From lydays@yahoo.com Tue Mar 22 16:37:24 2011
Subject:Re: Numa vs Nord C2

I recently obtained a Numa and sent it back -here are my views:

 
 Pro: The Numa nails one type of B3 sound-I am assuming it is a model of one of
Joey D’s B3’s—The high drawbar rolloff is spot on, which is a first in a clone
as is the perfect Chorus Vibrato system.-Also of note is the ability to turn
into a full 73 key controller when controlling outboard gear—And finally , the
22 lb weight is a godsend—
 
 Con’s: On the midi front, the ability to call up outboard programs is nill—also
the pitch bend is bizarre—it lags behind your movement so things like a guitar
type pull off are impossible-there is also no way to adjust your pitch bend
interval-
 The Numa is also not fully polyphonic like all other high end clones—If you
transpose up a couple of notes you lose 2 notes at the top of the keyboard-and
vice versa on the low end if you transpose down.
  There is no way to adjust the overall percussion volume-neither loud nor soft-

The B pre-set on a Hammond console or an XK3c returns you to your “live” setting
that you left-not so on the Numa-The B preset key gives you whatever pre-set you
just came from-what is the point of an unprogramable preset key if it doesn’t
return you to a “live” set?
 When you switch presets while holding down a key or chord, the sound goes dead
until you lift up and retrigger—This could be by design except for the fact that
this does not happen with ALL of the pre-set key’s (??) That is a software
glitch and is present in  my friends Numa also-
  The crosstalk control has the bad capacitor/ground hum tied to it so there is
no way  to get that nice tone wheel bleeding sound without turning up that hum
that we all spent much time and money to eliminate from our B3’s-
 The Expression pedal circuit is also very quirky- that maybe just not to my
taste-
 Finally-I contacted Studiologic/Numa  with all these concerns along with
mentioning that none of this is addressed in their add campaign, and they
responded by saying that all these issue’s were “normal” for the Numa—no dialog
at all—very poor support-
 

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From: Alex D
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, March 22, 2011 8:08:29 AM
Subject: [CWSG] Numa vs Nord C2

 
I'm impressed with what I've heard of the Numa. Has anyone here had a chance to
A/B the Numa with the C2? I currently own a C2 and Ventilator, but I'm toying
with the idea of simplifying things by replacing them with the Numa.

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