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«  A lil gem! »

Published on 07/23/12 at 02:18
Same characteristics as the Hammond B3, namely:
- Chorus / Vibrato with adjustable thumbwheel C1, 2, 3, V1, 2, 3.
- Percussion: Soft / Normal, Fast / Slow, 2nd/3rd
- A 5-octave keyboard
- Ability to edit the presets with 8 banks of 8 presets or 64 presets in all. In publishing, it is possible to set the type of leslie, vitese the rotors, the old sound of the organ, reverb, etc. ...
- 2 sets of 9 drawbars
- A Toy Leslie
- There is also possibility of pedals that can agnigner for volume / exprission, trigger the slow or fast leslie, and even trigger the percussion, chorus / vibrato.
The keyboard is not very bulky, the trick is finding the proper amp.

UTILIZATION

The configuration is not very simple, it took me a while to understand everything before. I even have to refer to the manual, which hardly ever with a musical instrument.
Anyway, once one has grasped the operation of its Banks and usefulness of all the settings, just find a good set of pull and go! : P
With a switch to accelerate the Leslie and an expression pedal, it's perfect! :)

SOUNDS

The sounds are very similar to the real Hammond B3.
We recover the characteristic sound of the drive wheels, and the heat generated by Leslie. The chorus / vibrato does not take the lead, percussion are property and adjustable to fine-tune the reverb also.
Touch is well reproduced, if somewhat too "bouncy", but there are even able to adjust the triggering of a note on the sinking of the keys: D
Personally, I plugged into a Marshall Valvestate 65R, and already it sounds really pretty: o

OVERALL OPINION

I month, and really, I do not get enough!
This is a fairly successful clone of B-3, but do not fall into the trap, nothing is able to imitate the sound of the legendary B-3.