Guitar Center on Halsted
> > in Chicago to get one in so I can toy with it. I
> > love Pro53, so at 22lbs, this all analog (YES!)
> > polysynth could be killer. But while I'm really
> > geeked by it, the instrument I'm hanging onto my
> > pennies (200,000 of em!) for is........
> >
> > .....the Kurzweil PC3x. I've never been a huge
> > Kfan, but I'm pretty psyched by this machine. I'm
> > going to take the plunge in the next few weeks
> (they
> > allegedly ship in November) and get one. We'll
> see
> > how it goes.
> >
> > Oh, and the Clone tie-in: it has KB3 mode.
> > T
> >
> > "The meek shall inherit nothing." -FZ
> > www.myspace.com/pinkfreudchicago
> > www.myspace.com/ynottnaro
> >
> >
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