Pete Nalda
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Of course, if you go with the alternate plan of an SK1, you won't have a wheel or stick there either. ;-) If budget isn't an issue, the SK1 does seem like the stronger organ, if that's your focus. Besides the sound, there's the action, the dedicated controls (without having to use an iPad), the transistor organ sounds, the better pedal arrangement. You'd be losing those pitch/mod controls, the wider variety of sounds, the VA synth functionality, the ability to split/layer two non-organ sounds. But if you're keeping the MicroX, most of that can be addressed, and the MIDI zoning capability of the SK1 makes it pretty easy to integrate the MicroX sounds into your main programs. Of course, the combination of an SK1+MicroX is not as compact and light as a VR-09... Well the microX always gets to come alog anyway. It has some orchestral sounds and sequences I use in interludes.
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Can you embellish what you mean by "PM"? He means Private Message. Scroll to the top of any page here, in the menu you'll see "Forum List" "My Stuff" and some others. You can either click on My Stuff and then Messages, or you can click on the flashing envelope icon next to My Stuff. That flashing icon will appear anytime you have unread messages. Ok. That wasn't meant for me then. I have no messages.
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Did read the DB-1 stage issue thread, and yeah it might could be done. Still, a lot of thinking is involved, as I'd really like to slim down my rig size (I have to share rides with other musicians, as I don't drive a car, since I'm legally blind. Getting back to the VR-09 question, has anyone figured out a way to use the effects section or editing to give the Hammond or combo organ sounds some sustain on the release, thus making it sound like an old Elka, Lowerey, or Gibson organ?
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Can you embellish what you mean by "PM"?
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Oh, man! I don't know if I'd want to remove my wheel or stick. Maybe I could just plop it on top of the draw buttons? ;p
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I didn't think the ocean beach worked with Stage compacts. It didn't as of the last keyboard mag review.
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Ok, I've had a bit of time to play with this thing at my local GC. I'm pretty impressed with the wildness of some of the effects like the tape delay, the semi real drawbars, built in drum machine, looper, etc, etc. I'm impressed to the degree I might even let my original 2008 era nord stage compact go on sale to buy this. I know I'd loose the more realistic farfisa emulation (where as the VR-09 is more of a Vox style emulation, but I really like the wacky character this boards effects have. I also love the added portability due to it's size and weight. My problem here lies in this, I don't even know what to ask for my old stage. It is missing a screw on one side as well. I know I might be crazy to do this, but I think that since I use my little korg microX for a lot of pad sounds these days, using the piano/organ split layer on the Roland would serve me just as well. So, if I'm crazy, feel free to let me know. I will say, that I agree with Keyboards' review of the VR-09, that the organ section might not be as realistic as the Stage, but it has pretty good character for sure.
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I can't remember....can you not load samples into a "Classic" Stage? No. The only "Samples" that can be loaded are Piano Samples from the Nord Piano Library, and they are only piano sounds.You can load other types of Samples into the synth section of the Nord Stage 2, but, that's another $3600, and while the VR-09 Wont load samples either, it does come with the GM2 soundest, which has more natural sounding string/brass/choir sounds.
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LOL. So Roland does have something in common with Hammond... Ok, here's where Roland and Hammond *Really* do have something in common. Probably a little known fact, that the Hammond Branded X series of combo Organs, which were probably the first Hammond "Clones" were built by AceTone, who in time, would become Roland.
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Check out page 92 on the link below to the RD300GX owner's manual which has the GM2 sound set list, which is probably the same as on the VR-09. http://www.roland.com/support/article/?q=manuals&p=RD-300GX Thanks for that. Ok. Just so others will know, nothing in strings or choirs called "Mellotron" in that list, but I bet one could modify what's there and make it sound more lo-fi. I have NO orchestral sounds on my Stage Classic. Kind of sad when my main influence, or one of are the Residents. Check out page 92 on the link below to the RD300GX owner's manual which has the GM2 sound set list, which is probably the same as on the VR-09. http://www.roland.com/support/article/?q=manuals&p=RD-300GX Thanks for that. Ok. Just so others will know, nothing in strings or choirs called "Mellotron" in that list, but I bet one could modify what's there and make it sound more lo-fi. I have NO orchestral sounds on my Stage Classic. Kind of sad when my main influence, or one of are the Residents. What I meant was, it's kind of sad I don't have those digital/orchestral sounds on my Stage Classic.
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Check out page 92 on the link below to the RD300GX owner's manual which has the GM2 sound set list, which is probably the same as on the VR-09. http://www.roland.com/support/article/?q=manuals&p=RD-300GX Thanks for that. Ok. Just so others will know, nothing in strings or choirs called "Mellotron" in that list, but I bet one could modify what's there and make it sound more lo-fi. I have NO orchestral sounds on my Stage Classic. Kind of sad when my main influence, or one of are the Residents.
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Did anyone else notice that there's a PCM wave option in the synth edit screenshot of the iPad app?
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Well on the Keyboard Mag (Fortner) video, it says you can have a layer or split of any 2 sounds at once. Not quite as elaborate as a Nord Stage, as with that you can have 2 synths, 2 pianos, and 2 organs (because of the panel a/b feature) split or layered at any given time. Still, the added GM sounds, drawbars, looping and drum capabilities, as well as the portability of the VR-09 make it a possible replacement of my Nord Stage Classic.
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I know that Standard GM2 list would be too big to print here, but does anyone know what sounds are included in that? are there anything like real brass, or mellotronish/samplerish strings and choirs. This is something my Nord Stage Classic Lacks, and something like that would make the vr-09 a very appealing alternative.