From williehackitt@yahoo.com Sun Apr 08 03:06:18 2012
Subject:Re: Roland VK-7 pots
My opinion VK7
Leslie sim better then the vk8 and the xk3 i tried the room test next to a real Leslie 145 none all of my band mates couldn't tell which was which while out of the room but i do play it through a fender sfx 200 keyboard combo using some chorus i toured with mine all over the world never had a problem with it, other sounds pianos etc crap but if you want a Hammond clone this shouldn't put you off plenty of room to model the sounds, key click leakage etc all in all again my opinion only, a great clone again its all according what you put it through id certainly buy another hope this helps
allan
--- On Sat, 4/7/12, James Eaton wrote:
From: James Eaton
Subject: [CWSG] Re: Roland VK-7 pots
To: "CloneWheelList"
Date: Saturday, April 7, 2012, 8:37 PM
My opinions only:
VK-7
+ Extra voices almost usable - e-piano, strings, vibes etc (no ac-piano)
+ Great output routing possibilities (can send percussion out through channel 2 and rest of organ on channel 1)
+ Pedal tone better than -8 and reasonably accurate
+ Keyboard not waterfall but very nice and playable
- Basic drawbar tone woolly
- Leslie sim better than early Ham-Suz efforts but far outclassed by anything on today's models. Sounds ok in a rock mix on fast
- C/V unusable :(
- Percussion not scaled properly - too loud in upper registers
- Some early models rebooted every so often due to a poor earthing system design on the power supply, also percussion problems when using an external lower manual. Both fixed on later models in H/W and firmware
- Silly wooden end pieces that get torn to shreds in soft cases
- Case not very strong
- Upgrade/bug fix possible with new hardware only (EPROMs)
- OBSOLETE
VK-8
- Waterfall keyboard very trigger happy (especially on rebound) and you might not like it. Could be a showstopper :(
- Pedal tone not correct :(
- Extra voices have an acoustic piano :) but it is not very good :(
- Stupid D-beam but luckily it can be turned off :)
- Still has silly wooden end pieces and case no better...
+ Nice sound engine and Leslie simulator (when in stereo!)
+ Drawbar tone, percussion and C/V all big improvements over -7.
+ Recharge modelling on percussion (Nord C2D has only just implemented this!)
+ Nice overdrive
+ C/V still squirrelly but just about usable (3 different models - none of them quite right!)
+ OS can be upgraded free from the Roland website
+ Amazingly still a current model after all this time and might still be under warranty http://www.roland.com/products/en/VK-8
Bottom line: If you can live with the keyboard get the VK-8
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2. Roland VK-7 pots
Posted by: "BD" satturnsc2@yahoo.com satturnsc2
Date: Sat Apr 7, 2012 6:30 am ((PDT))
I have a chance to get a good deal on one of these but some pots my need replacement. How hard are these to get to and replace? I can solder well and have changed electronic components before.
Also any opinions on which has the better tone- the VK7 or 8? I have read several reviewers who felt the 7 sounded better.
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