Noah DC

I’d emphasize that the Numa X isn’t just slightly cheaper. The cost of two Numa X 73s is only around 150 dollars more than the cost of one CP73. After looking into it when I was considering both boards, I am skeptical that the CP73 has anywhere close to the same audio interface/audio in capacity. On the Numa, you can seamlessly integrate into the on-board sounds multiple audio signals and MIDI devices (in addition to merged MIDI DIN devices). I use this all the time in my live performance - the other night I had an Alesis Keytar controller and Ocean Beach drawbars running Model D and VB3, respectively, off an iPad Air, all run only through the Numa. Changing volume, on/off settings, MIDI channels, etc. doesn’t require doing almost anything different than changing on-board patches does. On the CP73, you use a single knob in the back of the board that, as I understand it, can only be assigned to either USB audio or audio in. I also don’t see how manipulating effects could be any more hands-on or immediate than it is on the Numa - I just punch and/or turn a knob. But I haven’t used the CP73 effects so I can’t speak to the comparison.

I regularly bungee cord my KM 18880 to my Mono M80 backpack case. The stand weighs almost nothing and allows me to walk to a gig fully packed with two hands free (which I generally use to carry a lightweight bench).

I use my Tall, Fat, and Wide as part of a stereo pedal board that includes an El Cap and sounds great on synths, clavs, wurlys, etc. I think EPs are an underrated use for the T&F. I have my old T&F (the regular version, not the stereo I use now) and have been meaning to sell it. Let me know if you'd like one! I can offer it up relatively cheap.

I will be using this simply because there is no other decent wurly iOS app out there. If you want great wurly vsts, use AcousticSamples on a regular computer for roughly one hundred bucks.

Hey I cannot for the life of me get these effects to show up in AUM. They’ve been on my desktop since the first day I purchased the package, but I can’t get them to appear in my DAW whatsoever. I’ve searched the internet, tried rebooting my iPad Air 4 many times, reinstalled the apps, and pressed every combination of icons within the AUM interface - but no luck. Any chance someone here could tell me I’m an idiot and then point me to the simple and obvious solution that I am somehow missing here?

A price drop after nine years signals a pretty good run, I think! I use it live all the time and have seen touring musicians gig with it. Makes sense - a big sound (especially when run through a few pedals) at a weight that may as well be zero. Allison Russell’s keyboardist used one when I caught them in Knoxville last year, for example. And folks like Larry Goldings and Swatkins regularly work these into the jams they post online. Most common usage I see is for left hand synth bass, but I do funk leads quite a bit. It is what it is, and nothing more. Not everyone needs a $1k synth to cover a few pads, a handful of solos, and a bit of bass, in my experience.

Larry Goldings uses the Reface constantly on his social media posts. Worth a look - this one has him taping it to the left panel of his YC88 stage piano. Larry Goldings - YC88 and Reface CS

Yamaha Reface CS sits on top of my Mojo 61, usually run through a pedalboard with its own road case. I see a lot of folks using those for gigging. I usually keep my Behringer Model D at home, but in a pinch, I could play it through my Numa X 73, which also adds reverb and delay.

I also have used ACS custom filtered plugs for years. They advertise to musicians, but I’m not sure if that means their filtered plugs are different from any other you can get from a random audiologist. I just lost my pair and got refitted at the company that took over for ACS called 1of1Custom. They’ve got a lot of locations where you can get the molding done for free. The molded plugs with filters are the only plugs I’ve found I will actually wear at shows. https://1of1custom.com/pages/book-an-appointment

Lots of discussion on this topic here:

I also integrate my iPad with a simple cable to address the Numa X organ shortcoming (and add any other sounds I might need like Model D synth, Scarbee Rhodes, etc.) I just picked up a set of Ocean Beach drawbars to magnetize to the left panel of the Numa for controlling VB3 from an iPad, which I keep magnetized on the right panel. If the new drawbars work as intended, I’ll post about it on the main Numa thread as a point of reference. To each their own, but this solution is still at least one thousand dollars less than a YC73 and even more of a bargain compared to any of the Nords that have an action better the TP100. It just depends what you want to spend, I think - there is no right answer.

I use the Numa X 73 in a live band setting on the regular. I carry it on my back with the Gator Go-Pro 61 Slim gig bag.

The Reface Rhodes is the same one used in the CP4. I'd just spend those thousands of dollars on this Vintage Vibe CP4 shell to get full access to a professional-grade keyboard in the same Rhodes-style case. https://www.vintagevibe.com/blogs/news/custom-piano-shell-u2-yamaha-cp4

For what it’s worth, this is almost literally what a Motion Sound KP-612 amp is. It’s a box that contains two full-range 12-inch speakers with a multi-channel mixer, EQ, stereo XLR outs, XLR in, 1/4” out, and bass port output for a sub. And I can confirm that’s exactly what it sounds like.

Completely agree.