From ljabaa@yahoo.com Sun Feb 24 20:45:54 2013
Subject:Re: Problem with SK2 thru Vent

Dennis, I agree with you about the Farfisa sound. Also agree with you about the Korg sound, I like it a lot. Also like the sound of the SK1 very much. I think the leslie and percussion sound much better. Also like the fact that the the percussion volume can be attenuated as you play higher on the keyboard. The leslie sim thing can be eliminated by the Vent. And someone mentioned that the upper octave shrillness is also tamed by the vent. But I also need to be able to control the SK1 volume with MIDI (a sequencer) and the pedal without resetting the expression source between songs. This is not a problem with the CX3. I've got some decisions to make. Thanks for responding and the info.
Leo 

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From: Dennis
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 11:15 PM
Subject: Re: [CWSG] Problem with SK2 thru Vent

 
Leo, I can't speak for Bruce, but I went back and reread the posts, I think it was more Craig and I, and what I agreed with Craig on was the fact that the CX3's are still very usable with the addition of a vent. I just got the SK, unhooked the CX3 and put it "away" for a few weeks while I used the SK. THen partly out of curiosity, partly because I had an important gig coming up where I didn't want to get lost in a world of menu's I wasn't yet familiar with, I got it back out. I was really surprised at how good it sounded, and how much more it cut through than the SK did. For that particular gig, I ended up using the SK for pianos and the CX3 for organ. If I was going to guess about the future, I'd say I'll end up dialing the SK in and it'll end up better than the Korg. But if I didn't need the extra voices, and the smaller size for certain gigs, and was just going organ, I'd be content with the Korg. But that's for live, recording's a whole other thing.
Bottom line is we're all different, and I love the sound of the Korgs. I know guys that hate the korgs as much as I hate farfisa's. Then there are guys that love and still gig with farfisa's. Taste just doesn't make sense!

--- In mailto:CloneWheel%40yahoogroups.com, leo aquilina wrote:
>
> Bruce W., not sure if was you or another Bruce, but are you of the opinion that a CX3 thru a vent would give many of the newer clones (SK1, Numa) a run for the (lot less) money, especially if one already has a CX3?
> Leo
>
> ________________________________
> From: Bruce Wahler
> To: mailto:CloneWheel%40yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2013 6:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [CWSG] Problem with SK2 thru Vent
>
>  
>
> Hi Bruce,
>
> First question: What was the Overdrive LED doing? It should almost
> NEVER come on; if it's lighting more than 1x per 3-4 sec., you likely
> have the signal very high. The sound of the digital (clipping)
> distortion of the Vent -- when the signal level is so high that it's
> overloading the DSP -- is terrible, and that's being kind.
>
> You want all the growl to come from the Vent, not the SK2's internal
> overdrive, or any boost pedal. If you need a Steve Winwood kind of
> grind, push the Hi/Lo gain switch in, and you'll have lots of it. But I
> can go from the clean sound of say, 3DN's 'Easy to Be Hard' to the growl
> of Santana's 'Samba Pa Ti' in the Lo position (out), with just the Drive
> knob and a little more Gain from my NE3.
>
> If your Overdrive LED isn't on, one of two things could be wrong: 1)
> the LED could be broken; or 2) the Vent could have a problem. Give me a
> call at the number below, and I'll be happy to both demo mine, and see
> if we can see what's up on your end.
>
> Regards,
>
> -BW
>
> Bruce Wahler
> Ashby Solutions.com^(TM)
> mailto:bw%40ashbysolutions.com
> http://music.ashbysolutions.com/
> 877.55.ASHBY (877.552.7429)
>
> On 2/23/2013 4:17 PM, mailto:bruce%40brucemattson.com wrote:
> >
> > Hi all -