From c_schonberger@yahoo.com Tue Sep 07 13:31:55 2010
Subject:Re: new vintage organ software from NI - impressions?

Well I would answer the question like this:
 
1) looks like NI is still very interestd in producing virtual vintage organs
2) I have my serious doubts if it is really a progress - even with the most sophisticated MIDI script - to emulate a drawbar organ (or a transistor organ for that matter) NOT in a dedicated VSTi pluggin, but in the standard Konakt 4 sample player
3) What did they sample? The individual tonehweels and route them correctly?
4) The demos seem to have ben made - as usual - under time pressure and therefore sloppily, I don't hear anything that I haven't heard before from emulations
5) The old artificial keycklick problem seems to persist, the re-trigger effect on glissandi and wipes seems to be as obvious and distractng as ever
6) the leslie sim seems to be "did it - done it, what's new?"
 
Well these are my first impressions. And of course I thought perhaps someone might have any kind of additional information.
I am in the music business for decades (if I suck is beside the point), I own a vintage P-100s Hammond spinet, a re-tubed XK-3 system, two real leslies, a Neo Instruments Ventilator, NI B4, NI B4II and VB3 - so I am NOT that easily impressed by an ad.
 
Cheers,
Christian

--- On Tue, 9/7/10, tonysounds wrote:

 

Are you really asking us to decide whether an email/web ad promoting a soon-to-be-released product looks promising enough to….er….that it makes the software you own seem…er….um…what ARE you asking?   You do understand that advertisement is supposed to get you excited enough to spend money?  I’m not even sure this gets me excited enough to do that, much less threaten my satisfaction with software I own.  Can you hear it? No.  Can you play it? No.  How can we judge anything by an ad???   How about you….does it make you…er…get you….um….er….how would you answer your question?
 

"The meek shall inherit nothing."  -FZ 
"Hitting 'play' does not constitute live performance." -T
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--- On Tue, 9/7/10, Christian Schonberger wrote:

From: Christian Schonberger
Subject: [CWSG] new vintage organ software from NI - impressions?
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, September 7, 2010, 2:51 PM

 

Hi group,
 
Well unfortunately I was unable to read recent Clonewheel posts. I apologize if the following is redundant:
 
I just received the NI newsletter, saying that new virtual organs are available. I have the discontinued NI B4II and I think it's very good.
 
Please feel free sharing your first impressions - does this look promising enough to be better than the older B4II, or is it just NI's effort to get everything into Kontakt 4 plus some extra stuff? 
 
http://www.native-instruments.com/#/en/products/producer/powered-by-kontakt/vintage-organs/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=vintage+organs
 
Thanks,
Christian

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