From mskremote@yahoo.com Fri Dec 14 20:02:01 2012
Subject:Re: We all hear differently

>>  The VB3 I have is simply not usable. The C/V is nothing like any Hammond I've ever heard. If you use the chorus on the VB3 and the Leslie sim there is a faint hint of harmonic phasing which kills the whole thing for me. I used the VB3 one time and then never used it again.

Some folks really like it. If you really like it then you are certainly entitled to like it.
If you've ever played a B3/C3 or A100 for any time you're going to have a hard time adjusting to clones.
I prefer my C2/NE3

Interesting comment which makes me wonder if most of us fall into different groups in terms of our acoustic perception, I guess every clone manufacturer has someone who decides when the software developers have got to the point where their code makes a sound that represents a realistic clone. I guess that the person who does this at Korg has a different perception of what a Hammond sounds like to say Guido at VB3.  Or they have the same idea but the bean counters at Korg decide that the development budget has been spent so what they have at that point is what goes live. Maybe this is where smaller developers like GSI keep investing time until it as good as they can get it. (but still unusable to some ears)

Even if the the larger companies involved allowed unlimited development time I suspect their clones and sims would all sound different as the people who make the final call will all have a different idea of what sounds "right".

Chuck, are your comments based on the difficulty you experienced getting VB3 to work in Mainstage or it all installed fine and after tweaking all the variables VB3 1.4 offers you came to the conclusion it is unusable?

Also are you using the C2/NE3 as it came out of the box or have you tweaked the settings?

Cheers

Mark

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