From ken@kenhall.ca Thu Nov 12 05:58:09 2015
Subject:Re: Updated Numa V1 with Windows

Well, I have owned three Numas, two of the original design and one Numa
II. I loved playing all of them and I managed to update software on all
of them, but it was a struggle and the support is pretty well
non-existent. The sound/feel/layout/weight was great but the problems
Craig mentioned made it pretty much useless as a midi controller. I now
have an HX3 module which sounds fantastic and is completely tweakable.
I'm still searching for a lightweight waterfall single manual controller
that will transmit the high trigger point and also has enough
programmable controllers and sliders to control the HX3. I don't think
that controller exists. I'm very interested to see the single manual
Mojo that Guido teased us with a few months back. That may be my next
acquisition. My Mojo is still the king of the clone heap in my mind but
often I don't want dual manual. I love playing pianos from a weighted
keyboard ( my Nord Stage ) and organ from a high triggered waterfall
keyboard. The quest continues........

Cheers, Ken

On 12/11/2015 7:51 AM, Craig MacDonald ccmacdon@rogers.com [CloneWheel]
>
> Seriously, I loved the sound, and the layout! However, mine was buggy
> as hell, half way through a performance the controls started doing
> strange things.. Drawbars would start controlling overall volume and
> pitch and every control panel change would have completely
> unpredictable results... This happened several times.. Furthermore,
> the midi implementation was buggy, and as a controller it sucked
> (despite having huge potential as a 73 note controller).. The
> documentation sucked, not all midi modes were even documented, and you
> couldn't separate the sustain pedal from Leslie speed control (so
> every time I hit the sustain pedal, while playing an acoustic piano
> via external sound module, the Leslie speed would change, and you
> couldn't disable this.
>
> Had I been able to get any kind of support from studio logic, The
> eventual outcome (me returning the unit after a month) might have been
> quite different.. But I couldn't get a hold of them no matter how
> hard I tried. Had I been able to get a hold of GG, perhaps things
> would be different. Despite all the problems I really liked the Numa!!
>
> Craig
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Nov 12, 2015, at 7:20 AM, formercakid@yahoo.com
> [CloneWheel]
> > wrote:
>
>> f.y.i. - I worked extensively with Numa Support to try to update my
>> Numa 1 organ after I purchased it. GG at Studiologic worked with me
>> on it and provided excellent timely support. I ended up returning it
>> it to the musical instrument vendor I purchased it from and purchased
>> the Numa II organ from Kraft Music. The NUMA II is far superior to
>> the Numa 1. The tones are more Hammond like, the Leslie sim and
>> overdrive are improved and the most notable improvement is the
>> keyboard action. This is the best clonewheel IMO I have ever owned
>> and I have owned most of the crop, Hammond XK3, XK1-C, Roland VK,
>> Korg CX3, Nord, etc. Below is my final conversation with GG:
>>
>> Hello Richard,
>>
>> I'm sorry for the time you lost, but if the serial number is the one
>> you sent there was no reason why the instrument could not be updated,
>> unless it was serviced and had the internal boards substituted with
>> older ones, not updatable with the new Software despite the external
>> serial number.... but this is only a personal and extreme
>> supposition, since no other reason is know for what you verified.
>>
>> In any case your decision is probably the right one, unless you ask
>> the dealer to make the update for you and get some answer on the matter.
>>
>> Let me know, thanks and regards !
>>
>> /*GG by Studiologic*/
>>
>