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BIzarre - haven't heard of most of this lot ^^^^^ Is this US only?😁 Keith Emerson from a performance point of view, Rick Wakeman a close second. Tony Banks from a composition point of view Absolutely no competition IMHO - sorry no Yanks included 🤣

I gig with my Kronos 61, Kronos 73 and Hammond SKXPro all the time. Fantom XR and ProSoloist Rack+ in the rack. It has to be done for the sake of authenticity of Genesis 🙂

Every show. Very honoured people want to photo/video a tribute band. We don't even dress up like Genesis! I too look very authentic - everyone comments that Tony Banks looked miserable all the time and so do i - its called concentration!

I'd put my SKX Pro up against the Mojo any day, no contest Jim

SM10 here, used one for 10 years - the nice thing is the ability to input a mike as well as the keys in stereo and adjust headphone and output levels. Great piece of kit

You want fast and technically challenging????

You're absolutely right. I suppose a Chick Corea or Camel tribute would be the others to be interested but its a tiny market! The great thing about the Verghese ProS Rack + is that those effects are built in because he is a massive Genesis fan. My fingers are permanently crossed that mine doesn't die on me. I really wouldn't want to gig a ProS - Tony had SEVEN in The Farm because there were always one or two in for repair!

I remember seeing the ProS for the first time when Genesis toured Selling England. The first synth I'd seen on top of a Hammond since Emersons Moog Model D. He then used it on Lamb Lies Down, Trick, Wind and Wuthering and Seconds Out. The ProS and ARP2600 were used on Trick and Wind. The ARP2600 was certainly used on Trick but for Entangled live he used ProS "Song Whistle" for the synth outro. For ATTWT he introduced the Quadra. Having had both the Pro S and Quadra there are no real crossovers - you can't get an accurage reproduction of ProS sounds on the Quadra, it always sounds "fatter".

We play the Gabriel/Hackett era as I genuinely lost interest after And Then There Were Three. Interestingly one of the first songs we played was Battle of Epping Forest - a bit of a Marmite song - but it sounds so complex yet plays so easily when it's in your genes!

10 years ago, two vocalist and a couple of fluffs but its not too bad an attempt!

Late to the party it seems, so echoing all that has been said above. He isn't really about Emerson or Wakeman flashy solos but having said that, as a tribute band player there are a few that are quite a handful! I still work hard at "In The Cage" and "Down and Out" is another tricky one. Then there is the string of keyboard changes in the "Robbery, Assaul and Battery" solo section! He was really about structure and no-one anywhere can structure chords and melodies in the same way - full stop. Just beautiful. He even squeezed texture out of his Hammonds without ever hitting "Fast" on the Leslies! Having learned most of Genesis' material (by ear) over the last 20 years, I still marvel at the way he would put chords together. Seven Stones is a big favourite and for a proper Mellotron solo you need go no further. The most complete track for me is "Can - Utility and The Coastliners" - it's got everything. I still get hairs standing up on my neck when I play these tracks - and I play them every week! Also worth mentioning "The Lamia" which has gorgeous piano intro and sweeping Mellotron. I'm amused at some of the comments about later tracks like Abacab, as they are pretty simple efforts not in the same league as the early albums. Having seen the Foxtrot tour in the 70's I'm firmly embedded in the prog era but I do appreciate his ability to structure the more commercial albums. The intro to Firth of Fifth has to be mentioned if only that it still occasionally can trip me up - he dropped it because of the limitations of the pianos at the time and it was a good move!

Nothing wrong at all with the SKX - SKX Pro has the edge but it's all the law of diminishing returns

Greg Lakes autobiography. Oh, what a lucky man he was 😁

Greetings! Has anyone any experience of CME WIDI? Does it work in a live stage environment? R Alan

My problem is fixed - it was a broken wire in the Leslie multiway connector.👌

Sounds like you are not talking about the SKX Pro

Hammond SKX PRO Owner's Manual.pdf

Fine musicians - no problem with sound quality but being a purist in a Genesis tribute band I don't like the woodwind instead of Pro Soloist nor the use of non-authentic keyboard sounds, but thats his prerogative.

As I said, I had the SK2 and SKX before the SKX Pro and they worked fine with the CU1. I've changed the SKX Pro setting to Leslie Switch from Foot Switch and got the aforementioned issue

Not true

I don't find the internal sim as "warm". Interestingly AFAIR you had to disconnect the direct jack out connections for the Leslie output to work on the VASE based SK/X When I disconnected the jack out on the SKX Pro I got STOP and FAST with the switch but not SLOW which is the one setting I usually use!!! I don't need the CU1 switch but I'd like to know why it doesn't work!

Hi I recently upgraded from SKX to SKX Pro - now my Vent does not respond to the CU1 switch. Its the same 11 pin connector in both but has something changed in the SKX Pro so that it now needs the 12v connection as in the XK3c?

Which version?

Yes indeed - it is certainly very full with regards the factory patches (which I don't use). Largely sonically my setup is actually trying to achieve the L100/T100 feel rather than the B3 sounds. I will explore the monosynth in the fullness of time and also I'm intrigued how good the library of internal samples is now, as I may substitute them for my Fantom XR sounds at some point. At least they could be a useful backup. Worth saying that the introduction of "patches" and "combinations" is defintely a major improvement over the previous patch structure

I got my SKX Pro a couple of weeks ago and set about setting it up identically (as possible) to my SKX - sitting side by side. There are different parameters such as tonewheek descriptions which throw you out, but mostly it's possible to get them matching. I mostly prefer the layout of the SKX Pro, though as usual the display would be better at the FRONT of the panel for those of us who have a top keyboard!! I do like the reintroduction of pitch bend and mod wheels as was on the XK3 - about time! Observations - I don't think the SKX Pro is much better than the SKX, though it seems to be able to have more volume without distorting. I don't think the Leslie emulation is better than a Vent, so that stays. I have no use for the internal sounds but I will explore them in due course in case my outboard MIDI Roland fantom XR Rack fails. An expensive upgrade but worth it for the better layout.