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Published on 07/26/13 at 08:06I will not repeat everything that was said, but still: It's what's really impressive and super nice. It is incredibly rich. It vibrates, it moves the gut, it inspires, it makes you want to play ...
It is compact (barely wider than my master 49 key keyboard).
It is really beautiful, warm colors. It seems to call me ... The keyboard ivory, heavy and precise keys ... What happiness.
UTILIZATION
Okay, but now some info that I have not seen elsewhere that can be used:
It is primarily an organ. So using the keyboard with two different sounds (or a second keyboard) does not have two sound bank's additional ("extra voices"), it is mandatory that an organ (to choose between tone wheel organs, transistors or tubes). A shame is not it? (But the sounds are mostly beautiful too)
The screen is small and inconvenient, you never know where it is a glance (eg it says "stereo piano" but when we play ... is an organ sound because the "upper" key "extra voice" is not pressed ...).
Also, as the knobs are not motorized (or endless rounds), if you touch one of them, it changes the value directly but you can easily know what value it was before touching (except for zippers, whose values are displayed on the screen at all times, as numbers or bar more or less solid)
This is a bit of a gas plant and the manual is pretty lousy. Fortunately there is a French version of the site anyway.
Too bad there is only one button to adjust the additional effects of "extra voices" (other instruments), the other must not go menus ... (More from the world of synthesis, I would have appreciated at least two other buttons to be able to assign the LFO speed automatic Wah-Wah for example, or play live with the phaser, delay, or that I know again ...). There are, however, four knobs for to equalize ...
Another small detail, the choice of mono or stereo output: not automatically recognized as if a jack or two is connected to the output must go through a menu ...
Fortunately there are 100 user patches for storing our settings.
That said, if you're a purist setting organ sound, it seems that all the parameters (but really everyone) changed via the menus.
There is an external transformer, and no power via USB or batteries (pfff. ..)
The USB is only used to insert a key to: Update System - play songs (in ms or wav) - Add sound libraries (download from the website of Hammond) - save all settings.
So no midi via usb (provide the correct cables / adapters)
Contrary to what one said Hammond guys on a video, there may be large swings in volume between different instruments (eg, the patch "glory pipes" will blow your speakers and your ears if you bind directly after the acoustic pianos without manually lower the volume, for example)
Also I find that the volume dedicated to "extra voices" not quite up over organ sounds (it takes blow down pulls the organ in question instead of just being able to adjust the volume by one relative to each other).
SOUNDS
... specific net aaarghhh, powerful, smooth, captivating ...
(Well not really understand the "strings" and stuff like "sax" ...)
Too bad there is no time for style moog sound (good bass brutal style analog synth. Because it can be seen in what he gives to the organ!)
OVERALL OPINION
Well, if I think of other things I would change that opinion.
Again though still I am very happy with my purchase and it is a joy to have this little beast home.
It is compact (barely wider than my master 49 key keyboard).
It is really beautiful, warm colors. It seems to call me ... The keyboard ivory, heavy and precise keys ... What happiness.
UTILIZATION
Okay, but now some info that I have not seen elsewhere that can be used:
It is primarily an organ. So using the keyboard with two different sounds (or a second keyboard) does not have two sound bank's additional ("extra voices"), it is mandatory that an organ (to choose between tone wheel organs, transistors or tubes). A shame is not it? (But the sounds are mostly beautiful too)
The screen is small and inconvenient, you never know where it is a glance (eg it says "stereo piano" but when we play ... is an organ sound because the "upper" key "extra voice" is not pressed ...).
Also, as the knobs are not motorized (or endless rounds), if you touch one of them, it changes the value directly but you can easily know what value it was before touching (except for zippers, whose values are displayed on the screen at all times, as numbers or bar more or less solid)
This is a bit of a gas plant and the manual is pretty lousy. Fortunately there is a French version of the site anyway.
Too bad there is only one button to adjust the additional effects of "extra voices" (other instruments), the other must not go menus ... (More from the world of synthesis, I would have appreciated at least two other buttons to be able to assign the LFO speed automatic Wah-Wah for example, or play live with the phaser, delay, or that I know again ...). There are, however, four knobs for to equalize ...
Another small detail, the choice of mono or stereo output: not automatically recognized as if a jack or two is connected to the output must go through a menu ...
Fortunately there are 100 user patches for storing our settings.
That said, if you're a purist setting organ sound, it seems that all the parameters (but really everyone) changed via the menus.
There is an external transformer, and no power via USB or batteries (pfff. ..)
The USB is only used to insert a key to: Update System - play songs (in ms or wav) - Add sound libraries (download from the website of Hammond) - save all settings.
So no midi via usb (provide the correct cables / adapters)
Contrary to what one said Hammond guys on a video, there may be large swings in volume between different instruments (eg, the patch "glory pipes" will blow your speakers and your ears if you bind directly after the acoustic pianos without manually lower the volume, for example)
Also I find that the volume dedicated to "extra voices" not quite up over organ sounds (it takes blow down pulls the organ in question instead of just being able to adjust the volume by one relative to each other).
SOUNDS
... specific net aaarghhh, powerful, smooth, captivating ...
(Well not really understand the "strings" and stuff like "sax" ...)
Too bad there is no time for style moog sound (good bass brutal style analog synth. Because it can be seen in what he gives to the organ!)
OVERALL OPINION
Well, if I think of other things I would change that opinion.
Again though still I am very happy with my purchase and it is a joy to have this little beast home.