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Old 6th June 2006   #114
Dan Phillips
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fearless1
The number one sound, can it emulate a Hammond B-3?
I was looking for that sound set with the Chorous on C3 and the first 4 drawbars pulled out with the tubey fat almost metallic distortion and plastic horn resonance from the Leslie.

Nothing even close came out that thing. The Leslie emulation was one of the worst I've heard!
I'm sorry that you didn't like it, but I must confess that I'm a little baffled. I guess I have to wonder what sounds you were listening to, since the Hammond and Leslie models are slightly improved versions of the CX-3, which garnered a Key Buy from Keyboard magazine. The CX-3 sounds are in bank USER-F. It's a pity that the folks on the floor weren't able to help you more; it's kind of a bummer, since three hours is a very generous amount of time to spend with a synth. Unfortunately, I know that it's impossible to please everyone. But, different strokes for different folks; here's what Chuck Leavell says about the CX-3:

http://www.korg.com/sbytes/article.asp?ArtistID=56

- Dan
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