From goffmac747@aol.com Sun Aug 03 23:04:52 2008
Subject:Re: VK8/8m - what you might have missed


In my setup, the TONE knob on the 8M is usually at max so I find much use out of that feature. Whatever frequency that knob is set at, provides the extra realism of a B sound. The LEAKAGE knob adds that increase in leakage sound that happens when a real B3 is floored wide open. Without that feature you get a loud organ missing the leakage and that is not truly characteristic of a real B3. Here is where having played a real B3 comes into play.

If sensing the OVERDRIVE knob to be a bass enhancement, then that is true only to the extent that there is bass packed into that feature, as any distortion param needs an increase in bass to sound effective, hence I only use every little of it because the gain must come from the amp and preamp, not the OVERDRIVE knob. When the amp and preamp are driven properly, the bass increases out of the amp and preamp FIRST, therefore you don't need more bass coming from the 8M. It is then that a slight touch of the OVERDRIVE knob adds it's .02cents...

On a real B the PERC VOLUME is a two position tab. And the 8M can be adjusted for PERC VOLUME internally. Why they didnt put a knob on the panel? Because a real B never had one, and then we are dealing with electronics manufacturers, who will never give you everything on one plate. I'm impressed they put a LEAKAGE knob. It shows to me, ROLAND understands the nature of a B. Since the 8M does not come with an EXPRESSION PEDAL to add the LEAKAGE as a real B would, the LEAKAGE was placed as a knob.

For recording I don't use an EXPRESSION or VOLUME PEDAL so the LEAKAGE knob setting is on a per case basis.

I can't speak for the XK series that uses? their own proprietary "expression" pedal, but does leakage happen when it is floored? All other clones are missing a dedicated expression pedal but do they have LEAKAGE knobs?





-----Original Message-----
From: mrk7421
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 12:25 pm
Subject: [CWSG] Re: VK8/8m - what you might have missed




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I almost never use the tone knob. The overdrive knob seems to be

somewhat of a bass enhancement so that is the one I use. I guess it

depends what you are running through, but the tone knob has always

seemed somewhat weird to me.

This just goes to show that different people like different things.

Another thing I almost never use is the leakage adjustment. Why Roland

considered this more important than a percussion volume knob is beyond

me.

Percussion volume adjustment is the #1 thing I would like to see on a

clone.





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