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25th February 2009
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Atlanta, GA
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Thread Starter | Is there such a thing as an analog rackmount electric piano/organ? I know there are plenty of rack mounted analog synths out there... but I was wondering if there are any analog electric piano or organ rack modules made. I have a massive 75 pound Farfisa organ that I love and was hoping for something similar but much smaller. I'm guessing nobody has made anything like this because there are just too many components to fit in a rack unit (among other reasons). Anyone seen anything like that? |
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25th February 2009
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| Gear nut Join Date: Aug 2007
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| not analog because as you stated how do you cram a Hammond TG or electro mechanical piano in a rack but pretty faithful recreations are : Nord Electro Rack which gives you B3, rhodes, wurlu, clav Creamware B4000 B3 emulation older Roland rack mount stuff MKS20 EP and acoustic piano , Planet P GEM Pro 1 reack there are some OLD Roland rack stuff which was analog TG no digital waveforms or sampling which were electronic piano ... just to name a few |
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25th February 2009
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Thread Starter | Thanks, do you know the names of any of the older Roland stuff that wasn't digital? |
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26th February 2009
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| Gear Guru  Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: London
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| An "analogue" electric piano involves tines (ie vibrating amplified metal rods), hammers and other such mechanical devices...not exactly rackmountable. |
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26th February 2009
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26th February 2009
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| Gear nut Join Date: Aug 2007
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| Not quite correct an Electro Mechanical or mechanical keyboard involves tines, reeds, strings, scanners, etc, true, not rackmountable, however, there were ANALOG "electronic" pianos that generated their tone via discrete components , ie:divide by circuits, RC circuits, even ICs, I believe in the context of Digital refers to the reproduction method being sample playback, VI, ROM or RAM waveform playback . etc Quote:
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26th February 2009
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I have a Farfisa Duo Professional, big heavy but still a lot more portable than my Hammond. of course that circuitry of a Farfisa could be made rackmount and add a remote keyboard but I don't think you will find this has been made pre 80's let alone today. It's not like you could fit it in a 2 unit rack I think. | |
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26th February 2009
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Thread Starter | Ok so I guess it looks like the general consensus is that nothing like this has ever been made. I have a 60's melosonic portable organ that's actually pretty light... I'm pretty sure all of the components could fit into a three rack unit if done right. Just seems like at some point in history some company would have tried making an analog rackmount module that wasn't a synthesizer. Someone did mention really old Roland stuff.... going to keep looking into it. |
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26th February 2009
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| Gear nut Join Date: Aug 2007
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| AFA the Old Roland stuff don't expect a faithful emulation !!! definitely a very electronic sound to them , and I only remember piano racks,no organ emus ...if you are looking for more combo organ vox, farfisa, and the like there are many authentic emulations in todays rack ,, hey even the Nord C1 has vox and farfisa in addition to a killer Hammond ..., but it is not a rack ...yet..... |
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26th February 2009
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| Gear addict  Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Philadelphia
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| I know there's a certain urge to "keep it analog", but honestly if the real farfisa/rhodes/wurli/hammond/vox/elka/crumar/whatever are too much of a pain to gig (trust me I know the feeling) then I have to actually say the best emulations of them are all digital... Either get a good keyboard like the Nord Electro/Stage, GEM ProMega, or various Rolands/Yamahas that have great electric pianos/organs, or get a laptop&controller with NativeInstruments B4-II (covers Hammond/Vox/Farfisa) and something like Electrik that has Rhodes/Wurli/Clavinet (or if you want to go laptopless.. a unit like the Receptor or the new SMProAudio V-Machine to host your virtual instruments) |
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