From dougb415@yahoo.com Wed Apr 15 09:01:52 2015
Subject:Re: Main stage 3

If the organ in Mainstage is the same as the one in Logic Pro, then no. It's not that it sounds bad, but the way it operates is just odd. On every other sim, when you engage the mod wheel, the Leslie changes speed. On the Logic organ, it morphs to another preset. What?!? Yes, you can change that, but that's the default. Also, turning on percussion does NOT defeat the 1' drawbar, and there is no way around this. Drives me nuts. I bought 32 Lives so that I could continue using VB3 1.4 with Logic Pro.

For my live rig I am using a 20-yr-old Alesis Quadrasynth Plus and a Novation Impulse 61. I use the acoustic piano sound in the Alesis and also use it as a MIDI controller. I have a 7-yr-old 13" MacBook running RAX, an AU host. I'm running VB3, which is controlled by the Impulse. The Impulse has a pre-programmed template that works with VB3, and it has 9 sliders that work a drawbars. I also have Minimonsta installed, as well as NI's Komplete Classics. So all I do is change MIDI channels on the Alesis, and I can switch between acoustic and electric pianos, a Clav, PRO-53 (Prophet 5) and Minimonsta (MiniMoog). It's an old controller connected to an old Mac running old software - and it sounds killer!

-Doug

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