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I got the Yonac King B a few weeks ago and haven't had time to do more than install it & try a few basic tweaks but it sounded like it had potential. I have B3X, Vb3-II & VB3-m. I'm like AnotherScott on the VB3-II vs VB3-m issue, with the same reasoning, in reverse, as Baldwin Funster. That's certainly not to say my opinion is more legit than Baldwin's. Everyone is going to have different desires for "that ultimate sound", so his opinion is just as valid as mine. As we so often say around here YMMV. Right now, I'm using VB3-ll on the job. B3-X should, in theory, sound better but there's something in the VB3-ll that sounds better for me OTJ. If Cherry Audio does as good a job on their Hammond as they did on their Wurlitzer that will definitely another one to give a serious listen to. This is all iOS, by the way, for my uses.

My preference would be for one not listed here - or AFAIK, not even made - 77 - C1-E7.

Ditto for me. That was one of the contributing factors for me opting for the Nautilus 73. I'm missing that bottom B open string for bass sounds but everything else works out much better, including allocating splits. One thing they did on their default organ patches, setting the lower manual an octave lower, has been something I've adapted to the VB3-II. That way the right hand can go below the usual default C-split and the left hand can go above it, pitch-wise.

Thanks for sharing this, Piktor! The one thing that surprised me on this and the previous video was that I had thought Amos was a Telecaster man. Any light you could shed on that would be appreciated. Another thing I forgot to put in my previous post was that the drummer is Chris Parker, who went on to be in the original lineup of Stuff and may have shared duties with Steve Gadd for a while. The band also had Geoff Muldaur on guitar & vocals. This was a great band. It's a shame they didn't go further.

Ronnie Barron played organ on Dr. John's "Gumbo" album. It was mainly background pads but that's how I knew of him before Better Days. He covered piano, organ and clav parts very well on those (Better Days) albums (and possibly elec. pianos - I don't have access to the records right at this moment). He showed impressive vocal chops on a few Better Days songs as well. He was supposedly lead vocalist in one of the Dr's lineups back in New Orleans too.

According to their web site, yes, a USB one.

I was fortunate enough to get to see Dumpstaphunk a few years ago. Great New Orleans funk!! I hadn't heard much about them lately so am glad to see they're still out there doin' it!

Age: 75 Mostly perform with just a Korg Nautilus 73, although I do have a Kawai MP6 I can take to the job if it's piano only. Amps are CPS for band jobs or MotionSound krp8s for solo or low volume jobs. In one band I go through the PA and just use in-ears but help with loading of the PA, which counts as hauling in my book. With the Nautilus I'm able to do a one keyboard rig, but before getting that I was hauling both the Kawai and an SKPro.

I remember Doug from when he was at the now-closed Medley Music in Bryn Mawr, PA. I bought my DX-7 from him. He left Medley to go to Ensoniq and after his stint there he was a Korg rep for a while. Yes, he was a great guy. I've often wondered what happened to him and hope he's doing well. The late great Len was also my first (and only, actually) salesman too. I had often wondered what had happened to him also. Since he was older than most of us, I had feared he might no longer be with us and am sad to hear that is the case.

I'll have to join with the ranks of dissenters here. I had both the ESQ-1 and the Mirage rack. They were so unreliable I was happy to get rid of them. Don't remember exactly how I got rid of them but think they were used as trade-in on a Korg M1. When the first Gulf War broke out I called one of the local music stores and asked/told the guys I know there if the reason the US achieved air superiority so quickly and completely was that Ensoniq was supplying the Iraqi air defense systems with their chips. Yeah, probably poor taste back then & especially now but it did have the salesguys howling.

I have their Pipe Organ and St Just in Roseland Organ apps and use the latter for my church gig. Would you recommend the Mellotronics Streetlytron Pre over the `63, although for free I could just get them both & sort it out later, with later being the operative word since I still haven't had time to sit down and work with the Yonac Hammond app we discussed on another thread.

Yeah, it seems like with a real Leslie in a room it doesn’t matter what position they stop in - it still sounds good. With the emulations there can be a big difference in the frequency spectrum according to where the virtual rotors stop in relation to the virtual mics. Also when you go from stop to fast the sudden change in sound can be too radical. Also trying to nudge it when you’re trying to play left hand bass along with something in the right hand can be a pain. Mixing in some direct line can help - an advantage for the B3-X. I wish the VB3-II had that. The Yonac does so we’ll see how it plays out.

Yeah, I don’t have all of those but the B3-X was my go-to for a long time. It could be I overtweaked it until it didn’t sound right. The thing that brought me over to the VB3-II was the ability to set the rotor and horn to a chosen position on stop, which is how I usually use the Leslie. I couldn’t find that on the B3-X but it could very well be that it has that ability and I was just too dumb to find it. Haven’t had time to see if the Yonac does that or not.

I just picked it up and have been fiddling around with it a little bit after our gig setup. If you go to the cabinets section and mess around with those options plus you can add in some of the direct line and it should have sufficient click. Overall it doesn’t seem like it will surpass the big 2 but I haven’t found time to tweak it. As far as the VB3, there’s something about that one that doesn’t quite cut it for me although my current app of choice is the VB3-II. Everyone is going to have different preferences though.

I know this question wasn't directed to me, and I'm just in the complete beginner stages of learning this software, but I was pleasantly surprised at its Hammond emulation. A lot of the features on dedicated Hammond apps can be found here. Just at a quick listen the sound was pretty good too, probably not as good as our favorites though. I haven't had time to explore the session players but am disappointed they don't have Jazz or Latin Jazz players, unless they're hidden in there somewhere and I'm just too dumb to find them. It seems more geared to people who want to produce beats and I'm just too old to be a beats guy.