Posted a while back over my search for a new keyboard. In the end I decided rather than go for a "Jack of all Trades" workstation I'd prefer specialist items.
I solved the analog synth situation by getting a Novation K-station. Funky little virtual analog with which I'm very happy.
Next up - Organ.
Must have:
Tonewheel (Hammond) sound.
Drawbars.
Organ action Keyboard.
Seems the Korg CX-3 is regarded as the top model but compared to the DB3 is very expensive. In the UK, the DB3 is a third of the price of the CX-3! In between are the Roland VKs and Nord Electra. Modules are out because I do want the Organ action Keyboard.
I'm suspicious of Roland synths, they seem over-processed and bland to my ears. Do the Organs suffer from this? The Nord lucks out by having buttons instead of drawbars. I must have real drawbars!!!
In an ideal world I'd like an organ that also has Farfisa and Vox Continental sounds too, but nobody seems to make such a thing although I believe that Voce did once (V3).
So, I'm almost set on the Viscount DB3 (some may know it under the Oberheim brand).
Found some good reports on the web but before I take the plunge (no chance to audition one - only one UK outlet (Turnkey) and no opportunity to travel over there any time soon) are there any opinions/experiences anyone has of this Organ? If it can sound like a Hammond (even if I have to get an extra Leslie sim and overdrive) and doesn't produce crackles when the drawbars are moved, it will do!
Thanks
Jim
I solved the analog synth situation by getting a Novation K-station. Funky little virtual analog with which I'm very happy.
Next up - Organ.
Must have:
Tonewheel (Hammond) sound.
Drawbars.
Organ action Keyboard.
Seems the Korg CX-3 is regarded as the top model but compared to the DB3 is very expensive. In the UK, the DB3 is a third of the price of the CX-3! In between are the Roland VKs and Nord Electra. Modules are out because I do want the Organ action Keyboard.
I'm suspicious of Roland synths, they seem over-processed and bland to my ears. Do the Organs suffer from this? The Nord lucks out by having buttons instead of drawbars. I must have real drawbars!!!
In an ideal world I'd like an organ that also has Farfisa and Vox Continental sounds too, but nobody seems to make such a thing although I believe that Voce did once (V3).
So, I'm almost set on the Viscount DB3 (some may know it under the Oberheim brand).
Found some good reports on the web but before I take the plunge (no chance to audition one - only one UK outlet (Turnkey) and no opportunity to travel over there any time soon) are there any opinions/experiences anyone has of this Organ? If it can sound like a Hammond (even if I have to get an extra Leslie sim and overdrive) and doesn't produce crackles when the drawbars are moved, it will do!
Thanks
Jim