Hi.
First timer.
Old timer.
But i have a nagging question and was hoping for some help. I need some new hardware. But I'm just not adequately familiar with the latest (last 20 years) hardware and especially not for my specific need.
I have 2 modules mounted together. A Kurzweil MicroPiano and an Voce microB. Okay, easy enough.
Would like to replace them. With something that does all that they do, only better. I'm hoping such a thing exists.
So, i have 1U of rack space to do this. It needs to be:
1. Great Piano. I mean really a full category beyond the MicroP or similar. What's there now is marginally adequate, but not as impressive as i would imagine things to be today.
2. Great Hammond. microB is a good Hammond, but it's not great Hammond. I have used various Leslie peds and a Leslie chop, too. I'd LIKE to have built-in Leslie (something better than a Voce V3, if possible).
3. Then, with all that, all the stuff the MicroP does, too. That would include Rhodes, Clav, Strings, etc. Meat and Potatoes stuff. Shouldn't be too hard, right? That should come along for the ride, really.
4. Compact Organ, too. Old guys play old songs that sometimes have Compact Organ sounds. It just happens.
and the biggie:
5. This all has to fit in 1U of rack. It doesn't have to be one unit, it's two units now, but it does have to fit in a single rack space. Tabletop is out. 2U is out. Voce V5, while great Hammond (sans Leslie) is out, or any similar half-controller top-panel gizmo. Standard rack. Oddly, it doesn't need rack ears -- i'll mount it by its chassis.
I'm not a drawbar fiddler. 10 or 15 Hammond presets, if tailorable offstage, even, will be sufficient. I'd like switchable, not programmed, Leslie. I'd like passable Leslie without carrying a Leslie or a chop. Doesn't have to be perfect but it should be pretty good.
The Piano/Rhodes/Wurli/Clav has to be really good. At least enough to shame the MicroP. Same with the strings and synths
The whole setup can have a million sounds, that's fine, just as long as i can get to them via midi. Say writing into a performance memory or something.
Using two KB, multi-midi input would be a plus, but not req'd. Assignable multi outs (say, one for organ and one for piano, and one for everything else) would also be a big plus.
Cost-wise, while the sky is not the limit, i've been around long enough to know the good stuff costs good money, so i'm not especially scared of that, if it came down to it.
Oh ye of great and recent gear knowledge (I'm pretty good up to about 1995-ish), what say ye? Can it be done? Any help here? It's all appreciated.
Thanks.
Ponder5
First timer.
Old timer.
But i have a nagging question and was hoping for some help. I need some new hardware. But I'm just not adequately familiar with the latest (last 20 years) hardware and especially not for my specific need.
I have 2 modules mounted together. A Kurzweil MicroPiano and an Voce microB. Okay, easy enough.
Would like to replace them. With something that does all that they do, only better. I'm hoping such a thing exists.
So, i have 1U of rack space to do this. It needs to be:
1. Great Piano. I mean really a full category beyond the MicroP or similar. What's there now is marginally adequate, but not as impressive as i would imagine things to be today.
2. Great Hammond. microB is a good Hammond, but it's not great Hammond. I have used various Leslie peds and a Leslie chop, too. I'd LIKE to have built-in Leslie (something better than a Voce V3, if possible).
3. Then, with all that, all the stuff the MicroP does, too. That would include Rhodes, Clav, Strings, etc. Meat and Potatoes stuff. Shouldn't be too hard, right? That should come along for the ride, really.
4. Compact Organ, too. Old guys play old songs that sometimes have Compact Organ sounds. It just happens.
and the biggie:
5. This all has to fit in 1U of rack. It doesn't have to be one unit, it's two units now, but it does have to fit in a single rack space. Tabletop is out. 2U is out. Voce V5, while great Hammond (sans Leslie) is out, or any similar half-controller top-panel gizmo. Standard rack. Oddly, it doesn't need rack ears -- i'll mount it by its chassis.
I'm not a drawbar fiddler. 10 or 15 Hammond presets, if tailorable offstage, even, will be sufficient. I'd like switchable, not programmed, Leslie. I'd like passable Leslie without carrying a Leslie or a chop. Doesn't have to be perfect but it should be pretty good.
The Piano/Rhodes/Wurli/Clav has to be really good. At least enough to shame the MicroP. Same with the strings and synths
The whole setup can have a million sounds, that's fine, just as long as i can get to them via midi. Say writing into a performance memory or something.
Using two KB, multi-midi input would be a plus, but not req'd. Assignable multi outs (say, one for organ and one for piano, and one for everything else) would also be a big plus.
Cost-wise, while the sky is not the limit, i've been around long enough to know the good stuff costs good money, so i'm not especially scared of that, if it came down to it.
Oh ye of great and recent gear knowledge (I'm pretty good up to about 1995-ish), what say ye? Can it be done? Any help here? It's all appreciated.
Thanks.
Ponder5