From fingerz@woh.rr.com Thu Sep 14 00:13:13 2017
Subject:RE: New clone (kinda) from Korg
Barry,
I was lucky enough several years ago to get to see Wakeman’s standup and solo performance in small theatre venue. He had his full Yes keyboard rig, played a few songs, and had everyone laughing there asses off…the two books he has out are hilarious as well if you haven’t checked them out…They’re in the vein of his “Grumpier Old Men” routine…
Cheers,
Brian in Ohio
From: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 6:43 PM
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CWSG] New clone (kinda) from Korg
Yeah, I'd love to see Yes! Rick Wakeman is not only a world class keyboard player, but one of the funniest guys around - if you haven't, check out his R & R Hall Of Fame acceptance speech!
On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 6:20 PM, 'Brian Fuller' fingerz@woh.rr.com [CloneWheel] wrote:
I saw Yes last night in Kettering Ohio…Wakeman had a Hammond SK1 73 in his rig…I only remember him physically touching it once to play some pipe organ parts and yes I understand it could be controlled elsewhere but most of the organs he played directly on the Kronos sounded like the CX-3 emulation to me…This lineup with Anderson, Rabin, Wakeman seemed to have an absolute ball on stage. They sounded great as well. I saw the Steve Howe portion with the Jon stand in and as much as I like Geoff Downes it was a very contrived performance. Not horrible just not Yes in my opinion without Jon Anderson. I won’t argue so don’t bother…The person I really missed in both lineups was The Fish…not that the guys trying to fill his shoes weren’t giving it their all…Chris Squire was sorely missed…No matter which lineup, these guys aren’t going to be around a whole lot longer, and you should catch them while you still can…
Cheers,
Brian In Ohio
From: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 7:18 AM
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CWSG] New clone (kinda) from Korg
YES Juke Fox, I was going to respond with the same point. It's an updated version of Korg's Hammond engine (which originally appeared in the newer digital CX3), which does sound very good.. (it's particularly good for prog rock stuff).. I recall Rick Wakeman using it recently, and it did an almost perfect emulation of the organ sound in the YES hit "Roundabout" (it might have been their RNR HOF performance).. I wish I had that program!!
Thanks for clarifying Juke!!
Craig
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On Sep 13, 2017, at 12:38 AM, jukefox@jukejoynt.com [CloneWheel] wrote:
I believe there is some confusion here. The Continental does NOT emulate an old '80s CX3. It DOES, however contain the current incarnation of Korg's venerable CX3 engine, as found in Kronos, which is arguably as good of a clonewheel engine as any of the rest of the current crop.