From wwood_38478@yahoo.com Fri Jan 14 19:18:32 2011
Subject:Re: ROLANDS NEW DOUBLE MANUAL!!!

You have to remember that the Hammond was an attempt to emulate a "real(read pipes) organ" in a package that smaller venues could afford. Whether it was successful at that has been debated for decades and the jury is still out. Then came the Leslie trying to do the same thing, and then the Hammond(and some other brands) were forever wedded to the Leslie. That being said, it's important to note that the Hammond/Leslie combination created a sound that people loved, and still do. But they were heavy and bulky and naturally as technology progressed the "SOUND" was sought after in smaller packages. Many clones have been successful ,I think. I have the Roland VK-8 and have been satisfied with it from day one. As for non standard keyboards(which seems to be a common complaint from folks that haven't even seen this board) remember that the old Theater organs and pipe organs(some having as many as six or more keyboards) did not follow any standards.
Give it a chance.
W

Walter Wood
United TV Service
501 Poplar St.
Pulaski Tn. 38478

--- On Fri, 1/14/11, skookum44 wrote:

From: skookum44
Subject: [CWSG] Re: ROLANDS NEW DOUBLE MANUAL!!!
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, January 14, 2011, 12:52 PM

 






Whoa.....tough crowd.

None of us have yet seen or played this instrument

(or even had the opportunity to scope out The Manual).

I (for one) bet that this thing kicks ass!.....in the right hands.

It's being marketed to the Lowrey/Thomas/Kimball/etc. crew.

Try to look past that.

Forget about all the "crap" on it that you "don't like/would never use", and dig on the good stuff!

As we all know, the current VK8(M) engine is no slouch. This'll likely up the ante.

With a full set of drawbars for each manual, there'll undoubtedly be every conceivable flavour of V/C, Leslie, reverb, presets, EQ, MIDI, etc., etc., etc.

4 octaves on the upper manual,

5 (and change) on the lower,

and a choice of the number of bass pedals

gives you plenty of "real estate".

The trump ace for this rig is Roland's state-of-the-art SuperNatural Acoustic and Electric Pianos, as found in their top-of-the-line digital pianos. (major clue: lower manual extending to low A)

A guy could use this to be rippin' and dancin' to any "B" he could cook up. And then some.

Again: I'll bet that this thing kicks ass!.....in the right hands.












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