From aevett1@yahoo.com Sat Oct 27 13:38:13 2007
Subject:Re: Check this out - listen to keyboards

I suspected I'd see a thread on this issue, when-
about two weeks back- I was flipping through Keyboard
and spotted the ad and the line "Proudly Sponsored By
Kurzweil Music Systems". Guess we need something
like an audio version of 'Consumer Reports' for gear:
fair, unbiased; unlikely...

Allan

--- Bruce Wahler wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I would have to agree that the results seem stacked
> towards the Kurzweil products. In particular, the
> "B-3 organ" examples are very different; the VK8
> seems to set to something like 84 8000 000, while
> the others are closer to 88 8844 448. The
> "Wurlitzer" settings were all over the map, too --
> some of them barely sounded like a Wurli. I know I
> can get better Wurli sounds on my FXR than the F8
> sounds in the Roland category.
>
> The concept is fantastic, and I wish that we had
> something similar for clonewheels. However, the
> "Proudly Sponsored by Kurzweil Music Systems" logo
> leaves both the objectivity of the tests, and the
> ability to actually level the playing field in
> question. A recent test of three clones in my
> practice room highlighted the fact that the more
> experience one has with a particular setup, the
> easier it is to get great sounds. There was
> probably great access to Kurzweil support during the
> tests; less so for the other manufacturers, I
> suspect.
>
> One thing that jumped out to me: The concept of a
> "perfect Clavinet" has more variation than
> practically any sound I've ever heard!
>
> Regards,
>
> -BW
> --
> Bruce Wahler
> AshbySolutions.com_
> 978.386.7389 voice/fax
> bruce@ashbysolutions.com
>
> At 01:56 PM 10/26/2007, you wrote:
> >Interesting but flawed. The rhodes samples for
> example are wildly disparate. They're comparing
> rhodes sounds on the Kweil to dx7 sounds on the
> Motif, and those are hardly the best Motif Rhodes
> patches.
> >
> > Interesting, but intrinsically useless.
> >
> >almargo_2001 wrote:
> > http://listentokeyboards.com/
> >
> >Pretty interesting way to compare keyboards. Sounds
> like everything
> >was recorded dry and the volumes were normalized. I
> hope they add
> >more clones.
> >
> >Thoughts?
> >
> >Thanks!
> >Albert
> >
> >
> >
> >"The meek shall inherit nothing." -FZ
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> >
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