From ccmacdon@rogers.com Tue May 01 06:43:36 2012
Subject:Re: First gig last night using just my Kronos/CX3 engine - great/OK

Dave, just to clarify, as far as hammond clones go, I consider the KRONOS and Kurzweil's as a type of "pseudo-clone" because they have a "clone mode", along with 9 assignable faders that can be used as drawbars. I would not put other workstations like motifs and phantoms in the same category, since they are basically sample players and they do not have the ability to create realistic hammond sounds using traditional Hammond "parameters" such as percussion, chorus/vibrato, etc..

That said, I absolutely agree with Dave, neither the Kronos or the PC361 has waterfall keys, or true drawbars, or dedicated controls for C/V, Percussion etc. For a traditional hammond player, like myself, this certainly takes some adjustment, and for some players, it may be too much of an adjustment to be feasable alternative.. (as I said I would not recommend either a Kronos or a PC361 for someone in a typical jazz organ trio!!).

However, some of us are more willing than others to make compromises to accomplish an end goal, which in my case is to have ONE keyboard that will give me my Hammond sound along with great acoustic pianos etc. if only to have as a backup, or for some extremely small gigs!

The fact is that anything other than than a real B3, or the "NEW B3" is a compromise to some extent.. Whether it's a single keyboard vs two, or two sets of drawbars instead of 4, or simply a different layout of the buttons, virtually every clone, except the NEW B3 is a compromise. So the question here is really more a matter of how much one is willing to compromise, not whether you are or are not willing to compromise.

The other thing I should point out is that NOT ever clone user grew up playing a real Hammond, so not everyone really gives a crap about the "Hammond playing experience", however, I completely agree with Dave, on his point.

Craig

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