From groovecake@yahoo.com Wed May 25 21:08:22 2011
Subject:Re: 24 Hours with my NUMA!!
Craig,
Congratulations! Here are my thoughts on some of your questions.
For an expression pedal, I use a Yamaha FC7. It has a longer throw than most
expression pedals and is more Hammond-like. As far as a gig bag goes, my Numa
fits in a 61 key keyboard bag. It's snug, but it fits. The internal leslie sim
is really good but I have found myself still gravitating back to the Ventilator.
The Numa Organ Loader and the updated OS files are located in the Files section
of the Clonewheel Group. In this folder is the .exe for the Numa Organ Loader
software that you will use to update the firmware to eliminate the pitch warble
issue that the early Numa models had. Additionally, you will use the Numa Organ
Loader to change out the tonewheel sets. In the folder on Clonewheel, there is a
Word doc from Studiologic that describes how to update the firmware in the Numa,
but it isn't the most well-written document ever. In fact, there is a vital
piece of info that is missing that Staffan provided in a Clonewheel post a
couple months ago. Here it is:
"In the second step you must, when asked for usb-drivers, direct to:
C:\Program\numaorgan Loader\usb ,then it will work."
In other words, the USB driver that you need to use is included with the Numa
Organ Loader program.
As far as loading different models, here is the text of a post I made about the
subject a few weeks ago.
--->
You need to have the Numa Updater software downloaded onto your PC (I don't
know of a Mac version). This can be found in the files section of the group
along with the updated Numa operating system. This folder also contains the
stock C3 leakage and level files.
What you are swapping out are the leakage (.tlk) and level (.tlv) files for
each modeled tonewheel set. These alternate sets can be found on the KeyB
Organ support page here:
h**p://www.keyborgan.com/support/ - "http"
On the KeyB site, there are leakage and level zip files. Each one contains
leakage and level files for a B3, C3 (probably the same as in the Numa), an
A100 and an RT3. Download these and put them where you can easily find them. I
placed all the leakage files together and all the level files together.
Hook up your Numa to your PC via the mini-USB (assuming you have downloaded the
USB driver software). When your computer sees it, open the Studiologic Numa
Organ Loader software. On this GUI screen will be four buttons - System, Sound
Engine, Levels and Leakage. Click on the "Levels" button. The Windows File
Manager will open up and ask you to find a .tlv file. Navigate to wherever you
stored the levels files and select one of them. If you have the Numa hooked up
to speakers, you will hear a slight hum and the blue progress bar on the Numa
Loader GUI will show the progress. You will then get an upload complete
message. It will instruct you to restart your Numa but you don't have to do
that yet. Click on the "Leakage" button and repeat the process. When that is
complete, restart the Numa and you should be good to go. (Every time you want
to switch out a set, you have to restart the program.)
The differences between the tonewheel sets are subtle - definitely not
night-and-day. You will probably hear a difference in the depth of chorus and
definitely in the volume level of the percussion. It seemed to my ears during
my brief comparisons that the stock C3 has the lowest level of 3rd percussion
of all the sets. (The Numa definitely needs an update to give the user control
over the percussion levels). If you really want to hear the obvious difference
between a coupe of the sets, set the drawbars to 838000000, listen to the stock
tone as you walk a bass line, then swap out the C3 set for the RT3 set. Very
obvious difference.
--->
Let me know if you have any questions. I will try to answer them.
Mitch
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From: "ccmacdon@rogers.com"
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, May 25, 2011 6:56:36 PM
Subject: [CWSG] 24 Hours with my NUMA!!
Well I have had my new NUMA organ for 24 hours now, and I have to say that I
absolutely love it..!!! The tone is superb, warm, but clear.. extremely
realistic sounding.. and the feel of the keys is about as close to a real
Hammond as I have ever found on a clone. I had a rehearsal with it last night
and the guys in the band seem to think it's a dramatic improvement over the NORD
C2.. (yikes.. that's a little surprising.. and I'm not sure I agree with that
entirely but I do agree that it sounds fantastic and it may well be the best
clone I have played, to date!).
The leslie sim is great, and although it's not as tweakable as my Ventilator, it
sounds so good that I'm probably not going to bother taking the Ventilator to
gigs.. it's another AC outlet required, and another device to set up/tear
down, move and keep track of.. it's just not worth it given the quality of the
built in NUMA sim.
That said, I am finding that information on the NUMA organ is a little difficult
to find, and sort out. For instance trying to find out what expression pedal to
use was difficult. The manual (which comes in CD) refers to a VP-25, but even
the Canadian distributors have never heard of this pedal (and could not tell me
what alternate pedal to use).. The pedal I was using on the NORD C2 does not
work properly (it was a Fatar made Kurzweil pedal), but after some investigation
I found that the M-Audio linear expression pedal works. The Numaworld.it site
is sadly lacking in information on the Numa... I can't see a NUMA Organ manual
on the site.. (I would have thought that they'd have an up to date manual on the
site).
There doesn't seem to be a custom gig bag available, and none of the
manufacturers, like Gator, seem to recognize the model yet.. and the dimensions
are quite odd.. I may just end up using a generic 76 key gig bag. (if anyone has
any suggestions let me know)..
Last but not least, I cannot find the link to where I can download the other
organ models.. Does anyone have this link and has anyone downloaded a different
organ model, if so how do they sound?? What different models are available?
So great organ, but information and after-market support seems to be a bit
lacking.. ?
Regards,
Craig MacDonald
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