Hey all,
New here (I'm a regular over at the Muffwiggler forum) and actually came across this forum as I was looking for info on the current crop of Hammond clones. I've been after a Hammond clone to add to my live rig and have been checking out the Numa, XK-1C and a couple of others.
Anyway, long story short, I decided on the Numa Organ 2 and ordered one from Thomann late September which finally arrived last Friday (long wait in customs!). I had an hour or so to play with it before packing it up to be used at a Christian music convention in one of the demo bands over last weekend. It worked really well, sounded great, both in isolation and in the mix with the rest of the band.
I've also used it in rehearsal this week for my prog rock band as part of my main keyboard rig (Voyager EB, Numa Organ 2, Kurzweil PC361 controlling Mainstage 3 with Ravenscroft piano library and G-Force Mellotron Pro library). Again, really happy with how it sounded with the band. Couple more rehearsals and a gig coming up next week so will see how it goes in a proper live setting.
I'm not an organist by any stretch of the imagination (classical trained pianist and composer/uni lecturer/PhD student by profession) so I can't really vouch for the authenticity of the Numa, but as others have attested, it sounds really, really good. My only other encounters with Hammonds & clones has been a Nord Electro 2 several years ago (which I can't even remember if I liked the organ - mainly used the keyboard sounds) and a brief afternoon at a family friends house who collected organs and let my briefly play on his C3 and Leslie as a 16 year old! I did pick up VB3 while waiting for the Numa and that sounds great as well, possibly a little more polished sounding than the Numa.
All in all, I'm really happy with the Numa at the moment, and have been really inspired while playing which is always the sign of a good keyboard for me!
Happy to answer any questions people might have (if I can!).
