From arjan@prognosis.nl Tue Jul 08 09:11:35 2008
Subject:Re: What is it about the CX-3 sound that I like so much?

> > It's funny how I read many very positive reviews on Harmony Central
> > whereas on this forum it _almost_ seems as if people are trying to

> Yes, but how old are the reviews?

Suprisingly perhaps not all that old in somes cases. In fact there are
some where people actually say they compared it to Vk8, XK-3, Nord C1
and went with the CX-3 in the end.

Of course these are just a few more opinions from some people that I
don't know. I'm not trying to base my decision on other people's opinion
but I'm trying to understand what makes the sound of a clonewheel. I
would love to hear the difference between some of these clonewheels with
all the overdrive, leslie and c/v turned off and then see how much
difference there is between the raw sample samples of the tonewheels
themselves. Then add just overdrive and see what happens and so on. Then
I might understand what it is about the CX-3 that, to my ears, sets it
apart from the others. In the end that too does not really matter, my
ears will tell me all I need to know but for that I would need to be
able to play it and that is the one thing I cannot do.

I also play piano and for some reason I like the sound of my Yammy P200
a lot better than the 'Ultimate Grand' in the Fantom X which is of much
more recent date. The latter is pretty good but it sounds lifeless to
me. When I play the P200 I really feel like I'm playing an actual piano,
like I can feel the wood or something (I have it's built-in speakers
turned off btw). The Fantom (or in fact any Roland piano's) doesn't do
that for me, despite the 4-way velocity switched individual samples per
key. Specs mean nothing. I use the Fantom piano live (the P200 is a big
and heavy monster) and a lot of people swear by the Fantom (or Roland)
piano but I will always prefer the Yamaha for solo piano playing. It's
just more organic imo.

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