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Cool sound, nice groove.
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I often use a 2-tier stand with a Viscount Legend Solo organ below and a Kurzweil SP4-7 above.
The SP4-7 has 76 keys (E-G), which I split with 2-1/2 octaves (E-A) for left-hand bass, and just under 4 octaves (Bb-G) for right-hand pianos, etc. (mostly transposed down an octave to keep them in a usable range).
I use the same bass sound (actually two programs layered) in all setups, so the right-hand sound changes (e.g., from piano to clav) while the left-hand bass sound stays unchanged.
I pan the bass left and everything else right (with no reverb), and plug the left and right outputs into separate channels on my monitor mixer (with reverb added there), and into separate DIs for FOH or recording.
I also set the mod wheel to control the bass volume, but I rarely tweak that once I've set the main keyboard and mixer levels.
This setup is only doable with mono programs, which is not a problem for me, as the SP4 has enough mono programs for my needs, including basses, pianos, clavs, and pads. (I use mostly the SP4's factory programs but also some PC3LE ones downloaded from here.)
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... is there any "clone" of the AO28?
"... it sounds and plays more like an amp than a pedal, bringing to mind the tube driven AO-28 preamp."
I use it in the effects loop of my Viscount Legend organ, turned down for a touch of grease for jazz, or turned up for a crunchy growl for blues.
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Looks like a Legend in a full, non-portable B3-like enclosure. No sign of it on Viscount's website.
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The stiff keybed is my only major beef with the Solo.
I'm very happy with my Legend Solo. I'm OK with the keyboard, but a tad less stiff would be nice.
I haven't done any of the updates.... I was kind of warned against it by the guy who sold me this.The latest update (1.3) provides a number of improvements, although there has been a mixed reaction from users to some of them, particularly the overdrive and the percussion scaling. However, Viscount have announced a new update (1.4) that will provide further improvements and address previous feedback, and will be available to users after beta testing at the NAMM show.
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I had one of these that I thought was pretty cool at the time.
I spliced the innards of one of those inside my Ace Tone GT7 (one of the best clonewheels of its time) and mixed some dry signal with its output to get a passable chorus vibrato.
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I received a new Viscount Legend Solo a week ago. I ordered it with a padded gig bag, and it arrived promptly, well packed and factory fresh.
It sounds, feels, and looks great, and the build quality appears to be very good. It has an internal power supply (not a wall wart) and weighs only 9.5 kg / 21 lb but feels solid. I believe all the Legend models are essentially the same soundwise.
The action is a tad stiffer than my Hammond XK1c but feels fine. The percussion and chorus vibrato are very good. The Legend is not as tweakable as the Hammond but sounds fine out of the box and has useful control knobs for reverb, overdrive, keyclick, crosstalk, bass/mid/treble, percussion level & decay. It also has three settings for organ type: '30s, '50/60s ("jazz"), and '70s ("rock"), each with a slightly different character.
It has two sets of manual drawbars (plus two pedal drawbars) and eight preset buttons. In Single mode, the whole keyboard can use both drawbar sets and four of the preset buttons. In Split mode, the keyboard is split between upper and lower voices, which get one drawbar set and four preset buttons each. There is also a Double mode for using an external keyboard.
I have been using a Ventilator and wondered whether I would need it with the Legend. The Legend's Leslie sounds very good but is not adjustable beyond "Classic" and "Rock" settings, and I will probably continue to use the Ventilator for now. I hope the Legend may have options added in a future firmware update for Leslie front stop and slightly faster ramp up/down times on the bass rotor, and for slightly smoother overdrive onset, but overall it is very good as is.
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I just received the Legend Solo from Music Store in Germany.
How many presets does it have?
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Still sounds phasey to me.
I agree. Part of what makes a C/V "purr" and "shimmer" nicely rather than "warble" excessively is how much the effect tapers with frequency. Too much modulation of the high end makes a phasey warble, whereas increasing the taper tames it into a smooth purr on mellow tones like 888 0000 000 plus a subtle shimmer on bright tones like 888 0000 008 and 888 8888 888.
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Could have been a single speed leslie, else Chorale was stopped if it were a 2 speed leslie.
Yes, this album was recorded in 1958 with a single-speed Leslie (fast/stop) ... two-speed Leslies (fast/slow) were introduced in 1963. These can be stopped by unplugging the slow motors (which gives fast/stop) or by installing a brake kit (which gives fast/slow/stop).
In this performance from 1964, he uses a two-speed Leslie on slow and switches to fast for the final chord ...
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... and in this one from 1969, he does the same, but with no chorus vibrato.
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I've always associated him with this.
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As a young teenager at high school in 1971, another music student played me the first ELP album, and I was hooked. I soon had all the early albums by all the big names, my favourites being ELP, Yes, Pink Floyd, Focus, and PFM, but the work that stood out for me (and still does) was Tarkus.
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What makes us immediately recognize mediocrity?
No comment on specific clips, but generally speaking, mediocrity can be the result of a lack of technique ("chops") or tightness ("groove") or, tone ("guts"), or all of the above.
There is a difference between performance and presentation, though ... a mediocre recording of a good performance diminishes the experience but not the artistry.
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They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and many artists have sampled riffs from The Peddlers recordings, notably the groove from their version of "On A Clear Day" (also famously used on "Breaking Bad", as noted above). Here's another example.
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Very impressive! WOW! How did I miss these guys?
Fashion and taste are funny things ... you can be appreciated as hip in one decade, dismissed as "corny" in another, forgotten in the next, then rediscovered as "retro" by another generation and be appreciated as hip all over again ... meanwhile the music speaks for itself, and as Duke Ellington said, there are only two kinds of music: good music, and the other kind.
The Peddlers' magnum opus was an ambitious and highly regarded album titled "Suite London" with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Roy Phillips plays Rhodes and Clavinet as well as Hammond on some tracks.
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A track from this was nicely covered by chillout wizards Zero 7.
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Yes, The Peddlers were ahead of their time in some ways, and of their time in others.
I have several of their albums, and Roy Phillips' sound and style were among my early influences. Check out his Hammond (A100) tone and chops on this track from their album "Birthday" and included on the compilation "How Cool Is Cool".
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What do you call and how do you notate this chord sequence?
in The Keyboard Corner
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