From jackoverfull@gmail.com Fri Jan 20 04:11:06 2012
Subject:Re: First Video of the C2D from the NAMM both
I meant "fake sounding compared to VB3 or KeyB". It will surely sounds better than the "old" C2, which still had a relatively good sound, but to be sure about where it stands I'll have to hear it with my real hears, live.
Il giorno 20/gen/2012, alle ore 12.58, Frederick Somerville ha scritto:
> I can assure you that is not fake in anyway what so ever. The sound on the
> vids - as usual on youtube - does not do the C2D justice.I have personally
> tested it live side by side with a well serviced B3 in a 147 leslie. It
> sounds amazing.
>
> As for the new 122 leslie I can not say anything since I have not heard it
> yet. But knowing the capacity of the programmers at Nord I expect no less
> than a ventilator level of sound quality.
>
> I have longed for a portable B3 alternative ever since 1992 when I heard
> Pierre Swärdh in a jazzclub in Gothenburg on a B3.
> I bought an L100 - and spent 3 years listening and tweaking until i was
> happy with the sound. But it still lacked a lot of features.
> When i found the C1 I was so happy - all the features and a formfactor that
> made it possible to haul it.
> With the C2 I got some important click improvements - but I had to build my
> own drawbars. This unit has served me well in many churches and other
> venues.
> With the C2D i can leave the 2 drawbarset box at home. Now I get all the
> controls.
> And I get the touch response that is so important in the Hammond sound
> concept.
> The TG callibration is now spot on.
>
> C2d Fake sounding ?- well it does not weigh 400 + pounds and it does not
> have the Hammond logo and the majestic size. But from a playability and
> sound point of view I get what I want.
>
> Will I one day buy a B3 ( I have an XB3 in the living room). If I ever
> would have the excess money I would get one.
> To hold and cherrish as the work of art the B3 is. To smell it - to start
> it - to play and enjoy it.
>
> From a sound perspective I know have go what I dreamed of in 1992 in the
> Nord C2d
>
> Regards Frederick
>
> 2012/1/20 Jackoverfull
>
>> The interface looks great, but the sound is terribly fake, imho.
>> Of course I'd like to hear it like to be sure∑
>>
>> Il giorno 20/gen/2012, alle ore 10.02, elggobo ha scritto:
>>
>>> Another one here.
>>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=STeAbO2j3OA
>>>
>>> Shows there are three presets per manual as well as the two sets of
>> drawbars - different (and an improvement) from the photos released before
>> NAMM - that should be plenty enough for most people, especially as you can
>> call up complete registrations from the LCD.
>>>
>>> --- In CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com, "frederick_somerville"
>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwrCp3SWCI8
>>>>
>>>
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