Bill W
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Thanks, Craig. I was trying to figure out whether this would be closer to the Jupiter's engine or the Fantom's engine (which I'm very familiar with). It looks like the "waveform list" is top secret...it doesn't appear in the documentation.
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Bill, the VR-09 engine is being referred to as "supernatural" which, in Roland-speak, basically means it's a modelled instrument. To what extent it's modelled I don't know.. the tones could be sampled, and then everything else beyond that is modelled (such as C/V, percussion, leakage/crosstalk etc).. but it's definately a modelling engine. I think only the organ is designated as "SuperNatural" in the VR09. If the "VA" Bill W is inquiring about refers to the synth section, those are just PCM's, but you can layer 3 PCM's on the upper part and 3 on a lower to make some phenomenally enormous synth noise. Each PCM has its own set of filters, LFO's, tunings, wave shapers, and the like...really fun and easy with the iPad. Thanks guys...so it's basically just a good old Roland PCM synth. I'll grab the documents to see what's in the waveform list.
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I was wondering what you guys think of the synth engine in the VR-09. Is it actually a VA or just a ROMpler? I installed the iPad app, but without the keyboard, it's kind of hard to tell exactly what it is.
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SB, I don't think they claim that it's an updated rotary sim they just claim "extra thick Rotary Speaker effects".. the rotary speaker effect is hardcoded into the Kronos OS, so they're not going to be able to update that! They might be able to make it sound thicker based on EQ'ing it slightly, or give it more stereo animation using other Kronos effects, but it's not an updated leslie sim. I've listed to these demos before and I'm not particularly impressed. Some of the sounds are OK but some of them, like the Rock Organs are laughable (just my opinon). I would definately NOT pay $40 for these sounds. I agree...K-Sounds has a lot of decent products, but your don't need Organimation for the Kronos.
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Actually, there was an SRX-97 Jon Lord's Organ or something like that. It sounded like ass.
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Definitely gassing for this!
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I love drawbars.
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It does look like the Juno G keybed to me...but until I get to touch one. So, the street price is $999? How about availability?
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It does seem to blow both of those away spec-wise.
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I am actually going to get one of these to put on top of my Fantom G6 in my 70s/80s cover band. I need a decent organ on maybe 10 songs and I can make good use of the VR-09's VA capabilities the rest of the time. Sounds like a winner. When I need a serious "B3" I still have the Electro 3 and my Kronos.
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Ha...not a chance.
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A real Yamaha CP in the neighborhood....schweet!!
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Fantom G6 and POD HD500 http://dl.dropbox.com/u/41938822/liverig.jpg
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That reminds me of one...we were setting up at a venue and right before soundcheck this guy comes up to me and asks whether he can "warm up" with us and play Limelight on the drums. Hell no you can't!